“No Justice Without Life” – Prominent events will take place throughout Florida on Thursday, November 30th for the Worldwide “Cities For Life, Cities Against the Death Penalty” Campaign. Organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio, more than 2,000 cities illuminate monuments and churches and hold events that say “NO” to the death penalty. You are invited to attend an event near you. Details are available at the FADP “Events” page.
Clearwater
November 30 @ 7:00-8:30 PM
St. Cecilia Church
820 Jasmine Way, Clearwater
Speakers: Deacon Andy & Kate Grosmaire, Authors of Forgiving My Daughter’s Killer; Allison Ferber Miller, Senior Assistant Public Defender, Sixth Judicial Circuit
Daytona Beach
November 30 @ 7:00-8:30 PM
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
1014 N. Halifax, Daytona Beach
Speakers: Father Phil Egitto, Our Lady of Lourdes; SueZann Bosler, Murder victim family member and Co-founder of “The Journey of Hope – from Violence to Healing”; Ingrid Delgado,
Associate for Social concerns, Respect Life, Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops; Mark Elliott, Director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, FADP
Gainesville
November 30 @ 6:30-7:30 PM
St. Patrick Catholic Church
500 NE 16th Ave., Gainesville
Speakers: Kathy Dillon, Daughter of murder victim; Ron Wright, Jr., Exoneree from Death Row at Florida State Prison; Joseph Thornton, MD, former Medical Director at Florida Death Row and Union Correctional Institute; Sonya Rudenstine, J.D., Gainesville attorney devoted to civil and criminal appeals, including representing death row inmates
Lehigh Acres (Ft. Myers Area)
November 30 @ 7:00-8:00 PM
St. Raphael Catholic Church
2514 Lee Blvd, Lehigh Acres
Speaker: Randy Steidl, exonerated Illinois Death Row survivor and former Chairman of the Board of Witness to Innocence. Presentation followed by Q&A prior to prayer service.
Marianna
November 30 @ 7:00-8:00 PM CST
St. Anne Parish
3009 Fifth St, Marianna, FL 32446
Palm Beach Gardens
November 30 @ 5:00 PM
St. Patrick Church
13591 Prosperity Farms Rd., Palm Beach Gardens
Speakers: The Most Reverend Gerald M. Barbarito; Hannah Gorman of the Florida Center for Capital Representation at Florida International University Law School
Pensacola
November 30 @ 7:00-8:00 PM CST
Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel
19 N. Palafox St., Pensacola 32502
Saint Augustine
November 30 @ 6:30-7:30 PM
The Shrine at the Mission de Dios
101 San Marco Avenue, St. Augustine
Speakers: Darlene Farah, Mother of murder victim, Shelby Farah; Professor Chris Moser, taught “Wrongful Convictions” at Flagler College and Florida Coastal School of Law; Nancy O’Byrne, Board Chairwoman for Floridians Against the Death Penalty
Tallahassee
November 30 @ 7:00-8:00 PM
Good Shepherd Catholic Church
4665 Thomasville Rd., Tallahassee
Speakers: Bishop William Wack, Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee; Dale Recinella, J.D., MTS; Christine Henderson, National Organizer, Equal Justice USA.
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Sent by
Mark Elliott
Executive Director
Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
www.fadp.org
FADP is is a non-profit and non-partisan Florida organization of individuals and groups united to abolish the Death Penalty in Florida.