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Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty calls for simultaneous demonstrations across the state at and/or around the time of executions. Each local group in Florida is independent and establishes its activities according to the needs, strategies and resources of their members. Details are often adjusted from killing to killing. For the upcoming prisoner-killings (December 2 and December 6, 2002) the following actions are planned:
If you do not see your area listed and would like to stage a local protest, please contact FADP for advice and materials at 800-973-6548 or [email protected].
Ft. Lauderdale
- Contact: Broward County Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Steve Jens-Rochow
954-463-2085
E-Mail: [email protected]
Broward FADP will have vigils if the executions go forward as scheduled. Meet from 5:00pm to 6:00pm in front of the Federal Court House or Federal Building on east Broward Blvd. at NE 3 Ave. in downtown Ft. Lauderdale. For local updates and announcements, subscribe to the local announcement list by sending a message to [email protected].
Gainesville
- Gather at the corner of 13th Street and West University Avenue starting at 5pm.
TO CARPOOL TO THE PRISON, gather at the Westminster Presbyterian Church parking lot by 4:30pm.
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Orlando
- Plans still in development.
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Miami
- Plans still in development.
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Pensacola
- Plans still in development.
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Starke (Florida State Prison)
Gather across from Florida State Prison starting by 5pm. As Amos King is a Buddhist, readings from Thich Nhat Hanh and the Dalai Lama will be read (copies will be available).
Please bring signs, candles, flash lights and stronger beacon lights that can be flashed toward the prison windows, so the inmates can know we are out there shedding light on the situation.
We have checked with prison officials and they said that noise is fine as long as we don’t do anything to inflame or cause problems to the pro-deathpenalty protesters, if there are any. Accordingly, people are asked to bring drums and gongs and voices, too.
Tallahassee
- Contact: Tallahassee Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Mary Anne Hoffman – Convener
Phone: 850-402-0736
E-Mail: [email protected]
Gather at the Governor’s Mansion by 5:45pm. In the event that the killing takes place,
there will also be a vigil at Noon the following state at the State Seal in the lobby of the State House.
To join the local e-mail announcement list, send a message to [email protected].
Tampa Bay Area
- Pax Christi Tampa Bay is sponsoring an execution vigil at the corner of Ulmerton Road and 49th Street. There is parking in a lot on the southeast corner of the intersection.
The vigil will run from 5 PM to 6 PM for the planned execution of Amos King on Monday, December 2 and the same time for the planned execution of Linroy Bottoson on Friday, December 6.
We will have signs, but feel free to bring your own. You may want to bring a brief reading and a candle for the circle at 6:00, the time of the execution.
(Directions for those coming from Tampa: Take Howard Frankland Bridge/I-275 toward St. Pete and exit at the second exit (Ulmerton/688) after leaving the bridge; continue west to 49th Street.)
Subscribe to the local announcement list by sending a message to
[email protected] or check back at this site.
Yes Florida, There is an ALTERNATIVE to the Death Penalty Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP)
PMB 335, 2603 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hwy, Gainesville, FL 32609
www.FADP.org 800-973-6548 [email protected]