In 2002, EJUSA…

…Traveled to New Jersey, Nevada, Illinois, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New York, Tennessee, Connecticut, Virginia, Missouri, and Ohio to conduct workshops, planning meetings, and other grassroots organizing.

…Assisted 26 states with direct organizing, training, grant writing, mailings, media, needs assessments, message development, chapter development, polling, creating materials, phone banking, publicizing events, working with a study commission, and/or action alert mailings.

…Added over 600 new organizations and 18 new local governments to the National Tally of groups calling for a moratorium, bringing the total to over 2,600 groups and 80 municipalities that have called for a moratorium.

…Produced and distributed a Legislative Toolkit, a new brochure on wrongful convictions, and more.

…Developed action packets for groups to respond quickly and easily to national events in the news in their states, such as the release of the 100th innocent person from death row.

…Hosted quarterly conference calls for state organizers to share information and experience with each other straight from the trenches.

Jane Henderson, EJUSA Founder and Project Coordinator, received the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty’s Abolitionist of the Year Award.