---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andy Blue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mar 21, 2007 11:09 AM Subject: [supportjoshwolf] Vigil today and more updates To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FREE JOSH WOLF COALITION UPDATE March 21, 2007 ::: ONGOING VIGIL FOR JOSH ::: Josh's father has begun an ongoing vigil that will continue until Josh is released. Starting each morning around 8:30, Josh's father and other supporters will meet outside the Phillip Federal Building and Court House in SF. The vigils will be held each weekday and go until 6pm. All Josh supporters are invited to join the vigil, for any length of time, during the day. ** TODAY! ** Today, 3/21 at 2pm an NPR reporter will be at the vigil interviewing Josh's father. He would like lots of other supporters there during the interview to chant etc. Please make it out to the vigil this afternoon if you can. What: Daily vigil for Josh until he is released When: Mon - Fri, 8:30ish - 6pm Where: In front of the Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate St., San Francisco For more information please contact Len: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::: URGENT ACTION FOR ALL JOSH SUPPORTERS ::: ::: PLEASE WRITE A LETTER TO US ATTORNEY SCOTT SCHOOLS ::: If you haven't yet, please write a letter to the new prosecuter for the grand jury that has subpoened Josh. We need to flood his office with letters asking him to drop the case against Josh. Click on the link below for all the help you'll need to write and send your letter today. http://tinyurl.com/yqmfae ::: JOSH RECEIVES ANOTHER AWARD ::: It was announced this week that Josh will receive the annual Herbert Block Freedom Award from the Newspaper Guild - Communication Workers of America. The distinguished award will be presented on May 3 at the union's Freedom Award dinner in Washinton D.C. For details: http://tinyurl.com/2dhy3w Earlier this month The Society of Professional Journalists awarded Josh with the James Madison Award for online free speech and last November Josh was named Journalist of the Year along with two San Francisco Chronicle reporters by the same organization. ::: LOCAL TV SHOW AVAILABLE ONLINE ::: Last week here in SF Howard Vicini, founder of the Bay Media Lab, created and hosted a program titled Preserving Freedom of Expression: New Challenges, New Sacrifices. The show focuses on Josh's case and the need for a federal shield law for journalists. Guests included Sarah Olson, Jeff Perlstein, Ralph Miller, Sarah Phelan. Richard Knee, and Julian Davis. The program also features fascinating and reavealing footage from another videographer of the protest under investigation by the grand jury. The video shows Josh clearly "committing journalism" and appears to undermine some of the claims made in the press and in the court room. For more info and to view the program: http://www.baymedialab.org ::: WHAT DID WE FORGET? ::: Please let us know the important stuff we forgot to include in this update. This newsletter will come out about once a week and/or whenever immediate action is needed by Josh's supporters. Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] with any information you think should be included in this update. -- Steve Rhodes http://ari.typepad.com http://tigerbeat.vox.com blogs http://flickr.com/photos/ari/ photos http://del.icio.us/tigerbeat interesting articles & sites http://twitter.com/tigerbeat
