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ICUJP Friday Forum
March 1st, 7:30-9:30 am Pacific
Drop LWOP Coalition and SB 94
Event Description: SB 94, Judicial Review of Old Sentences, authored by Senator Cortese would allow judges to review some individuals serving life without parole for offenses committed before June 6, 1990, and who have served at least 25 years of their sentence. Members of the Drop LWOP Coalition will explain the importance of this bill in more detail and talk through ways ICUJP can help.
Join the conversation with our speakers:
Elisa Baier is involved with DROP LWOP, a coalition working to end Life Without Parole sentencing in California.
Joanne Scheer founded the Felony Murder Elimination Project when her only child, Anthony, was convicted of first-degree murder under the felony murder rule and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole under the felony murder special circumstances law. Even though Anthony did not harm, or intend to harm, anyone, he was sentenced to die in prison. Catalyzed by this horrific experience, she determined to stop this from happening to another child.
Joanne's journey to repeal the law that so easily convicted Anthony, and thousands of others, of a murder he did not commit began with a meeting with her district legislators. In 2016, Felony Murder Elimination Project sponsored AB 2195, authored by Assembly member Susan Bonilla, Joanne’s district legislator. It was the first legislation to address the felony murder rule since 1999, Senator Tom Hayden’s SB 878. One year later in 2017, Felony Murder Elimination Project co-sponsored SCR 48 by Senator Nancy Skinner, and again SB 1437 in 2018, co-authored by Senators Nancy Skinner and Joel Anderson.
Learn More/Here's how YOU can help:
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7:30 - 7:35 Log in and socialize
7:35 - 7:45 Welcome and introductions
7:45 - 7:50 Reflection (5 min. maximum)
7:50 - 9:15 Program and Q&A
9:15 - 9:20 Announcements
9:20 - 9:30 Closing circle and prayer
Start your morning with us!
Facilitator: Carolfrances Likins
Reflector: Dave Clennon
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ICUJP Friday Forum 03/01/24
Time: 07:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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ICUJP's Focus on the Israel/Palestine Conflict
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
-- Martin Luther King Jr.
I think it was smart that you’re wary of using the word “terrorism,” and if you talk about the cycle of violence, or “an eye for an eye,” you could be perpetuating the idea that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a balanced conflict, instead of a largely unarmed people against the fourth most powerful military in the world.
-- Rachel Corrie
A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland transformed by the occupation and oppression into a nightmare.
-- Mahmoud Darwish
Rick --
In the words of ICUJP Convener, the late Rev. George Regas, speaking about a conflict long ago but still resonant today:
The sin at the heart of this war against Iraq is your belief that an American life is of more value than an Iraqi life. That an American child is more precious than an Iraqi baby. God loathes war.
We HAVE to call out the massacre of innocent lives, no matter the ideology behind the crime, or else the Justice and Peace work we do is meaningless.
Long before the tragic events of October 7th of last year, Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace has been shining a light on the Israel/Palestine conflict, and working towards dialogue and solutions that affirm the primary calling of our organization - stating loud and clear that Religious Communities MUST Stop Blessing War and Violence.
Justice and Peace are WORK, and ICUJP has been doing that work with our partners for over 22 years, many of them focusing on conflicts in the Middle East and their ramifications for us in this country.
Click on the links below to watch the recent Friday Forums we have devoted to the Israel/Palestine crisis:
Please give generously to help us in our ongoing work to open doors with dialogue and compassion, and to make change with diligence, creativity, and open hearts and minds.
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