Campaign Update - Week of 4/26/2010

Petition Opportunities
On May 1, we will need volunteers to collect signatures at May Day activities. Please email us back if you can do so at either event below. Wear your Reggie tee shirt or button.

11:30 am-1:30 pm March and rally for Human & Immigration Rights from the Convention Center to Park.
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Street Festival on Ohio Avenue at Cherokee Street

*****************5000 signatures by May 10**************

Mother’s Day Event
The Clergy Coalition will sponsor Mother’s Day Service of Thanksgiving at Lane Tabernacle CME Church at 7:00 pm. Vera Thomas will be the special honoree. The keynote speaker is filmmaker Reggie Bullock, the producer of WAR FOR YOUR SOUL. The film presentation will be shown at 6:00 p.m.

Road Tour
Thanks to Jeff Stack and the Columbia chapter of Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (MADP) for hosting Borrowed Time at the Ragtag Cinema on Monday. An enlightened discussion followed the documentary.

On to Kansas City
On Wednesday, the students in Cathy Burnett’s class presented a mock hearing of Reggie’s case as their final grade for the semester. The defense and prosecution sides presented their cases so well that former Judge Jon Gray passed on making a ruling, instead applauding their presentations and stating that the case is a difficult one.

Later that evening, Gray and Jamala joined Alvin Brooks in a panel discussion about the impact of race and the media on a case like Reggie’s. The trio responded to questions from the audience. The event was sponsored by the KC MADP chapter.

“Enough Already!”
Jamala Rogers, Coordinator
JUSTICE for Reggie Campaign
P. O. Box 5277
St. Louis, MO 63115
(314) 367-5959
www.justiceforreggie.com

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Campaign Update Week of 4/19/2010

Borrowed Time
Jamala will be traveling to Columbia, MO to facilitate the discussion following the documentary showing at Rag Time Theater. If you know anyone in Columbia, let them know the showing is at 5:30 pm.

Also Jeff Stack will be facilitating back to back showings of the documentary at the State Capitol on Tuesday, April 28 from 1:00 -4:00 pm in Hearing Room 2. Encourage your legislator to take some time out and check out whatever he/she can.

Volunteers Needed
The Campaign will be collecting signatures at the May 1 Rally for Human Rights sponsored by the United Methodist Women. The rally will be from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm in downtown St. Louis. Please let us know if you are available. Thousands are expected and we need a good-sized crew.

Reminders!
*MADP will host their Spotlight Award Dinner this Saturday to honor Attorney John Simon. It’s not too late to get tickets. Email TC@madpmo.org.
*There will no May 10th hearing by the Special Master on Reggie’s case. We will let you know when a new date has been confirmed.

Bianca Jagger’s Speech
Last month, we mentioned Bianca Jagger’s speech before the 4th Annual Congress Against the Death Penalty in Geneva and how she included Reggie’s case in her presentation. We have finally secured Bianca’s audio speech at the opening ceremony of the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty. It can be found at: http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10112102.

“Enough Already!”
Jamala Rogers, Coordinator
JUSTICE for Reggie Campaign
P. O. Box 5277
St. Louis, MO 63115
(314) 367-5959
www.justiceforreggie.com

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Campaign Update - Week of 4/12/2010

The Campaign had planned a busy month leading up to the May 10th hearing. The May 10th hearing will NOT take place but most of the activities were already in the works and will move forward. Here they are:

April
19 – Join a conversation with Reggie on the Bernie Hayes show at 7:00 am on WGNU AM.
20 - Jamala will be a guest on Columbia’s WKOS at 8:15 am.
24 - Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will hold their Spotlight Award dinner program. The event will be held at 100 N. Jefferson, St. Louis. Attorney John Simon will be the honoree. Reggie’s literature will be distributed. For more info, contact tc@madpmo.org.
27 - Borrowed Time will be shown at the Rag Time Theater House at 5:30 pm in Columbia.
28 - Students at University of Missouri @ Kansas City will perform a mock hearing on Reggie’s case at Noon. Later that evening, Jamala will be a panelist at a forum that evening from 5:30-7:00 pm
28 - Borrowed Time documentary will be shown in the Capitol Building in Jefferson City from 1:00-4:00 pm, Hearing Room 2.

There are upcoming activities in May includes a May Day Rally and a Mother’s Day event sponsored by the Clergy Coalition. Details are forthcoming.

Remember, we have a goal of 5000 signatures by May 10 so please take your petition form wherever you go.

“Enough Already!”
Jamala Rogers, Coordinator
JUSTICE for Reggie Campaign
P. O. Box 5277
St. Louis, MO 63115
(314) 367-5959
www.justiceforreggie.com