Death Sentence 2002
an interfaith forum to end the death penalty in Illinois
Keynote Speakers:
Sister Helen Prejean, C.SJ.,
author of Dead Man Walking
Cardinal Francis George,
Archbishop of Chicago
Saturday, March 9, 1-10 p.m.
and Sunday, March 10, 1-5 p.m.
DePaul University, Chicago (Lincoln Park)
Registration starts Saturday at 11 a.m. Cost: $20 (suggested donation)
The event will feature dozens of workshops, dinner, entertainment, inspiration, and an interfaith
service.
Register now to attend Death Sentence 2002. For more information (incl. the program schedule, full
list of speakers, and workshop topics), to sign your organization on as a sponsor, or to register
online, visit http://deathsentence2002home.attnet Phone: 312-849-2279; e-mail:
deathsentence2002l0attnet
Sponsors: Death Sentence 2002, Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penaltv, Amnestv International. and manv other religious and civic
organizations
To register by mail, please fill out this form and mail it to: Death Sentence 2002, 180 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2300, Chicago, IL 60601.
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Death Sentence 2002: Forum For Humanity
Featuring:
Gov. George Ryan, Senator Russ Feingold, Steve Earle, Danny Glover, Brian
Stevenson, Steve Hawkins, Mike Farrell and Renny Cushing
Schedule:
Saturday March 9, 2002
11:00-1:00 Registration: Schmitt Academic Center
2320 N. Kenmore Avenue
1:00-2:30 Opening Plenary Session: St. Vincent DePaul Church
1010 W. Webster Avenue
2:30-3:00
Break
3:00-3:55
Workshops
4:05-5:00
Workshops (repeated)
5:30-7:00
Dinner: Student Center
Introduction: Renny Cushing, MVFR
Address: Mike Farrell
7:00-10:30 Entertainment and Rally--- Student Center
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Schmitt Academic Center
Ride the CTA Red,
Purp1e1 or Brown
Line Trains to the
Fullerton stop.
2250 N. Sheffield
Music: Steve Earle
Children's Choir
Speakers: Danny Glover, Actor and Activist; Bryan Stevenson, outstanding orator and activist from
Alabama; Steve Hawkins, Director National Coalition Against the Death Penalty; Reny Cushing; Mike
Farrell (star of MASH); Reverend Costello Cannon, activist and mother of man wrongfully convicted to
death; Tony Fitzpatrick, poet.
Sunday March 10, 2002
1:00-2:30 Call To Action St. Josaphat Church
2311 N. Southport Ave
Introduction
Address: Helen Prejean
Testimony: Sponsors Called by Sr. Helen to come forward and indicate what they have done and
will do to get rid of the death penalty in Illinois.
2:00-3:00 Break, Schmitt Academic Center
3:00-3:30 Cardinal George, St. Josaphat Church
3:30-5:00 Interfaith Service
Workshops: Innocent Men Sentenced to Death, Faith Communities Perspective, Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation,
Governor's Commission on Capitol Punishment, Death Penalty a Human Rights Violation, Lobbying, Families of Death Row
Inmates, Live From Death Row, Profiling Death Row Inmates, Death Penalty Research, GLBT People and the Death Penalty,
Why the Death Penalty Cannot be Reformed, Confesions by Torture, Devising Effective Advocacy Messages, Poetry Reading,
Domestic Repression, Police Brutality and the Death Penalty, The Case of Marilyn Lemak, Skills and Techniques and A
Restorative Justice Alternative
death sentence 2002
a forum to end the death penalty in Illinois