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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 18:35:16 -0600
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Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
PO Box 583 Lawrence, KS 66044
785-842-5774 fax 785-842-5796
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Important current issues: March 1999
-Leonard�s health-Attorney Eric Seitz has taken case
-Effort to gain executive clemency
-Canadian extradition report
-Media being banned from interviewing Peltier
-Getting Leonard�s case back into court/law schools
-Congressional hearings
-Posters and news papers! Spread the word!
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
-International support continues to build
-New addition to defense team
UPCOMING EVENTS:
-The book Prison Writings, My Life is my Sundance by Leonard Peltier-June
26, 1999
-Leonard Peltier Organizing Conference Friday, June 25th , Saturday, June
26th, and Sunday June 27th
HEALTH
Leonard Peltier is currently suffering from complications of a previous
maxilla-facial surgery which he underwent at the Springfield Medical
facility in 1996. Because of this, he is in excruciating pain everyday as
the pain in his jaw never subsides.
As a child Leonard stepped on a nail and got tetanus. This caused him to
get lockjaw and he has had problems with his jaw ever since. He also broke
his jaw once and it never healed correctly. This is why he was transferred
to Springfield for surgery in 1996. Dr. Collins, one of the prison doctors,
had recommended that Leonard be treated at the Mayo clinic in Rochester
where there is a medical facility that regularly treats federal prisoners
and is better equipped and employs more qualified specialists. The prison
ignored this advice. During this surgery Leonard almost died. He was in a
coma for fourteen hours after the surgery and his jaw is now in much worse
condition than before he was treated.
Leonard cannot bite or chew his food because his jaw is frozen. He cannot
completely close or open his mouth. He must eat by forcing food through a
gap in his front teeth and then mashing it against his front teeth with his
tongue. The prison will not blend his food. He suffers from excruciating
headaches and jaw pain because of this condition.
This is not the only maltreatment he received at Springfield. After the
operation he was told that he required radiation treatment to his jaw. He
was told that if he did not receive it he would die. After a lot of
pressure he agreed despite the fact that he was already weak and in severe
pain from the surgery. During this time he was kept in �the hole� which is
a cell that is six by eight feet long. It was infested with cockroaches and
ants, he was only allowed a one inch pencil to write with, he had to write
on the cement floor, and he was only allowed one phone call a month. He was
not put in isolation because his behavior had warranted any type of
disciplinary action.
After one month it became apparent to Leonard that the surgery was a
complete failure. He refused to go back to Springfield because of its
inhumane conditions and medical maltreatment. It has been two years and he
is still waiting for treatment from the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Keller, a
specialist at the Mayo Clinic has agreed to do the surgery but the prison
will not transfer him there. Leonard will not sign any transfer papers
unless they specifically state that he is going to the Mayo Clinic for
treatment for fear of being transferred back to Springfield. Legal remedies
are currently being taken in order to get Leonard the care he needs.
Meanwhile please help us pressure the BOP, Leavenworth prison, and Congress
to allow him to be immediately transferred to the Mayo Clinic.
Leonard has endured the Marion Control Unit, an attempted assassination,
harassment, and physical brutality for twenty-three years despite the fact
that the government says they do not know who is responsible for the deaths
of the agents. It is important now more than ever that Leonard is released.
NOTE: On March 16 Leonard met with medical staff of Leavenworth and
Springfield. They told him that there was nothing Springfield could do to
help him, and the doctor who originally did his surgeries said he is not
willing to do any more. This is a step forward because they have now
officially admitted that Springfield cannot help him, a 180 degree change in
what they have been saying for the last three years.
EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
In 1993 Ramsey Clark filed for executive clemency on Leonard�s case.
Normally it takes six to nine months for a clemency petition to be reviewed.
It has been five years and we have heard nothing. The only response ever
received from Clinton is a form letter which we have hundreds of, stating
that it is still being reviewed by the department of justice. President
Clinton has the authority to look into the status of the �review� and he has
the authority to grant clemency whenever he chooses. The Clinton
administration has ignored letters and resolutions from foreign governments,
letters from many prestigious people, and millions of signatures and letters
from the people of the U.S. The government admits that they do not know what
involvement Leonard may have had in the agents� deaths. It is an outrage
that he is still in prison. Please continue to write Clinton and the Pardon
Attorney, as well as your congressional representatives. Inform them on
Leonard�s case and urge them to write to Clinton in support of Executive
Clemency for Peltier. Now that the impeachment hearings are over we may
have a better chance of getting a response from the President.
CANADIAN EXTRADITION REPORT
In 1989 Leonard appealed his extradition to the Canadian Supreme Court.
Though they denied the appeal on a technicality, they admitted that the
affidavits were fraudulent and one of the court�s justices recommended that
the Minister of Justice investigate the possibility that the extradition was
illegally obtained.
In 1994 Leonard�s final appeal was turned down. 55 MP�s from Canada�s
Parliament filed an unprecedented Amicus brief before that court on Leonard�
s behalf. As a result of the publicity, then Canadian Minister of Justice,
Allen Rock initiated an internal review of Leonard�s extradition by his
department officials. That process began in June of 1995. Approximately
one year later, he asked MP Warren Allmand to submit a report to him after
reviewing the files pertaining to Leonard�s extradition. Allmand submitted
a report (which has never been made public) which stated that there was no
evidence, other than the Poor Bear affidavits, that could have been used to
extradite Peltier and that the Poor Bear affidavits were fraudulent. He also
recommended that Minister Rock make a formal request for a new trial or
clemency on Leonard�s case. Minister Rock promised Warren Allmand that the
findings of the review would be made public before he was to leave office in
1997. He did not fulfill his promise leaving Leonard and his family,
friends, and supporters hanging. Opposition MP, Peter Mancini has been
pressuring the Canadian government to face the fact that Leonard should not
have been extradited and to release the findings of the review ever since.
So, where does that leave us today? We have been urging the current
Minister of Justice, Anne McLellan to release the report on the internal
review of Leonard�s extradition. Since that time the LPDC has received some
confusing feed back regarding this request. Some say that there is no
report despite the fact that �the report� has been referred to on numerous
occasions by the justice department, the Commissioner herself, and the
privacy commissioner of Canada (who cleared public release of the findings
on June 8, 1998). Many have said that this �report� is Warren Allmand�s
report, but his name is not indicated on it and therefore it confuses the
justice department when we ask for it. MP, Peter Mancini filed an Access
to Information Request regarding the review and got a response denying his
request and stating that there are 47 related documents being withheld.
Since Leonard has already spent twenty-three years in prison and since his
suffering is coupled by his severe jaw condition, we really do not have time
to play games with this issue. In a letter from the Canadian Department of
Justice dated January 16, 1998, Anne McLellan�s Senior Policy Advisor,
Michael Brown, stated, �the former Minister of Justice, the Honourable Allan
Rock, asked that the Peltier case be reviewed by the Department of Justice.
This departmental review has been completed, and Minister McLellan is now
considering the results. I expect that the Minister will be in a position
to respond to the issues raised in the review once she has had an
opportunity to consider them carefully.� THIS WAS OVER ONE YEAR AGO!
Clearly the review was completed and the findings must constitute some form.
Therefore we are now asking for THE FINDINGS of the internal review on his
extradition to be released, whether this constitutes a report, 47 documents,
or both. We want all documents related to the investigation to be released.
We are asking for the Minister of Justice, Anne McLellan to make a formal
request to Janet Reno for Leonard to be freed as Warren Allmand had
recommended and as obligated by US/Canadian treaty laws and Diplomatic
Protocols. We are asking for Warren Allmand�s report, specifically, to be
released as well.
You can help. At the end of this update is a sample letter which can be
sent to Canadian Minister of Justice, Anne McLellan and to the Canadian
embassy, its consulates and diplomatic missions in the US and to the US
embassy, its consulates and diplomatic missions in Canada.
MEDIA
For two years now all media sources have been banned from interviewing
Leonard Peltier at Leavenworth Penitentiary. The Manchester Guardian, a
major daily news paper in England, was recently told that they could not
enter the prison to interview Leonard Peltier. When they asked why, they
were told, �for no particular reason.� Reporter Andrew Mueller of The
Manchester Guardian was making the phone call to prison officials about the
interview. When he first called he had asked if it was possible for them to
enter the prison to interview inmates. He was told that this should be no
problem, that is until he mentioned the name �Leonard Peltier.�
Also, CNN and Peter Worthington of the Toronto Sun have also been recently
told that they would not be allowed to enter Leavenworth to interview
Leonard Peltier. However, media scources have been granted entry by the
prison to interview other prisoners--prisoners who�s cases are not
political. Other political prisoners at Leavenworth have also been censored
from the media. This issue is not only restricted to Leavenworth either, as
we witnessed with the recent denial of 20/20 into SCI Greene to interview
Mumia Abu Jamal. Leonard cannot take legal action on his own behalf
regarding this policy; the media who is being banned must do this. However,
as citizens, we have the right to defend the first ammendment rights of
prisoners since it is our tax dollars that are being used to fund the
prisons. Please write to the BOP and the Warden at Leavenworth to express
your indignation with this discriminatory policy.
GETTING CASE BACK INTO COURTS
We are currently looking for ways to enter Leonard�s case back into court.
We need research lawyers, law professors, and law students to try to find
ways by which to do this. If you are interested in researching Leonard�s
case you may want to purchase The Trial of Leonard Peltier, and the trial
transcripts. We also have the appeal decisions on disc, but we still need
to get other relevant briefs, evidentiary hearings, etc. on the
computer�hopefully this will be done soon. If you find a possible strategy
to get Leonard�s case back into court, we will have you discuss it with
trial attorneys Tony Serra, Carl Nadler, and Eric Seitz. Anyone who is able
to find a way to get the case back into court will receive international
recognition in the legal community. Contact the LPDC for more information.
CONGRESSIONAL HEARING INVESTIGATIONS
We are urging the Senate and Congress to hold an investigation into the
judicial improprieties in Leonard�s case. Ernie Stevens, vice president of
the National Congress of American Indians has recently been in
correspondence with Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who reported that he is urging
the Judiciary Committee to hold the hearings. Write, call, and fax your
local elected officials to encourage them to do the same. If they are on
the Judiciary Committee it is especially important to urge them to hold the
hearings. Also encourage Ben Nighthorse Campbell to continue with his
efforts. ( ADDRESSES AND CONTACT INFORMATION BELOW )
POSTERS AND NEWS PAPERS! SPREAD THE WORD!
We have a new 17�x22� beautiful color poster featuring a current image of
Leonard, that says, �The Indian Wars Are Not Over-Free Leonard Peltier and
all Political Prisoners.� On the side they say �Remember those who didn�t
survive 1973-1976.� This is followed by a list of the people who were
murdered during the �reign of terror.� Please have them posted in
classrooms, tribal offices, activist offices, caf�s, etc. The posters can
be bought for five dollars each at a discount price in bulk. Shipping and
handling is an additional five dollars for an order of one to ten posters.
(for bulk orders contact or email the LPDC to negotiate cost)
We have also made a new, full color poster to publicize the Leonard Peltier
Organizing Conference. The poster features an original oil of Sitting Bull
with children by Leonard Peltier. Let us know how many you can post in
public areas and we will send them to you. We will just ask that you pay
for the postage.
We publish a bi-monthly news paper featuring a statement from Leonard
Peltier, photos of his art and articles on his case, current Indigenous
issues, environmental issues, and prison issues. This is a great way to
keep up to date with his case and other important issues. It is $12.00 per
year for US residents, $7.00 for seniors, $22.00 for over seas, and free for
prisoners. Send your check or money order to the LPDC and encourage others
to do the same.
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
Thanks to the hard work of the LPSG France, KWIA of Belgium, and
international spokesperson, Bobby Castillo, a new resolution was passed in
the European Parliament on February 11, 1999. This resolution, which insists
that Peltier be freed, that investigations into Leonard�s case be held, that
Peltier receive adequate medical attention, and that Peltier�s case be
included on the agenda of the EP�s next delegation to the U.S., reiterates
the European Parliament Resolution that was passed in December of 1994 in
support of freedom for Leonard Peltier.
Leonard was recently recognized as a Human Rights Defender at the 50th
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Paris. His name
was included in a list of other Human Rights Defenders incarcerated for
their actions and beliefs (African, Asian, Palestinian, Peruvian, Colombian,
Tibetan, Kurds, etc). A call was made by representatives of various NGOs
such as Danielle Mitterand, President of Amnesty International Pierre Sane
and Rigoberta Menchu to others of the international community to intervene
in Leonard Peltier�s case. Rigoberta Menchu made a particularly moving
statement in support of Leonard Peltier. Leonard was officially and
symbolically invited to this event by Amnesty International,
France-Libertes, International Federation of Human Rights and ATD-Fourth
World.
Serle Chapman, the editor of the book, Of Earth and Elders, recently
organized a demonstration in London, England. Their current goal is to
encourage Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to urge President Clinton to grant
clemency to Peltier. Through lobbying and demonstrating efforts they have
gained the support of MP Tony Benn who has agreed to initiate and put a
motion before the British government and parliament in the House of Commons
calling for all means of diplomatic pressure to support clemency, the
release of the findings of the Canadian internal review, proper medical
treatment, and the end to the ban of media access to Leonard Peltier. This
is great news considering that England is the closest ally to the U.S.
ADDITION TO DEFENSE TEAM
Renowned human rights activist and lawyer, Jennifer Harbury, has joined
Leonard�s defense team and will be helping to coordinate our efforts. With
Jennifer�s extensive experience in lobbying, law, and organizing political
campaigns, we are bound to make huge strides toward Leonard�s freedom this
year. Eric Seitz, the lawyer who argued Leonard�s last appeal has rejoined
the defense team and is overseeing medical issues and researching new legal
strategies.
The book PRISON WRITINGS - MY LIFE IS MY SUNDANCE
Leonard Peltier�s first book, Prison Writings, My Life is My Sundance edited
by Harvey Arden will be released by St. Martin�s press June 26, 1999. It
will be available at the Leonard Peltier Organizing Conference (June 25-27),
however the LPDC is taking advance orders. We are selling the hard cover
for $25.00 including shipping and handling, a portion of which goes directly
to Leonard�s defense if purchased through the LPDC (hint hint).
The book is bound to create waves of inspiration and dedication for those
who read its humanly honest, emotional, and profound words. For the first
time Leonard�s story is being told from the personal perspective that only
he can give. If the book is a success it will have an outstanding affect on
the movement to free him. Please HELP GET THE WORD OUT! Encourage people
to make advance orders of the book and call the LPDC to set up book readings
in your areas to help promote it.
LEONARD PELTIER ORGANIZING CONFERENCE
June 25-27,1999 at Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas
Plan to be in Kansas this summer for the Leonard Peltier Organizing
Conference. The purpose of the conference is to build a stronger network to
free Peltier and to develop concrete strategies to gain his release.
( See the details and registration form below )
SAMPLE LETTER TO ANNE MCLELLAN-EXTRADITION REVIEW:
Dear Honorable Anne McLellan,
I am writing you in concern of First Nation Lakota-Anishinabe U.S. federal
prisoner, Leonard Peltier. Leonard Peltier was illegally extradited from
Canada in 1976 with the use of fabricated affidavits that have been deemed
by both the Canadian and the U.S. governments to have been fraudulent. It
has been established by government officials that there was no other
evidence against Peltier that would have been strong enough to extradite
him, deeming his deportation from Canada illegal. This clearly demonstrates
at what cost the US was willing to go in order to prosecute and convict Mr.
Peltier of a crime which they now admit they do not know who is responsible
for. Mr. Peltier has now spent twenty-three years in prison and his health
is deteriorating.
It is imperative that issues regarding human rights and justice not be
restricted by reasoning of national sovereignty. Especially when one nation
is deceived into unlawfully supporting the human rights violations of
another as Canada has been regarding this case. Many major human rights
violations, crimes and atrocities would not have been stopped if it was not
for pressure and action taken by the international community; the case of
Nelson Mandela being one example which closely mirrors the case of Mr.
Peltier�s.
Therefore, it is now up to you to help right a wrong that the Canadian
government originally fell victim to but today has become part of
prolonging. We are asking that you release the findings of Minister Rock�s
internal review of Mr. Peltier�s extradition which he had promised to
release before leaving office. We ask that you release Warren Allmand�s
report on Mr. Peltier�s extradition and we ask that you release all
documents pertaining to the review. We cannot fathom any justifiable
reason as to why this information should not be released.
Under U.S./Canadian Treaty law, deemed to be the �supreme law of the land,�
the Canadian government is obligated to make a formal request to U.S.
Attorney General, Janet Reno and President Clinton insisting that Mr.
Peltier be granted a new trial or be granted Executive Clemency. I am
urging you to take immediate action by doing exactly this. As Judge Ross,
who heard Mr. Peltier�s first appeal stated, �it gives some credence to the
claim of the Indian people that the United States is willing to resort to
any tactic in order to bring somebody back to the United States from Canada.
And if they are willing to do that, they must be willing to fabricate other
evidence and it�s no wonder that they are unhappy and disbelieve the things
that happened in our courts when things like this happen.� Please do not
allow this injustice to continue.
Thank you for your time. To receive more information and documentation
regarding this case, please contact the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee:
PO Box 583 Lawrence, KS 66044 (785) 842-5774 fax: (785) 842-5796.
Sincerely,
SAMPLE LETTERS TO CLINTON
Dear Mr. President Clinton,
I am writing you in concern of racism in the United States of America and
more specifically, the case of Leonard Peltier. Leonard Peltier has been
incarcerated now for twenty-three years despite the fact that the government
has conceded on numerous occasions that they do not know who is responsible
for the deaths of the agents or what part Leonard Peltier may have had in
them. This blatant disregard for justice exemplifies and symbolizes an
attitude of racism toward First Nations Peoples by the United States
government. I do not believe that relations between our nations can be
healed while Leonard Peltier remains behind bars.
Between 1973 and 1976 over sixty Indigenous people were murdered on the Pine
Ridge Reservation which was why Leonard Peltier chose to go there and
protect those that were being targeted for these killings. NONE of these
murders have ever been investigated. What does it say to Indigenous peoples
and conscientious non-Indigenous peoples when a government shows no concern
over the deaths of members of First Nations but yet will go to any length to
blame the deaths of two FBI agents on an Indigenous person, innocence not
being a factor? Why should we have faith in the U.S. justice system when
you have ignored millions of our letters and phone calls voicing our
justified indignation with the continued incarceration of Leonard Peltier?
Why should we have faith in the justice system when the government convicted
Leonard Peltier of first degree murder, but when their evidence was
impeached during an appeal, they then changed their theory to aiding and
abetting? Since Leonard Peltier�s co-defendants were found innocent on
grounds of self-defense, this sudden change of theory looks to us like a
ridiculous excuse to keep an innocent man in prison.
I strongly urge you to do the right thing and grant executive clemency to
Leonard Peltier. Millions of people internationally know the case of
Leonard Peltier and what it symbolizes and millions upon millions more
continue to learn about it. If you ignore us, the prolonged incarceration
of the most well know advocate for Indigenous People in the U.S. will add to
political unrest and the break down of faith in U.S. justice. If you listen
to our valid demands for justice, you will be remembered by millions for a
gracious act which you will go down in history for.
Leonard is suffering from severe health conditions. He filed for executive
clemency five years ago. Please do not send me a form letter stating that
his petition is still under review by the justice department. Instead,
please look into this case and take immediate action. Thank you.
Sincerely,�
CLEMENCY:
President Bill Clinton
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington DC 20500
202-456-1111
cc your clemency letters to:
US Pardon Attorney
Roger C Adams
500 First Street NW Suite 400
Ref: Leonard Peltier #89637-132
Washington DC 20530
202-616-6070
Also cc your clemency letters to:
Charles Ruff
G1
725 17th St. NW
Washington DC 20503
HEALTH
Deputy Attorney General
Mr. Eric Holder
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington DC 20530
Phone (202) 514-2000
Fax (202) 514-0467
Ms. Kathleen Hawk
Director, Bureau of Prisons
320 First St. NW
Washington, DC 20534
Fax: (202) 514-6878
Phone: (202)307-3198
Warden Booker
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Box 1000
Leavenworth, KS 66048
EXTRADITION REPORT
The Honorable Anne Mc Clellan, Member of Parliament
Minister of Justice
The House of Commons
Ottawa, Canada K1A 0A6
(613)992-4524
fax (613) 996-4516
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS
To reach your Congressperson or Senator by Phone Call 202-224-3121
Write the Congressperson from your district
HOUSE WEBPAGE for addresses and contact numbers
http://www.house.gov/
The Honorable (full name )
United States House of Representatives
Washington DC 20515
Write the Senators from your state
SENATE WEBPAGE for addresses and contact numbers
http://www.senate.gov/
The Honorable (full name )
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
write to Leonard Peltier (he can receive US postal money orders, photos-not
Polaroid, and paper back books)
USPL
Leonard Peltier
#89637-132
PO Box 1000
Leavenworth, KS 66048
Leonard Peltier Organizing Conference
June 25-27,1999 at Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas
June 26th, 1999 will be the twenty-fourth anniversary of the shoot out on
the Pine Ridge Reservation which lead up to the illegal incarceration of
Leonard Peltier. Leonard Peltier has been in prison now for twenty-three
years and as he gets older, prison policies become more and more abusive
making the time more difficult for him to do. His health is deteriorating
and it is important now more than ever that we pull our forces together in
unity and focus all of the support and love that exists for him into a
massive collective effort to gain his freedom. The LPDC will be sponsoring
the Leonard Peltier Organizing Conference on June 25, 26, and 27 at Haskell
Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas in an effort to make this
happen. The goal of the conference is to build a more effective support
group network. With all of the people who have agreed to participate in
panels, run work shops, and attend the conference putting their heads
together to develop concrete strategies to gain freedom for Leonard Peltier,
we are bound to develop a strong, successful campaign.
The conference will open with traditional Lakota, David Chief and Oglala
fire fight survivors, Jean Day, Jean Bordeaux Roach, and Edgar Bear Runner
welcoming everyone to the conference.
Panel discussion topics will include presentations on the legal status of
Peltier�s case, the international campaign to free Peltier, and Prison
issues in general. Leonard�s lawyers, Eric Seitz, Carl Nadler, Jennifer
Harbury, and Ramsey Clark (invited) will be giving the presentation on the
legal case which will be followed by a question and answer period.
Sylvain Duez-Alesdrini, the European Peltier Support Group coordinator
(tentative), Bobby Castillo, international spokesperson for Peltier, Noal
Kleinman of Amnesty International (invited), and Lennox Hinds, human rights
activist and lawyer for Nelson Mandela (tentative) will be giving the
presentation on the status of the international campaign to free Peltier and
its importance.
A panel discussion on prison issues will happen in order to sensitize people
to what Leonard and other prisoners are going through on a daily basis to
create the sense of urgency needed to free Peltier. Ida Robinson, former
political prisoner and advocate for prisoners with children, Helen Felix
Baca, former Lakota prisoner and Peltier supporter, and Bobby Castillo,
former Marion Control Unit prisoner who met Leonard in prison, will be
giving this presentation.
Jennifer Harbury, lawyer and renowned Latin American human rights activist,
Ernie Stevens,Jr., vice president of the National Congress of American
Indians, and Keith Jennings, president of the African American Human Rights
Foundation, will be leading a workshop on lobbying for Leonard Peltier.
They will speak on how to best lobby elected officials, NGO�s, and tribal
councils.
There will also be a work shop on grass roots organizing that will be
conducted by David Dellinger, co-defendant of the Chicago Eight and life
long activist, CT Butler, co-founder of Food Not Bombs, Dr. Michael Yellow
Bird, Professor of social welfare and First Nations activist, Debra Peebles,
radio broadcaster and Native prisoner advocate, Arthur Miller, North West
Leonard Peltier regional support group coordinator, and Dacajeweiah
(Splitting the Sky also known as John Hill), ex-Attica Political Prisoner
and defender of Gustafen Lake.
Finally, there will be a workshop on strengthening the movement to free all
political prisoners which will be lead by Sufiaya Bukari, Jericho
spokesperson, Geronimo Ji Jaga, recently released Black Panther political
prisoner (invited), Mary Dickinson, Jericho State Coordinator for Mondo we
Langa and Ed Poindexter, Pam Africa, Friends and Family of Mumia Abu Jamal
and MOVE member, Marcos Vilar, Defense Committee for Puerto Rican political
prisoners and prisoners of war, Jamila Levi, companera of freedom fighter,
Ray Luc Lavasseur, and Irma Muniz, wife of Raza political prisoner, Ramsey
Muniz.
Organizing materials will be prepared and sold at cost at the conference.
This will include lobbying packets, the Leonard Peltier Support Group
Handbook, a copy of �Incident at Oglala�, a bundle of Spirit of Crazy Horse
news letters, The FBI files, literature to copy, buttons, bumper stickers
and Leonard Peltier Support Group Banners.
We will also be breaking into specific working groups where people can
strategize, dialogue and plan to take responsibility for certain areas of
Leonard�s campaign. We hope that everyone will leave this conference with
renewed inspiration and concrete ways to contribute to the campaign to free
Leonard Peltier and all political prisoners.
We are still at the early planning stages of this conference so your
suggestions and input are welcome. You can help by organizing fund-raisers.
We desperately need money to make this conference a success. You can also
help by organizing buses and caravans from your areas to the conference.
The more people to share expenses with the better! Haskell has both camping
and dorm rooms available. Food will also be provided. We understand the
financial difficulties many may have in coming to the conference and we are
trying to make it affordable as possible. Plan to be in Kansas this June and
register with the LPDC! Call, write, fax, or email the LPDC to get a
registration form or use the one below.
LEONARD PELTIER ORGANIZING CONFERENCE June 25, 26 and 27, 1999
HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY � Lawrence, Kansas
Haskell Indian Nations University is off 23rd Street three blocks east of
Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas
( 23rd Street is also Kansas Route 10 which intersects I-35 and I-435 west
of Kansas City, MO )
LEONARD PELTIER DEFENSE COMMITTEE
PO Box 583 - Lawrence, KS 66044 - 785-842-5774 FAX 785-842-5796<
[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
LEONARD PELTIER ORGANIZING CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
Name___________________________________________________________________
Phone______________________________email________________________________
Address__________________________________________________________________
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE PER PERSON
$25.00
LODGING
Dorm rooms, camping, and hotel rooms are available. If you would like to
reserve a hotel room you can call the LPDC to find out what is available.
Camping will cost 5.00 a night and dorm rooms will cost 15.00 a night. Fill
in the blanks below with the appropriate amounts and nights you will need
lodging.
____Friday night
____Saturday night
____Sunday night
____Total
FOOD
All food will be provided by the Haskell Cafeteria and Food Not Bombs. If
you choose to have your food provided, the cost will be 5.00 for Friday
night, 15.00 for Saturday, and 15.00 for Sunday.
____Friday night
____Saturday night
____Sunday
____Total
ORGANIZING KIT
Organizing kits will be sold at cost during the conference. They will
include a lobbying packet, a Leonard Peltier organizing hand book, one copy
of the documentary, �Incident at Oglala,� 20 news letters, The FBI files, 10
buttons, 10 bumper stickers, and a Leonard Peltier Support Group Banner.
This will cost 50.00. If you will be purchasing a kit let us know so we can
order appropriately.
____ Yes I would like to purchase an organizing kit at the conference
____ I would like to pre-pay for an organizing kit and will include 50.00
now.
____ I will not be purchasing a kit.
TOTAL COST
$25.00 Registration fee
_____ lodging
_____ food
_____ pre-paid organizing kit
_____ TOTAL - I have enclosed this amount with my registration form.
I am most interested in participating in a working group that will focus on:
____direct action/demonstrations
____lobbying and letter writing
____fund-raising
____media, writing, speaking and public outreach
____on-campus organizing
____legal research
Thank you! Make checks and $ orders payable to LPDC. Send to PO Box 583
Lawrence, KS 66044
You will receive verification of your registration for the conference by
mail.
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
PO Box 583
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-842-5774
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