Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Amnesty International, and Ebenezer Baptist Church present A CALL TO ACTION: Uniting to End Georgia’s Death Penalty A State-Wide Death Penalty Abolition Summit Saturday, January 28, 2012 from 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM at Ebenezer Baptist Church 407 Auburn Ave., Atlanta, GA 30312 RSVP to info@gfadp.org or 404-250-3540 [...]
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Occupy Atlanta supports Peachtree and Pine
October 13, 2011 – 4:05 pm
Occupy Atlanta is planning the following action: March to Defend Peachtree and Pine Homeless Shelter Friday, October 14 at 5:00pm Troy Davis Park (formerly Woodruff Park), Atlanta, Georgia Please join us in solidarity with the Task Force for the Homeless!
Vigil for Marcus Ray Johnson on Oct. 5 at 6:30 pm.
September 30, 2011 – 3:04 pm
According to a press release issued by the Georgia Department of Corrections, the Dougherty County Superior Court has ordered the execution of Marcus Ray Johnson. Commissioner Brian Owens has set the date for October 5, 2011 at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, GA at 7:00 p.m. Please join The Open Door Community [...]
Troy Davis funeral, Oct. 1
September 30, 2011 – 2:58 pm
Please join us Saturday, October 1 for the funeral of Troy Davis in Savannah, GA. Troy Anthony Davis “Celebration of Life Service” October 1, 2011, 11:00 a.m. Jonesville Baptist Church 5201 Montgomery St., Savannah, Georgia For more information, contact Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, 678-732-0405, or tspeight@nationalactionnetwork.net.
From Troy Davis:
September 30, 2011 – 2:57 pm
“Thank you and remember I am in a place where execution can only destroy your physical form but because of my faith in God, my family and all of you I have been spiritually free for some time and no matter what happens in the days, weeks to come, this movement to end the death [...]
Troy Davis joins the cloud of witnesses
September 22, 2011 – 11:08 am
Troy Davis was killed by the State of Georgia last night at 11:06 p.m. Billy Moore, who spent 16 1/2 years on death row, led all of us at Open Door through the day until the final vigil at the State Capital. After the execution, the Eucharist was celebrated at the Open Door in Troy’s [...]