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MILLIONS FOR MUMIA
4601 Market St. Philadelphia, PA
� (215) 476-8812 � FAX (215) 476-6180
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Pam Africa 215-476-8812
April 15, 1999
PRESS CONFERENCE � FRIDAY, APRIL 16 � 11:00 AM
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, MUNICIPAL SERVICES BDG., 14TH FLOOR
To Maintain 18-Year Cover-Up, City of Philadelphia Is Trampling
Basic Rights to Freedom of Speech and Assembly
MILLIONS FOR MUMIA ORGANIZERS SAY:
"WE WILL MARCH!"
Students, community leaders and labor activists will re-affirm to the
media their intention to march with hundreds of thousands on
Philadelphia's City Hall, April 24, to demand a new trial for Mumia
Abu-Jamal, despite attempts by the city to violate freedom of assembly
rights. Their press conference will begin at 11:00 AM, Friday, at the
City Manager's Office at 1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
"The city has once again failed to enforce its own laws, or defend basic
first amendment rights," said Pam Africa, founder of the International
Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, and organizer of the
April 24 Millions for Mumia rally.
"The call for a new trial for Mumia has echoed throughout the world, and
won international support. The Philadelphia cops, courts and city
establishment are increasingly on the defensive and desperate in their
18-year-old cover-up of the truth: that Mumia is an innocent man, framed
up because of his courageous stand against police brutality."
"They'll do anything to try to halt the mounting momentum for a new
trial. Their latest ploy flies in the face of basic rights to freedom and
assembly."
On April 9, organizers were told that the city would only permit the
march part of the hundred-thousands strong rally to consist of 500
"symbolic" marchers.
The city then asked organizers to keep leaflets, buttons and signs for
the rally out of a section of downtown Philadelphia on Friday, April 23 -
the night before the demonstration - because of a nearby police-organized
"memorial dinner" of Daniel Faulkner, the cop shot and killed on Dec. 9,
1981. Abu-Jamal was framed for his killing.
"The city's illegal tactics have only made it more obvious why so many
people are demanding a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Now, people from
Philadelphia's communities and all over the world are more determined
than ever - to come out against the outrageous injustice which forced them to
organize the April 24 rally in the first place."
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Millions for Mumia
39 West 14th Street, #206
New York, NY 10011
(212) 633-6646 fax: (212) 633-2889
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.peoplescampaign.org
TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION
All Buses must go directly to Veterans Stadium in South Philadelphia
(Exit #14 off I-95) for passenger drop-off and parking. Cars and vans
can also park there.
Everyone will be taking Philadelphia SEPTA subway to City Hall ($2.30
round-trip). There will be information tables set up in the Veterans'
Parking Lot. Bus captains should register there so we know where their
bus is parked.
All passengers will be returning to Veterans Stadium after the march
to board their bus for the return home.
MARCH SCHEDULE
12 noon Main Rally Starts, City Hall, Broad & Market.
2:30 pm March (Route still to be determined.)
4:30 pm The march returns to City Hall for Wrap-Up Rally
OTHER MARCH INFORMATION
Volunteers are urgently needed on April 24 to be bus greeters, staff
information tables, collect names, assist disabled people, and as
security marshals. Please sign up with the Philadelphia or New York
Office in advance if you can help that day. A volunteers' check-in
table will be set up early the morning of April 24 at City Hall.
Volunteers are needed to go to Philadelphia the day before and even
earlier. Floor space for sleeping is available through the
Philadelphia office (215-476-8812). Bring your own sleeping bag.
Bring food and water. Rally organizers are asking for an "economic
boycott" of Philadelphia.
If you can, bring a small portable radio in case the crowd is so large
that the rally sound is hard to hear. WHAT radio 1340 am is going to
do a live broadcast of the rally.
There will be a Youth Rally on April 24 from 9 - 11:30 am on the north
side of City Hall for those in Philadelphia that morning.
We will post all the travel information on our web page at
http://www.peoplescampaign.org
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NYC TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION
7 am Early Buses for Volunteers leave for Philadelphia
8:30 am NYC Buses Leave for Philadelphia
(This is a change from 9 am departure!)
11:30 am NYC Buses Arrive at Veterans Stadium in South Philadelphia
(Exit #14 off I-95). Passengers will be dropped off in the stadium
parking lot. The buses will remain there until passengers return at
5:30 for trip home. Everyone will be taking Philadelphia subway to
City Hall ($2.30 round-trip).
12 noon Main Rally, City Hall
2:30 pm March (Route still to be determined.)
4:30 pm March returns to City Hall for Wrap-Up Rally
5 pm Return by Philadelphia subway to Veterans Stadium to NYC Buses
6 pm Depart Veterans Stadium to return to NYC
OTHER MARCH INFORMATION--NYC
Volunteers are urgently needed on April 24 to be bus greeters, staff
information tables, collect names, assist disabled people, and as
security marshals. Please sign up with the NYC Office in advance if
you can help that day. An early volunteers' bus will leave at 7 am
from in front of office (39 West 14 St.) A volunteers' check-in table
will be set up early the morning of April 24 at City Hall.
Volunteers are needed to go to Philadelphia the day before and even
earlier. Floor space for sleeping is available through
the Philadelphia office (215-476-8812). Bring your own sleeping bag.
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From: "Sally O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
APRIL 24TH IS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY - BUS TICKETS ARE
AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE! CALL YOUR LOCAL MUMIA ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE AND PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS NOW! BUS COMPANIES
REQUIRE PAYMENT IN ADVANCE IN ORDER TO RESERVE THE
NUMBER OF BUSSES NEEDED - FOR BUS LOCATIONS IN YOUR AREA
CALL THE NATIONAL "MILLIONS FOR MUMIA" OFFICE AT 212-633-6646 OR
VISIT THE "MILLIONS" WEBSITE AT WWW.PEOPLES CAMPAIGN.ORG
THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN
AREA:
Just a message for people to spread the word:
Buy Bus Tickets for April 24th Now!
People are waiting to the last minute to buy bus tickets and we need
more cash now to get more buses. Please ask folks to buy bus tix now.
Tix are at:
Millions for Mumia Office, 39 W. 14th St. #206, NY, NY 10011,
212-633-6646, $20 or $15-low income, scholarships available
Bus tix also available thru Sun. April 18th at:
(1) Revolution Books, 9 W. 19th St. 212-691-3345
(2) BlackOut Books, 50 Avenue B @4th St., 212-777-1967
(3) Liberation Books, Lenox Ave. & 131 St., 212-281-4615, limited hrs.
call for schedule.
(4) Eco Books, 192 Fifth Ave, Brooklyn, 718-623-2698, limited hrs. call
for schedule.
Buses leave from all over the city:
MANHATTAN
4th St. & Avenue B
Little West 12th St., Gay & Lesbian Ctr.
14th St. & Union Sq. West
23rd St. & Eighth Avenue
33rd St. & Eighth Avenue
96th St. & Broadway
106 St. & Third Avenue
125th St. & Harlem State Office Bldg.
BRONX
149th St. & Grand Concourse
163rd St. & Southern Blvd.
QUEENS
Queensborough Plaza
BROOKLYN
Grand Army Plaza
Fifth Avenue (bet. 7/8th Sts.)
Flatbush & Nostrand Avenues
Also, volunteers needed! All hours, call/visit Millions 4 Mumia Office,
and volunteers needed for marshalling on April 24th -
**marshall/bus captain meeting: Tues. April 20th and Weds. April 21st,
6:30 pm, 39 W. 14th Street - 2nd floor
Millions for Mumia Mobilization, 39 W. 14th St., #206, NYC 212-633-6646
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition, 212-330-8029
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From: "keri safer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Oh please Oh please, come one, come all...
To a BENEFIT for MUMIA ABU-JAMAL!
It is next Saturday, the 17th of April, 1999
7:30pm University Heights Center(50th+Univ.Wy)
Seattle, Washington
Featuring hip-hop artists...
Maroon Colony
Code Current
Silent Lambs Project
$7 or $5 with a book for books to prisoners
Promises to be a good time.
Also, come to a Mumia teach-in earlier that day!
In Seattle...
Saturday April 17th, 1999
10:30am-4pm
Seattle Central Community College
1701 Broadway Ave
Room BE 1110
sponsored by Seattle Mumia Defense Committee
info....(206)376-5867
www.mumia.org
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From: "Tiyesha Meroe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
M.O.B.S. for Mumia Abu-Jamal
help send the flyin' afrikans to philly to stop the lynching
an evening of music, food and consciousness
sunday april 18th
5pm until
$5-$10 donation
black dot cafe
2330 international blvd. (east 14th st.) @ 23rd ave.
oakland, california
millions of black souljahs
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From: "leslie jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
ona move!
peace everyone......
YOUTH/STUDENT ACTION ALERT!!!
PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD!!!
1. Philadelphia Student/Youth WALK-OUT April 23rd
On April 23rd students/youth in school and not in school, employed
and unemployed will be taking a collective and political stand
worldwide to DEMAND a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal.
In Philadelphia, the International Concerned Family & Friends of
Mumia Abu-Jamal are encouraging ALL young people to do what they feel
they can do to participate in this simple appeal for justice. We
will take to the streets of Philadelphia ALL DAY, beginning at 10 AM
on the campus of Temple University, flyering and postering as we talk
to the people on the streets about Mumia's case. We will let
EVERYONE know why the MILLIONS are coming, why we as young people
have chosen to take a stand, and why the people DEMAND a new trial for
Mumia.
We have devised TWO plans so that youth and students in Philadelphia
will have TWO options--they can join us throughout the day, or they can
join us after school/work.
option one.....
10 AM - Temple University Bell Tower, 12 & Berks Sts
11 AM - State Office Building, Broad & Spring Garden Sts
12 NOON - CITY HALL (base)
City Hall will serve as a base. From there teams of students and
youth will head out into the neighborhoods and the center city
business districts on foot/skates, by bike/boards, by
train/trolley/bus putting out the information about Mumia's case and
its connection to police brutality, the criminalization of young
people, the environment, and the war against poor people and people
of color.
option two....
2 - 3 PM - State Office Building, Broad & Spring Garden Sts
4 PM - CITY HALL
At 4 PM the students/youth will come together at City Hall for a
collective street action that will leave from City Hall.
April 23rd is a day of ACTION to stop a state-sponsored execution.
Students and youth throughout Philadelphia will be on the move and
gearing up for the MILLIONS who will be in Philadelphia the next day
to expose the Effective Death Penalty Act and this government's
conspiracy to murder Mumia. JOIN US!
2. HIP HOP SHOW April 23rd after the student walk-out
After the student walk-out join us for an evening of revolutionary
edu-tainment under the stars......FREE SHOW to FREE MUMIA!
Spoken word, music, and movement....
LOVE PARK
15th St & JKF Blvd
(across from City Hall)
PHILADELPHIA
7 - 11 PM
3. RACE FOR JUSTICE, April 24th, 10 AM Progress Plaza, Broad &
Oxford Streets
The International Penn Relays are in town from April 21st - 24th.
Why not race for justice? We are calling for ALL runners to dash
down to City Hall to save the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal. On the
morning of April 24th we will start gathering at 10 AM at Progress
Plaza and head up Broad Street to meet up with 1000 DRUMMERS
on our way to City Hall.
Members of other contingents coming into City Hall from other areas
of the Philadelphia can lead their own contingents with a race for
justice.
4. YOUTH STAGE at MILLIONS FOR MUMIA!
There WILL be a youth stage on April 24th. It will open up beginning
at 9 AM and will temporarily wind down around noon, when the MAIN
STAGE will open up. The Youth Stage will re-open after the march
begins.
The youth stage will be an area for ALL young people to network and
hear from youth activists worldwide.
The youth stage will be located on the North side of City Hall.
5. Visibility
We are less than two weeks away! Stop by the mobilization office in
your area and pick up flyers, posters, and stickers and get them out
into your community. Let EVERYONE know what is happening in
Philadelphia and San Fransico on April 24th. Talk to your
classmates, your coworkers, your family, and your friends about the
case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Take flyers with you WHEREVER you go. If
you are an artist/performer, don't forget to plug MILLIONS FOR MUMIA
when you get on the mic. Make sure the businesses, churches, and
community centers in your neighborhood have flyers and information.
In Philadelphia, we need people out EVERY DAY flyering, postering,
and plastering. We must intensify our efforts to let EVERYONE know
that the MILLIONS are coming. Stop by the office at 4601 Market
Street, 5th Floor for materials.
6. reminder.......
youth coalition meeting
THIS FRIDAY!!!
6:30 PM
4601 market street, 4th floor
EVERYONE is doing MAGNIFICENT work!!! stay on the move.....
FOR MORE INFORMATION....
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
215-476-8812/215-248-2101
FREE MUMIA! FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS!!!!
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From: Astro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Due to a teacher inservice and a walkout that turned riot earlier
in the year, Albuquerque Anti-Racist Action will be setting up info
tables in nearly every high school in Albuquerque New Mexico(USA)
on the 22nd of April. One day before the national walk-out day. On
Friday the 23rd we will be hosting a Free Mumia Unity Parade in front
of our federal building while workers, judges, and government
officials are upstairs working as well as during their lunch hour.
We will deliver letters to several officials including three congressmen
and the chief judge in town. Several artistic protests and murals
are set to be painted in portions of the city as well as a healthy
amount of civil disobedience.
Contact Albuquerque ARA
C/o Kent Dagnall
1923 MeadowView Rd. NW
Albuquerque NM 87104
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