FYI...
Stefanie Rixecker
ECOFEM Coordinator
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Dear LGBTST Activist,
The Millions for Mumia, April 24th Mobilization is organizing Rainbow
Flags for Mumia, a national contingent of LGBTST peoples in support of a
new trial for African-American political prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal. A
mass outpouring of people are expected to march in both Philadelphia and
San Franscisco on April 24th.
The Millions for Mumia, April 24th Mobilization has been endorsed by
over 500 individuals and organizations. Endorsers include Alice Walker,
Pam Africa, Angela Davis, African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal
Change, Barbara Smith, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Susan Sarandon, Leslie
Feinberg, The National Body of the Black Men�s Xchange, Holly Hughes,
Nancy Nangeroni, The Intl. Lesbian and Gay Human Rights Commission, Joan
Nestle, The National Latino/a Lesbaina and Gay Organization, Ed Asner,
Ossie Davis, Pride At Work: The National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender Labor Organization, State Senator Tom Duane, The New York
City Anti-Violence Project, Morris Kight, Geronimo ji Jaga (Pratt),
James Green, Ani DiFranco, and Jewelle Gomez.
Communities across the country are organizing contingents. Latina/os
for Mumia are mobilizing, in Boston; Hartford and Bridgeport, CT;
Providence, Rhode Island; New York; New Jersey; Washington, DC; and
Philadelphia. Under the leadership of civil rights leader Yuri
Kochiyama, Asians for Mumia are sponsoring buses cities on both coasts.
The LGBTST contingent, Rainbow Flags for Mumia, is growing rapidly with
over 150 endorsements nationally and contingents being built out of New
York, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia,
Los Angeles, Tucson, and several other cities.
We are asking groups to mobilize their memberships and constituencies to
the Philadelphia and San Francisco marches on April 24. We are asking
if it would be possible for yourself as activist or your organization to
endorse the Rainbow Flags contingent and offer organizational support to
build it.
Would it be possible for your organization to include Rainbow Flags for
Mumia information in your next mailing, emails or newsletter? Would it
be possible for your organization to sponsor a community meeting or
serve as a distribution center for leaflets and information on the
contingent? Most importantly, can you help to organize buses, vans, or
car caravan to Philadelphia or San Fransisco?
Enclosed are the Rainbow Flags for Mumia statement and endorser lists.
Please contact us for an activist kit or if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Minnie Bruce Pratt Nick Wood Jesse Heiwa Dawn Reel Gery Armsby
Imani Henry
for Rainbow Flags for Mumia
LESBIAN, GAY, BI, TWO-SPIRIT, TRANS PEOPLE DEMAND:
NEW TRIAL FOR MUMIA ABU JAMAL
BUILD THE RAINBOW FLAGS CONTINGENT
in the April 24th Millions For Mumia Demonstration
STOP THE EXECUTION!
WHO IS MUMIA ABU-JAMAL?
Mumia is a former Black Panther and a lifelong fighter against racism,
repression and police brutality. He is a widely published author and
radio commentator who is known as the �voice of the voiceless.�
In 1981 Mumia was framed for the murder of a white police officer in
Philadelphia. All the evidence, however, indicates that Mumia is
innocent. Lawyers and supporters for Mumia revealed, for example, that
witnesses were intimidated by the police and coerced into giving false
testimony. As part of this unfair trial, the prosecution used his
political activism to smear him in order to obtain a conviction.
Mumia was sentenced to death. For the last seventeen years he has been
a political prisoner on Death Row. His last appeal to the State of
Pennsylvania has been denied, despite the fact that witnesses who had
been intimidated by the police have now come forward.
He could be executed within six months.
WHY SHOULD LBGTST PEOPLE SUPPORT MUMIA?
The LGBTST community has been in the forefront of every struggle in this
country--reproductive rights, the fight against racism, AIDS, in union
struggles, and the anti-war movement.
Lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and trans peoples experience first-hand
police brutality and repression--from raids in trans and gay bars to the
police attacks and brutality against us. We understand what it means to
be harassed, arrested, and jailed for just being who we are.
The execution of Mumia would be the killing of a political activist with
State sanction. It would be a green light to right-wing forces that
provoke attacks like those against James Byrd in Jasper, TX, Matthew
Shepard in Laramie, WY, and Dr. Barnett Slepian in Buffalo, NY.
WE CAN WIN A NEW TRIAL FOR MUMIA.
We can strike a blow at the same forces that want to push our community
back. That means that a victory for Mumia is a victory for us. `That�s
why we have to be in Philadelphia on April 24th, --Mumia�s birthday.
DEMONSTRATE APRIL 24 PHILADELPHIA
JOIN THE LBGT CONTINGENT ON APRIL 24TH
Millions for Mumia Office
212-633-6646
39 West 14th St., #206, NY, NY 10011
email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition 212-330-8029
Int�l Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia 215-476-8812
check out [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Rainbows Flags organizing
in your area.
*All are welcome including: intersexuals, androgynes, bi-gender,
gender-benders, zamis, adodi, shape-shifters, same gender loving, all
sexualities, drag queens & kings, cross-dressers, passing men & women,
and add your own!
Rainbow Flags for Mumia: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit and
Trans Contingent for The April 24th, Millions for Mumia March
As of 3/9/99 11:58 PM
Organizations:
African Ancestral Lesbians United for
Societal Change, NYC
Dark Night Press, Chicago
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
Metropolitan Gender Network, NYC
The National Body of The Black Men's Xchange
The National Latina/o Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Organization- LLEGO
The New York City Gay and Lesbian
Anti-Violence Project
Pride At Work, The National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Labor
Organization
Pride at Work, Rhode Island Chapter
Radical Wimmin Action Guild, Tuscon, AZ
Stonewall Initiative for Equal Rights, Los Angeles, CA
STAR: Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries, NYC
ST*R, Angry Queer Group, Lyon-France
Students and Youth to Stop the Execution of Mumia (S.Y.S.T.E.M)
Wingspan Domestic Violence Project, Outreaching and Servicing the
L/G/B/T Communities, Tucson, AZ
Indivduals:
David Acosta, Poet,Galaei Project,*
Phil,PA
Rebecca Alpert, Rabbi,Assistant Professor of Religion, Temple University
Alejandro Amezcua, East Palo Alto, CA
Tina Andrus, Musician, Schenectady, NY
Gery Armsby, Southern Arizona Gender Alliance
S.A Bachman, ThinkAgain, Boston
Jon Banks, Activist, Amboyz*
Jason Bishop, AIDS & Harm Reduction Activist, NYC
Dana Blue, Lesbian Activist/Musician NYC
Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhr�n, Radius of Arab American Writers, Inc., New
Association of Sephardi/Mizrahi Artists & Writers International*
Gary Bowen, Author and Activist
Catherine M. Brennan Esq., Lesbian Avengers, MD
Juliet Vacirca Brown, Actor, MD
Linda Bryant, Feminist Bookseller, Charis: Books and More in Atlanta
Elly Bulkin, Boston
Olga Cambasani, Senior Editor, Euro-Transgender Magazine, Spain
Mandy Carter, Natl. Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum*
Neema Caughran, PhD, Pima County/Tucson Women�s Commission*
Tammi L. Coles, Coordinator,
Washington Peace Center
Diana Courvant, Author, Acting Director, Survivor Project
Natalie Davis, Writer/Activist,
Baltimore, MD
Jeffery Dickemann, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Secretary of
FTM Intl. Inc.*
Shahn D. Dickson, Writer, Activist, Minnesota,
AJ Dirks, MIT Women's Studies
Department, Boston
Hannah Doress, HANARCHY Now! Productions
Mollie Dowling, Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom*
Robert Drake, Writer
Tom Duane, State Senator, NYC
Theodore Ellison Jr., Housing Works,
Inc. NYC*
Gary English, Exec. Director, People of Color In Crisis, Inc. NY *
Marla Erlien, GCN, Bromfield Street Educational Foundation* Boston
Carolyn Epple, Tempe, AZ
Leslie Feinberg, Author, Activist
Lucia P Fort, Silver Springs, MD
Jim Fouratt , Stonewall Rebellion Participant, Co-Founder ACT UP
Magdalena Blanquer Genovart, Clandentin@, Spain
Monika Gries, Central New York Trans Menace
Phoebe Godfrey, NY
Martha Grevatt, Secretary, Pride at Work
James Green, Writer, President of FTM Intl.,Inc.*
Jim Grimsley, Author
Teresa Gutierrez, Intl. Peace for Cuba Appeal
Jesse Heiwa, Queers for Racial and Economic Justice
Gorka Ramos Hervella, Clandenstin@, Spain
Liz Highleyman, Journalist, San Francisco
Holly Hughes, Performance Artist
Loraine Hutchins, BiNet USA*
Arlene Istar Lev, NY
Rebecca Johnson
Lani Ka'ahumanu, Activist, Author, Poet, BiNetUSA and NGLTF*
Morris Kight, Co-Founder, Gay Liberation Front
Dawn Kimpel, Student, Boston University
Kim Kirkley, National Conference of Black Lawyers
Joan Larkin, Writer, Teacher, Sarah Lawrence College
Michael Lassell, Writer
Lisa Levine, Holliston, MA
Aurora Levins Morales, Writer
Puerto Rican Studies Association*, National Writer�s Union*
Yosenio Lewis, FTM Activist
Kerry Lobel, Exec. Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force*
Attica Lundy, BlkTrianGurl, Atlanta, GA
Heather MacAllister, Fat Activist, Ypsilanti MI
Gordene Mackenzie, Professor University of New Mexico
Andrew McCarthy, Performance Poet, NY
Winnie McCroy, Staff Writer, Baltimore Gay Paper*
Kelly McGowan,Harm Reduction Activist,NY
Jonathan McIntyre, New Mexico
Jennifer McPherson, University of Richmond
Vera Miao, NYC
Chris Moes, Radical Faery
Lisa Moore, Publisher, Red Bone Press
Cherry Muhanji, Artist, Scholar, Women�s Studies, University of
Minnesota
Anya Mukarji-Connolly, Center for Womyn Concerns, SUNY at Stony Brook
Nancy Nangeroni, Activist, Radio Personality, GenderTalk
Frank Neisser, NPC Boston, LBGT focus
Letta Neely, Activist, Writer
Joan Nestle, Writer and Co-founder, Lesbian Herstory Archives
Margo Okazawa-Rey, Professor, School of Social Work, San Francisco State
University
Jude Patton, CMHC,CMFT, PA-C Therapist, Physician Assistant, FTM
Activist
Sophia Pazos, Elizabeth, NJ
Minnie Bruce Pratt, Writer, Activist
Bet Powers, Member, Board of Director of FTM Intl.*
Amber Rader, Univ. of North Carolina Greensboro GLBSA
Margaret Randall,Writer
Dawn Reel, New York Free Mumia Coalition
Wayne Ritz, VT
Vikki Rompala,Chair of Committee on
Sexual Minority Issues, National
Association of Social Workers, * MD
Trudy Rudnick, Organizer, Local 3882, AFT*
Ruby Sales, President/Founder, Women Of All Colors
Faye Schwartz, Student, MIT, Boston
Sigi Scigliano, CA
Gerry Scoppettulo, Portland, ME
Wendy Scott, Associate Director, AIDS Delaware*
Liz Seaton, Executive Director, Free State Justice Campaign*, Takoma
Park, MD
Mab Segrest, Urban-Rural Mission (USA), World Council of Churches*
Jay Sennett, Filmmaker, FTM Activist, Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Michael Shaw, BiProvidence*, RI
Sarah Shulman, Author
Ben Singer, Activist, Phil, PA
Deirdre (Al Dente) Sinnott, Amboyz*, Intl. Action Center
Barbara Smith, Writer, Member, Black Radical Congress
Pamela Sneed, Performance Artist, NYC
Kristianna Tho�masleah, Metro Gender Network, Workers World Party
Mark Tuttle, Gay Men of African Descent, NYC*
Carmen Vasquez, Director of Public Policy, The Lesbian and Gay Community
Service Center*, NYC
Igor Vertiletsky, Jersey City, NJ
Susan Weigl, Michael Callen-Audre Lorde Community Health Center, NYC*
Kathryn Welsh, NYC
Robin G. White, Performance Artist, GA
Rebecca Widom, Wingspan Domestic Violence Project, AZ
Justice Williams, Trans Activist, Boston
Karen Williamsen, Minn, MN
Christina Wilson, The Next Thing, Group for Queer Students of Color*,
Brown University, RI
Dawn Wilson, It�s Time America, Kentucky*
Nick Wood, Roxbury Comm College, Boston
Jessica Xavier, National Director, It�s Time America!*
John Zeh, Journalist, Cincinnati, OH
(For Identification Purposes Only)*
_____I want to add my name to the list of endorsing organizations and
individuals for the Millions for Mumia, Rainbow Flags for Mumia,
Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Two-spirit, Trans, contingent, April 24 March in
Philadelphia to defend Mumia's right to life and to a fair trial.
____Please send me an activist kit
(For email response:
reply to sender and fill in the
coupon)
Name___________________________________
Phone__________________________________
Address________________________________
Zip_____________________________________City/State_______________________
________Country__________________________________email
address_______________________________
Organization_______________________________/ / List organization for
identification purposes only/ / My organization has officially
endorsed. Endorsements list being organized by:Millions for Mumia
Mobilization 39 W. 14 St., #206, NY, NY 10011phone: 212-633-6646
E-mail, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Initiating
Organizations:International Concerned Family & Friends for Mumia
Abu-Jamal Academics for MumiaBlack Radical CongressBruderhoffCampaign
to End Death PenaltyCritical ResistanceJericho MovementMillion Woman
March National & Universal MovementMobilization to Free Mumia
Abu-JamalNational People's CampaignNew York Free Mumia
CoalitionPeoples Video NetworkRefuse & Resist ...and many more
International Action Center39 West 14 Street, Room 206New York, NY
10011email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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(212) 633-6646 fax: (212) 633-2889
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Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker
Division of Environmental Management & Design
Lincoln University, Canterbury
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Aotearoa New Zealand
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