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How You Can Help Abolish the Death Penalty
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EDUCATE YOURSELF about capital punishment
and its use in the U.S. Read a book, go
to a lecture, and/or visit a website. See
www.coadp.org for information, resources,
and links.
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USE YOUR CITIZENSHIP. If you
are a U.S. citizen and have the right to
vote,
a) REGISTER to vote.
b) WRITE members of
congress, your state legislators and
the Governor asking them to consider
alternatives to the death penalty. Contact
elected officials .
c) VOTE only for candidates who do not
make support for the death penalty a campaign
issue. Support the campaigns of politicians
who speak out for alternatives to the death
penalty.
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BE SEEN & HEARD! Displaying
an anti-death penalty message creates
more visibility for the issue. Wear the
message on a button or a t-shirt one
day a week, or as often as you can. Put
a bumper sticker on your car or in your
office. Educate
yourself so that when
someone asks you why you believe the
death penalty is a bad public policy,
you can tell them!
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GET
INVOLVED IN THE LIFE OF A CHILD (not just
your own). Become a big brother or big
sister, or otherwise help kids who need
positive role models.
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ASK YOUR RELIGIOUS
LEADER TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE FROM THE
PULPIT and/or
in other organized discussions. Start
a dialogue about what your religious
community can do. Contact the Religious
Organizing Against the Death Penalty
Project, 215-241-7130 or www.deathpenaltyreligious.org,
for a variety of faith-based organizing
material.
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BOYCOTT! Whenever possible, avoid
goods & services
in/from states with the death penalty.
For more ideas and information, check the "International
Tourist Boycott of Texas" web site
coordinated by the Canadian Coalition
Against the Death Penalty, www.ccadp.org.
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INVITE
A KNOWN AND/OR KNOWLEDGEABLE SPEAKER
TO ADDRESS YOUR FAVORITE GROUPS. Consider
inspirational speakers about the imprisonment
of the innocent, the mentally retarded,
and the mentally ill. Murder victims'
family members, death row survivors, and
other knowledgeable speakers can be arranged
to visit your area.
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JOIN THE MOVEMENT
FOR A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS. Contact
the Moratorium Campaign (focuses on gathering
petitions), www.moratoriumcampaign.org,
or Moratorium Now! (focuses on organizing
communities to pass resolutions calling
for a moratorium), www.quixote.org/ej/moratorium_now.
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WRITE
TO A DEATH ROW PRISONER. Adopt a pen
pal on death row. Write a letter or send
a card. To find out more, contact:
Death
Row Support Project
PO Box 600, Dept. "C"
Liberty Mills, IN 46946
www.brethren.org/genbd/witness/drsp.htm
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SUPPORT STATE AND
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING
TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY.
Donate
now. And come to CADP's Annual
Dinner on March 30, 2005!
-- Adapted from "How to Make a Difference," by
Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death
Penalty, www.cuadp.org.
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