Month: November 2011

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Group 48 Holiday Potluck & Write-a-thon

Group 48 will continue its annual tradition for the December meeting to have a holiday potluck and Write-a-thon. We will be writing letters and cards to prisoners of conscience while enjoying some good food and company. Please RSVP by adding a comment to this post and include some details if you plan to bring food, supplies and/or guests.

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Date: Friday, December 9, 2011

Time: 7:30-9pm (set up starts at 7pm)

Location: 2nd floor, Buchan Building, First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th Ave, Portland (church map)

What to bring:

  • Food (an appetizer, main dish or dessert)
  • Drinks
  • Utensils, plates, cups, napkins
  • Greeting cards (non-religious and non-Amnesty cards)
  • Paper for letter writing
  • Envelopes
  • 98-cent stamps (international postage except Mexico and Canada)
  • 79-cent stamps (Mexico)
  • 44-cent stamps (US)
  • Copies of the AIUSA Write-a-thon cases (please copy double-sided, no staple, make several copies for each case)

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Amnesty International USA applauds Oregon Governor for halting all executions

Amnesty International USA
Press Release
Wednesday, November 23, 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL APPLAUDS OREGON GOVERNOR FOR
“PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP” IN HALTING ALL EXECUTIONS

Contact: AIUSA media office, 202.509.8194

(Washington, DC) – Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today applauded Governor John Kitzhaber of Oregon for declaring a moratorium on the state’s executions. The human rights organization’s supporters in Oregon, around the country and around the world wrote letters appealing to the governor to halt the December 6 scheduled execution of Gary Haugen, who had dropped his appeals, “volunteering” to be executed.

“This is a significant day for Oregon and another step forward in the inevitable march toward the end of the death penalty in the United States,” said Laura Moye, death penalty abolition campaign director for AIUSA.

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Formal petition filed to grant indefinite reprieve for Gary Haugen

In less than 30 days, Oregon’s first execution in 14 years could take place. Gary Haugen has waived his appeals, and he could be executed 7:00 p.m. on December 6. This execution must be stopped.

Amnesty International USA, Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (OADP), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oregon, and the Oregon Capital Resource Center took a major step to stop this execution. They filed a formal petition with Governor John Kitzhaber to grant an indefinite reprieve for Gary Haugen and to appoint a commission to review Oregon’s capital justice system and make recommendations for change or abolition.

We must let Governor Kitzhaber know that the use of the death penalty is unacceptable and Gary Haugen must not be executed. Please send a letter to Governor Kitzhaber to voice your opposition to the death penalty and support of an indefinite reprieve and a moratorium on the death penalty:

Governor John Kitzhaber
Rm 160 Oregon State Capitol
900 Court St. NE
Salem, OR 97301

Oregon must not execute Gary Haugen in our name.