JUSTICE DENIED: THE DEATH PENALTY IN AMERICA A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED SPEAKERSOn Tuesday, October 24, 7:00pm, the Thurman-Hamer-Ellington Ministry and UUCA's Social Justice Council will host a panel discussion with nationallyrecognized speakers who will delve into some of the most fundamental injustices of the death penalty in Georgia today.
** STEPHEN BRIGHT Director of the Southern Center for Human Rights and renown advocate and scholar, will address the issue of racism in the implementation of the death penalty.
** THE HONORABLE JEAN-PAUL MONCHAU, Consul General of France for the southern region, will discuss the international context surrounding the United States continued use of the death penalty.
** BILLY MOORE, former death row inmate from Georgia who is now active in the ministry, will discuss his transformation.
** SUEZANN BOSLER of Murder Victimsà Families for Reconciliation will recount how she fought against a death penalty sentence for the man who brutally attacked her and murdered her father.
This impressive array of speakers is sure to make a strong impression on listeners. A question and answer period will follow their presentations to allow for additional thoughtful discussion of the issues.
This panel discussion, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Thurman-Hamer-Ellington Unitarian Universalist Ministry and the Social Justice Council of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta.
Co-sponsors include the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, the Campaign to End the Death Penalty, and Pax Christi Transformation.
Join us on Tuesday, October 24, 7:00pm, at UUCA - 1911 Cliff Valley Way, NE (off the I-85 access road between N.Druid Hills and Clairmont Road, in Atlanta, GA). For directions, call 404-634-5134 or visit http://www.uuca.org
FOR MORE INFORMATION: CAROL GRAY (404-624-4311, carolgray_2000@yahoo.com)