Execute Art Not People
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Execute Art Not People brings awareness to the tremendous expense of the death penalty via artists in all genres and explores ideas about what could be done once that expense is cut from state budgets.
For more information on the death penalty in PA visit executeartnotpeople.wordpress.com or PhillyPADP.wordpress.com
Thank you to
Sean Bolton Photography
and
Stupid Easy Ideas
Veterans Day originally began as Armistice Day, which celebrated the end of World War I. After World War II, the day was expanded “Veterans Day” to honor all veterans, not just the service members who died during the First World War.
At the National Archives, we are proud to serve veterans through our work at the National Personnel Records Center. Veterans who need their service records for benefits can find help here.
Families of veterans who have died may also ask for copies of service records for family history, military burial, and medal replacement.
Image: Disabled veteran, ca. 1943, ARC 195917, FDR Library
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This Weekend in NYC
Please join Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation (www.mvfr.org), the team behind the documentary film The Final Gift (www.thefinalgiftfilm.com), and local partners for:
New York City Preview Screenings
The Final Gift
—- A Documentary Film —-
Sunday, August 26: Free Preview Screenings with FilmmakerTwo screenings: 1:00 and 3:30 p.m.
Reception: 2:30 p.m.
The Riverside Church
91 Claremont Avenue, Room 10-T
(Take the 1 train to 116th or 125th Street)
The Final Gift chronicles director and producer Therese Bartholomew’s journey to make peace with the violent death of her younger brother, Steve…and her historic 2010 meeting with his killer in a South Carolina Prison.
Join Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation (www.mvfr.org) for two NYC sneak previews, filmmaker Q&A sessions, and a reception. Free and open to the public.
Screenings presented by Movies@Riverside; reception supported by MVFR and New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.
TWO ADDITIONAL FREE EVENTS on RESTORATIVE JUSTICENew York City, August 25-27
Saturday, August 25: Author reading and book signing7:00 p.m.
Bluestockings Books
172 Allen Street (between Stanton & Rivington)
At 35, Therese Bartholomew had finally found herself: a long awaited college degree and teaching job, a new husband, a big family. But when she woke one night to learn that her younger brother Steve had been shot and killed, everything changed. Therese’s memoir Coffee Shop God chronicles the dark months that followed, as she wrestled with depression and grief, family and spirituality, crime and forgiveness. Join Therese for a talk about her own healing journey and the power of restorative justice.
Monday, August 27: Beyond the Death Penalty, Restorative Justice Forum6:30 p.m.
New York City Bar Association, Stimson Room
42 West 44th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
Scott Bass, Executive Director of Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation (MVFR), Therese Bartholomew, MVFR’s new Outreach and Development Director, and Ronald J. Tabak, esq., of New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, will lead a conversation about restorative justice.
Panel sponsored and hosted by NYC Bar Association’s Committee on Capital Punishment (www.nycbar.org).
A very lively and informative debate on the SAFE CA Act- including the opinions of death row prisoners- from The San Francisco Bay View
From Today’s Huffington Post
NY Post article on the execution of Henry Curtis Jackson
A group opposed to the death penalty gathered in Jackson Tuesday night. Their message, execution is not the answer to violence. story from WLBT News Jackson, MS
Bianca Carasco representing Execute Art Not People at The Roots Picnic
Gianni Lee on stage at The Roots Picnic 2012
