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Hi folks- Prison Radio is trying to match a 25K donation and we have until the end of the month- and we are almost there. We need your donation in what ever size, to push us over the top! $35 is our average donation and we thank and welcome everyone who gives any amount!! $75 dollars gets you a Copy of "We Want Freedom" Mumia's new book on South End Press $240 gets you weekly compact discs of Mumia's eloquent radio dispatches $1000 gets you our deep gratitude, and allows us to improve the efficiency and quality of our recordings with computer upgrades. If you have ever considered making a contribution to Prison Radio - please do it now. Prison Radio/Redwood Justice Fund PO Box 411074 San Francisco, CA 94141 www.prisonradio.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS we are also looking for Mumia T-shirts, if you have one in your closet and can spare it, please send it along to us. We are going to feature them and their designers on our website, as well as support Barbara Hiken- who is going to be wearing her t-shirts and Mumia gear 24/7 until Mumia receives a new trial!!! PPS -Speaking of Mumia: �Listen to an incisive critic of our criminal justice system. Tune in to hear this rare and courageous voice� - Martin Sheen -------------------------------------------------- March, 2005 Dear Friend, Have you have ever heard Mumia Abu-Jamal's voice? Have you ever read one of Mumia's essays? Have you ever seen a picture of Mumia? Your gifts, your support, and your organizing have brought his reporting to life-reaching over 89 stations on Free Speech Radio News, dozens of additional stations, and hundreds of thousands of weekly listeners. It is your continued critical assistance that will make the difference between life and death for Mumia and the millions other men and women in U.S. prisons and jails. "A man who is free, whose life has been signed away several times already is a man I can listen to. I tell you we have a reason for being here in America and that Mumia reminds us what it is." -Alice Walker When Mumia wakes up in the morning-an innocent man having spent 23 years on death row-he makes a commitment every single day to report. To continue speaking the truth no matter what the cost. His radio essays are brilliant perspectives that only a man so free, yet so caged, could produce. "Mumia is a dramatic example of how the criminal justice system can be brought to bear on someone who is African-American, articulate, and involved in change in society. The system is threatened by someone like Mumia. A voice as strong and as truthful as his-the repression against him is intensified." -Sister Helen Prejean, author, Dead Man Walking Mumia files weekly groundbreaking news reports from the deepest depths of one of America's most isolated dungeons through Prison Radio. You have made that possible. You have matched his commitment with your support. You have extended a life line inside. Together we have broken through the prison walls, defeating the state's effort to keep him in total isolation. Take a moment to consider what you can do to help keep this independent, groundbreaking, radio journalism alive. Your support will help Prison Radio continue. It is amazing that you, and your past support, have made it possible to bring Mumia's voice to the world. In 2004 Prison Radio recorded 135 New Radio essays with Mumia. We also hosted interviews of Mumia by Emory Douglas, Fred Hampton Jr., Anita Johnson, and Amy Goodman. This is in addition to the breaking news stories that Mumia covered as they were happening, from the Coup and kidnapping of President Aristide in Haiti, to the tsunami. The cost of making this possible is underwritten by every $10 or $25 dollar donation you made. We appreciate your support, and we know that without all of your gifts of time and money, large or small, we could not do this. We are publishing all of Mumia's radio essays at www.prisonradio.org making the catalogue of his essays available instantly to anyone who wants to hear them. We are in the process of significantly upgrading our website. This has increased our costs about $350 a month, but we think the investment is worth it. All of Mumia's recorded essays are available to download. We are looking for a $50K grant to remaster his back catalogue with new Restoration software. If you know of a foundation or an individual who could help fund this please contact us. Support for Mumia Grows! See the enclosed resolutions by the NAACP: and the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) each called for the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Every gift we receive is valued and needed. Prison Radio has only one part-time staff person, we do so so much with so little. We stretch every single dollar. Your tax deductible contributions make this work possible. Just last week we received a tremendous matching grant! Your gift before March 31, will be doubled. Please consider a gift of $240* or more if you can, and write your check today. If you have given all you can this month, or this year, please pass this letter on to a friend. We only have until March 31, so please send your check, in whatever amount you can give, today. Visit www.prisonradio.org for secure credit card donations. We welcome your company on this long and often difficult road. Thank you for your future and past support. Toward Justice and Freedom, Noelle Hanrahan Producer, Prison Radio (a project of the Redwood Justice Fund) PPS: *$240 is the amount it costs us each week to produce and ship CDs to radio and TV stations. A big THANK YOU! to 34 folks who have given $240 in '04! We are looking for 52 hardy souls-just 18 more people. Will you be one of these key supporters? PPS: Shortly after you receive this letter, Veronza Bowers, will be paroled after spending 30 years in prison on a life sentence. A former Black panther who was arrested in Mill Valley, CA in 1974 he has always maintained his innocence. A big shout of our thanks to Monty Levenson and the many folks who have tirelessly advocated for freedom. www.veronza.org Prison Radio's mission is to challenge mass incarceration and racism by airing the voices of men and women in prison. -------------------------------------- 10 Things you Can Do to Help Free Mumia 1. Get involved. Contact International Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal, P.O. Box 19709, Philadelphia, PA 19143, (Tel (215) 476-8812) www.Mumia.org. 2. Contribute to Mumia Abu-Jamal's Legal Defense Fund. Write a check to the National Lawyers Guild Foundation/Mumia. Make sure to write Mumia on the memo line, and mail to: Friends of MAJ, 130 Morningside Drive, Suite 6C, NY, NY 10027. 3. Call, write or fax Ed Rendell, Governor, to demand a new trial for Mumia: 225 Main Capitol Building Harrisburg, PA 17120, 717-787-2500 ph 717-783-1198 fax. 4. Organize a speaking engagement in your town or at a college with Mumia Abu-Jamal�s lead attorney Robert R. Bryan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). 5. Call your local community radio station and ask them to play Mumia's insightful commentaries, hear the commentaries at www.prisonradio.org. 6. Contact Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Director Jeffrey A. Beard and ask that inhumane conditions, isolation, and torture of death-row inmates be immediately addressed. (717) 975-4918 PA Dept of Corrections, 2520 Lisburn Road P.O. Box 598 Camp Hill, PA 17001-0598 7. Write to Mumia Abu-Jamal, AM 8335, 175 Progress Dr., Waynesburg, PA 15370. 8. Call 1-800-VISIT-PA to say you will only vacation in Pennsylvania when Mumia is granted a new trial, a moratorium on executions is enacted, and the MOVE 9 are free. 9. Buy his new book �We Want Freedom� (www.southendpress.org). Ask your local bookstore to carry Mumia�s books. 10. Join your local Mumia organizing group, or start a new one. For more information about the death penalty and the pennsylvania prison system contact www.prisonsociety.org Mumia Abu-Jamal is an award winning author and broadcast journalist. He has been languishing on Pennsylvania�s death row for over 23 yrs. Writing from a solitary confinement cell, his essays have reached a worldwide audience. Mumia is the author of five books including "Live From Death Row", "Death Blossoms", "All Things Censored", �Faith of Our Fathers� and the recently released �We Want Freedom.� They have sold over 150,000 copies and been translated into seven languages. His 1982 murder trial and subsequent conviction have been the subject of great debate. Mumia's insightful essays and melodic baritone breathe life into the numbing statistic � 5.1 million people under correctional control. Whether Mumia Abu-Jamal's voice will reach the airwaves, and ultimately whether he lives or dies, will be a true test of the strength of our struggle. It will also depend on our independence, the depth of our courage, and our will to organize. Legal Overview: �The government�s quest to murder in the name of the law is based upon its desire to silence Mumia�s voice and pen. This case has been riddled with racism and fraud since his arrest 1981. The trial was a travesty of justice. Mumia is innocent.� Robert R. Bryan, Esq. A decision in Mumia�s first and only federal habeas corpus appeal was issued on Dec. 18, 2001 by Judge William Yohn, U.S. District Court. In that ruling, Mumia�s death sentence was reversed, but his conviction was upheld. Both the Philadelphia DA and Mumia�s lawyers appealed. The Court granted the DA�s motion to keep Mumia on death row. If the appeal panel grants relief on Mumia�s death sentence, the case will go back for a re-trial on whether Mumia is again sentenced to death, or is to spend the remainder of his life in prison. Mumia's attorneys are seeking a completely new trial, and have issues pending in both state and federal courts. In order for Mumia to be released from prison he must first have a new trial. For legal updates and to see an excellent summary of the case visit: www.freemumia.org/Petition.Mar.8.pdf Health Crisis Update: In the past year Mumia has had two serious bouts of inflammation of his ankle and leg with discoloration, caused by his many years on death row. Mumia needs to be seen by an outside doctor for a diagnosis and a health care plan. He is housed in isolation at a supermax security control unit on death row. www.prisonradio.org to join our mailing list send $35 to Prison Radio/RJF PO Box 411074, SF, CA 94141 ============================================ Prison Radio challenges mass incarceration and racism by airing the voices of men and women in prison. Our educational materials serve as a catalyst for public activism. To subscribe to the Prison Radio Zap-email list, send a blank email message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In order to be on the mailing list, send us a contribution of $25 or more. Prison Radio P.O. 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