Launch of an international campaign in New York on 5 May 2012
Free prisoner and movement leader
Russell Maroon Shoatz!
This Saturday, May 5 is the launch of an international campaign to free prisoner and movement leader Russell Maroon Shoatz, organized by his daughter Theresa Shoatz. Theresa is a tireless fighter in support for her father and fellow prisoners.
In New York
Launch of
the international campaign to Free Russell Maroon Shoatz! An evening of
music, spoken, word and discussion on Maroon’s life, featuring Theresa
Shoatz, Maroon’s daughter and Philadelphia-based prison justice activist;
Fred Ho, internationally renowned saxophone player and composer; Arturo
O'Farrill, legendary Cuban-American pianist; and Magdalena Gomez, poet
and veteran of the Nuyurican Poets Movement.
Date: May 5th, 2012, 6-8pm
Location: St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 521 W 126th Street,New York, NY
10027
This event is FREE and open to the public!!
More details on
Facebook page
From Philadelphia: Get on the Bus for Russell Maroon Shoatz!
We
encourage you to come to the kickoff event in New York City -- there is
a round-trip bus leaving from Philadelphia at 2:30pm, see details and
how to RSVP below. Please let us know if you are coming and would like
to meet up with us.
When:
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Departure Time: 2:30 pm
Location: 1113 N 63rd St, Philadelphia, PA, 19151; Next door to Rite Aid
pharmacy
Cost: $15 Round Trip; to be paid before boarding the bus
This is a bus arranged for folks leaving from Philadelphia, PA to New
York City, NY.
Please RSVP by "buying" a free Eventbrite ticket so that we have a head
count and there are seats for people who sign up.
Global Women's Strike, Payday men's network
215-848-1120,
philly@globalwomenstrike.net
Launch in London UK
Our
sisters and brothers in London are launching the campaign to Free Maroon
in the UK on Saturday as well, showing a recent video from our Left
Forum workshop "Anti-Capitalism Behind Bars - The Movement of Prisoners
and Ex-Prisoners". You can watch clips from this video on
www.selmajamesbooktour.net
Russell Maroon Shoatz was a member of the Black Panther Party and a
founding member of the Black Unity Council.
A brilliant movement leader, he is serving multiple life sentences for the 1970 murder of a police officer in Philadelphia. Now 70 years old, Maroon has spent 30 out of 40 years in solitary confinement (the last 20 continuously) -- held in his cell for 23-24 hours every day, deprived of social interaction & environmental stimulation, conditions acknowledged as torture. Maroon’s writings include: The Real Resistance to Slavery in North America and The Dragon and the Hydra: a study of organizational methods.
Sat 5 May 6pm Crossroads Women`s Centre 25 Wolsey Mews NW5
Information 0207 482 2496