[CPRB] CPRB post from liberationeducation@yahoo.com

[John Wason]

FYI


>Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 17:51:17 -0800 (PST)
>From: Liberation Education <liberationeducation at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Fwd: Forgiveness Weekend: Douple Jeopardy or a New Beginning?
>
> 
>> Dear Friend,
>> 
>> 	This February 18-20, 2005, C-U Citizens for Peace and Justice will 
>> host a mini-Conference entitled "Forgiveness Weekend: Double Jeopardy... 
>> or A New Beginning?" at Salem Baptist Church, 500 E. Park St. in Urbana. 
>> We're inviting people with felony convictions, religious leaders, 
>> activists, and academics to recognize the various forms of 
>> disenfranchisement "felons" face, as they carry the dead weight of their 
>> criminal record for their entire lives. We're asking: if a young man takes 
>> 5 minutes to commit a "felony", and society responds by limiting his 
>> freedom for 50 years -- who is the criminal?
>> 
>> 	Achieving "Universal Suffrage" in the USA was a hard fought political 
>> victory. The vote is now legally defined as a basic right held by all: 
>> the poor and working classes, racial minorities, women and young adults, 
>> indeed, all mentally competent adults have the right to vote, save for 
>> one exception: convicted criminal offenders. In addition to being 
>> disenfranchised of their voting rights, the right to decent employment, 
>> housing, and education are denied to ex-felons. This is a situation we 
>> are working to change.
>> 
>> 	This conference aims to answer such questions as: 
>>
>> Why should we care about what happens to people with felony convictions?
>> 
>> How does a felony charge affect a person's daily life?
>> 
>> How can people with felony convictions be empowered?
>> 
>>       To find out more about Forgiveness Weekend, and the C-U Citizens for 
>> Peace and Justice group which is organizing toward a Police Review Board, 
>> Local Prison Reform, and Humane Drug Policy in Urbana IL, visit:
>> 
>> http://citizen.freeshell.org/forgiveness.html
>> 
>>       Please consider yourself invited to this free event, and of course 
>> donations are welcome as we are a growing organization.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> Committee for "Forgiveness Weekend"
>> Champaign-Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice
>> 
>
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