…Provided direct, on-the-ground assistance to groups in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Delaware. …Produced action alerts that were distributed via postcard and email to 8,000 New Jerseyans. …Co-produced New Jersey-ans for a Death Penalty Moratorium (NJDPM) video, “Time-Out: Perspectives on New Jersey’s Death Penalty.” …Co-wrote NJDPM White Paper on NJ’s death penalty for… Continue reading In 2002, EJUSA’s Northeast Field Office…
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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… Continue reading In 2002, EJUSA…
Maratorium Now Turns Five
Five years ago, we set out to build a movement to halt executions, resolution by resolution, church by church, and school by school. We dreamed that our strategy would shatter the political inertia of the anti-death penalty struggle and build the people’s movement that is now sweeping the nation. Capturing the imagination of local and… Continue reading Maratorium Now Turns Five
Over 2,500 groups call for a moratorium
The National Tally of Moratorium Endorsers has surpassed 2,500 groups calling for a halt to executions. The list includes faith communities, civil rights groups, businesses, unions, professional associations, 78 city, county, and town councils, and more. Some of the more recent additions include the New Jersey chapter of the National Organization of Women, 75 Texas… Continue reading Over 2,500 groups call for a moratorium
New Jersey moratorium legislation moves closer to victory
The New Jersey legislature is poised to move moratorium legislation to victory early next year. The Equal Justice USA Northeast field office has been working side by side with our state partner, New Jerseyans for a Death Penalty Moratorium (NJDPM), throughout the year to help make the dream a reality. The groups upped the ante… Continue reading New Jersey moratorium legislation moves closer to victory
Field Office Report: Networking across states the key to success
Covering campaigns in NJ, PA, MD, NY, and DE The Field Office’s second year started off strong with a multi-state tour of the Journey of Hope…from Violence to Healing, which came through Delaware, New Jersey, and New York in April. To share ideas and get a jump-start planning the tour, Field Organizer Celeste Fitzgerald facilitated… Continue reading Field Office Report: Networking across states the key to success
100th Death Row Innocent Walks Free
On April 8, 2002, Ray Krone walked out of the Arizona State Prison in Yuma after spending 10 years behind bars, nearly three of them on death row, for a crime he did not commit. Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley said at a press conference on the day of Krone’s release that an injustice was… Continue reading 100th Death Row Innocent Walks Free
Northeast Field Office
In March, we deepened our long-term commitment to state capacity building by establishing our first Field Office and hiring Celeste Fitzgerald to run it. She is a talented organizer who emerged from the moratorium movement in New Jersey. Celeste provides technical assistance in organizing, strategic planning, message development, lobbying, and organizational capacity building to a… Continue reading Northeast Field Office
Hope for 2002: State by State
In many ways, 2001 was a laboratory year in which state-based moratorium strategies were tested and strengthened. 2002 offers new openings to advance the national movement. We embark on a multi-year organizing offensive, State by State: from the grassroots to the statehouse. The aim is to improve and expand our national efforts to strategically sharpen,… Continue reading Hope for 2002: State by State