PAST EVENTS
Tuesday, September 13
PRESS
CONFERENCE
Where: 1919
Smith, Mickey Leeland Federal Bldg
When: 11 A.M. Tuesday, September 13
Contact: Office of Sheila Jackson Lee
Tel: 713.655. 0050
Fax: 713.655.1612
Sit-in at the Governor's office in Austin, Texas
9:00 am-3:30 pm,
Monday, September 12
Protest for Justice in shifts at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center,
1401 Franklin between San Jacinto and Caroline.
4:30-6:30 pm, Monday,
September 12
Rally and protest "National Day of Outrage" at the Astrodome,
Kirby at McNee
(Download PDF file of National Flyer with Frances
Newton appeal)
Sunday, September 11
Circulate at the Dome with flyers, all day.
2:00 PM, Sunday, September
11
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
City-Wide
Townhall Meeting at the PowerCenter (12401 S. Post Oak Rd) at 2:00pm
(doors open at 1:00pm)
This event will be FREE OF CHARGE and open to the public.
(The event Sunday at The Omni was cancelled, due to need to give aid in Louisiana.)
4:30-5:30 pm, Thursday,
September 8
1201 Franklin at San Jacinto, Houston, Texas
Protest Harris County
District Attorneys
guilty of prosecutorial misconduct for withholding evidence
WEDNESDAY
IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
Jewel Nelms, mother of Frances Newton
speaks
trip
report from Nadine and Karen
Wednesday
Morning 9:30 AM
HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL
September 7, Wednesday
Wednesday
Afternoon 3:30 PM
CONFRONT RON MOCK
See
the Houston Chronicle article
Wednesday Evening
6:30-7:15 pm, September 7
Mecom Fountain where Montrose meets Main Street
Candlelight vigil to stop executions
Amnesty International
Group 23 especially devotes this one of their regular first of the month vigils
to Frances Newton.
(RTF Flyer)
11 am - 7 pm,
Sept. 3 & 4 (Sat-Sun)
Chocolate
Bayou Festival
Sunnyside Park, 3502 West Bellfort, near Hwy. 288
outreach - helping people learn about this - they want to know
City
Council heard us,
Tuesday afternoon,
August 30
Houston City
Council Meeting takes public input most Tuesdays
holidays perturb the schedule
(the day before their meeting, call 713-247-1840
to make an appointment.)
-- audio and/or video soon to be posted --
AUSTIN,
TEXAS: August 27
March, Rally, Demonstration
DETAILS
PRESS
CONFERENCE, 9:30 AM, August 25
at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center
3815 Live Oak Street at Alabama
(Phone: 713-521-0641)
Prayer
Vigil for Frances
Monday, August 22, 2005
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
In front of the Harris County Court House
1201 Franklin, Houston Texas
FLYER (pdf)
Flyer:
"Free Frances Newton Week" pdf
(Be aware: this file has a rather long download time for us phone line folks...)
February 20-29
* Speak-out
at Houston City Council - Members of the Committee to Free Frances Newton
spoke in support of the Resolution for a Moratorium. The Mayor and Council
listened with respect, while limiting each of us to one minute, due to the
overwhelming numbers of people who signed up to speak on other issues. Afterward,
outside the chambers, we learned of the Supreme Court decision outlawing execution
of juveniles. Jubilation!
* Harris County Green Party Meeting - Monday evening at the Downtown Library: February
21. After the election of new steering committee members, the deep content
part of the meeting focused on the death penalty: historical roots and right
now facts in Houston. Guest speakers: Jolanda Jones, Gloria Rubac, Lee Bolton
(Nanon Williams' mother), Jewel Nelms Frances Newton's mother).
* Moratorium Resolution
introduced at Houston City Council - Gloria Rubac presented a resolution
to Mayor Bill White and the council calling for a moratorium on all Harris
County executions and calling for criminal charges for those in the crime
lab responsible for false testimony that sent innocent people to prison.
(City Council entertains public comment Tuesdays, starting
shortly after 1:30 PM, 901 Bagby between McKinney and Walker. Sign up to speak
with the City Secretary at 713-247-1840.)
* Protest and Press Conference against the HPD Crime Lab – Demonstration
from 4:00-6:00 and a Press Conference at 4:30 in front of HPD headquarters
at 1200 Travis. Speaking at the press conference were be Frances' mother,
Jewel Nelms, and Nanon Williams' mother, Lee Bolton. Both Frances and Nanon
are innocent and on death row due to incompetence and/or lies of the Crime
Lab “experts.”
* “From Lynchings to Executions: The Struggle to Abolish the Death Penalty”
- A Black History Program featuring the mothers of Frances Newton and Nanon
Williams, KPFT radio host and activist Hitaji Aziz, Gloria Rubac and Njeri
Shakur with the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement and many youth from
Acres Homes celebrated Black History through dance, song and poetry by death
row prisoners. In Acres Homes at Hope in Christ Church, 10310 Antoine Dr.
just north of Highway 249, from 2:00-4:00 PM.
Media spots to watch and listen to:
* THE ACTIVITY
THAT GREW IN LATE 2004 CONTINUED:
* During early March Houston Indymedia Radio aired a program:
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/3935.php
A Mother's Day special.
* GreenWatch TV - Wednesday evening, March 2 from 9-10 PM,
Cable Access Channel 17. Focus of the show was on the death penalty as exercised
in Harris County. Guests were Gloria, Njeri, and Jewell. A video clip of the
protest and rally in front of the HPD Crime Lab aired, with Lee Bolton and
Jolanda Jones speaking.
* KTSU 90.9 FM - Saturday, Feb. 26 at 8:45 AM:
Hosted by Jew Don Boney, filling in; guests were Jewel Nelms (Frances' mother),
and friends.
* The Box – 97.9 FM – Sunday morning, Nov. 28 at 8:15 AM
Host City Councilwoman Ada Edwards spoke with Frances’ mother, Nanon William's
mother Lee Bolton, and took phone calls.
Further contact: THE TEXAS DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION MOVEMENT
713-521-09629 or 713-503-2633 ~ AbolitionMovement@juno.com
Meetings first Tuesday of each month at S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live Oak at Alabama.
updated 2005-03-11