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Conference: "Catholics & The Death Penalty: Building on the Momentum Toward Death Penalty Repeal"
Friday, July 27th to Saturday, July 28th
Sponsored by Mount St. Mary's University and the Catholic Mobilizing Network

"Ending the Death Penalty - The Journey of Hope"
Co-sponsored by Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty and Journey of Hop
Free and open to the public

Sponsored by WTI, Death Penalty Focus, and Safe California

Bethel AME Church
Co-sponsored by Witness to Innocence, Death Penalty Focus, and SAFE California

Co-sponsored by Witness to Innocence, Death Penalty Focus, and SAFE California

Free and open to the public

Co-sponsored by Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Nia Community of Faith

Free and open to the public

For more information, call 859-294-9154 x113

Co-sponsored by The Peninsula-Delaware Conference of the United Methodist Church and Delaware Citizens Opposed to the Death Penalty

Hockessin United Methodist Church

Sponsored by The Peninsula-Delaware Conference of the United Methodist Church and  Delaware Citizens Opposed to the Death Penalty
All are welcome to this free special event.
For information, call or e-mail Pastor Tom Pasmore at 302-239-3030 or pastor@rpumchurch.org

Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building
Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
Sponsored by the Amnesty International Student Organization

For information, call or e-mail Rev. Robert Thompson, 302-227-7743 or rthompson391@comcast.net.

(event closed to the public)

"From Death Row to Freedom: An Innocent Man's Journey" featuring Nathson Fields, exonerated Illinois death row survivor; and "The Causes and Social Impact of Wrongful Convictions" featuring Karen L. Daniel, J.D., Clinical Professor of Law and Senior Staff Attorney, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University School of Law

Directions to campus & venue:  http://www.aurora.edu/commencement/getting-around/au-directions.html#axzz1pCkJEpI8

More Information:  Event is FREE and OPEN to the public.  Sponsored by: Aurora University's Criminal Justice Association, Pre-Law Club and Wackerlin Center for Faith and Action, Witness to Innocence, and Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.

Exonerated Illinois death row survivor Nathson Fields was acquitted on April 8, 2009, of a double homicide for which he spent almost 20 years in prison, including more than 11 years on death row. Nathson shares his incredible story, and is joined by Karen L. Daniel, Clinical Professor of Law, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University School of Law, who will discuss the causes and social effects of wrongful convictions.

For more information, please contact Dr. Stephanie Whitus at swhitus@aurora.edu or Dr. Kevin Walsh at kwalsh@aurora.edu , or call 630.844.7532 .  Groups are welcome! (Please contact the above to reserve seating.)   See Facebook event page

Join an informative evening with 3 speakers addressing the death penalty at the lounge at the St Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center.

Sponsored by Student Activities - Office of Student Life

9:00AM-12:00 PM
Macedonia Baptist Church, 963 SW 40th Street Documentary screening during the Fulfillment Hour
Presentation by Juan Melendez during worship service
Both events are FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC

Shujaa Graham will be a featured at a workshop panel at the NAACP's MidAtlantic Region VII Civil Rights Advocacy Training Institute on Saturday, April 14, in Annapolis, Maryland. The Criminal Justice Workshop attendees will review the state of the death penalty nationally and to hear the NAACP's strategic plan for abolition. Each distinguished panelist will provide a unique perspective to this fight for justice, while also highlighting the work in Maryland and Virginia and discussing the strategy for repealing the death penalty in each state.

Private Event

8:20-10:00 AM
Incarnate Word High School, Mt. Erin Hall Presentation by Juan Melendez followed by Q&A
Open to students, faculty and staff only

9:45-11:00AM
St. Mary’s University, Richter Math Building, Room 105 Presentation by Juan Melendez followed by Q&A
Open to students, faculty and staff only

Earle Mack School of Law

Sponsored by the Drexel National Lawyers Guild and Drexel American Constitution Society
Followed by a reception

Sabrina Porter (formerly Sabrina Butler) will be in Montana, along with Renny Cushing, founder of Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights.

She will travel from Helena to Billings from April 10 through April 13, speaking to local organizations of both major political parties to give them the innocence perspective.

She will then participate in the Montana Abolition Coalition Annual Summit, Saturday, April 14, 2012, from 1:00pm until 4:00pm, at the First Congregational UCC, 310 North 27th Street, Billings, MT.

That evening at 6 she and Renny will speak at a reception for Montana Abolition Coalition members at the Yellowstone Art Museum (401 N 27th Street, Billings, MT)

Registration for the Billings events is at http://mtabolitionco.org/register.php

Witness to Innocence Board Member, Gary Drinkard will be joining the Second Annual Good Friday anti death penalty demonstration at the fountain in Five Points South.

The Academic Cultural Enrichment Series Program
Bennett College for Women
Event closed to the public

Demand Justice: A lecture on the death penalty with the Journey of Hope
Sargent College at Boston University
Sponsored by Amnesty International at Boston University

(closed to the public)

Speaker Juan Melendez "In Spite of Innocense"

Location: SUB Lodge
Penn State Beaver Campus

Sponsored by the Criminal Justice Department
(event closed to the public)

Grupp Fireside Lounge at the Student Center
Sponsored by the College Democrats, Amnesty International, and Campus Ministry

Bradford Hall

U of L’s Elaine Chao Auditorium

Brescia University’s Taylor Lecture Hall (Science Building)

Sponsored by NLG and the Black Law Student Association at Penn

Sponsored by: Intercession Episcopal Church, St. Andrew United Methodist Church,
Abiding Hope Lutheran Church, Witness to Innocence, and
Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Foundation

Classroom visits

Mountain View United Church of Christ, Aurora, 7 pm.

Sponsored by: Intercession Episcopal Church, St. Andrew United Methodist Church,
Abiding Hope Lutheran Church, Witness to Innocence, and
Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Foundation

Sponsored by Pittsburgh Faith In Action
For more info call: 412-681-8528

Event in the open space used for lunch. This will be a brown-bag lunch event.

Multicultural Education Forum, Association of Independent Schools in New England

WUSTL law school (with panelists and moderator)
(abbreviated talk), Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 310, the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom

Meet in Celebration Room.

Century Room C, Millenium Student Center (Third level)

Sponsored by The Wesley-Luther Campus Ministry

Lecture symphosium featuring Randy Steidl

The CALVERT INTERFAITH COUNCIL invites you to hear two men share their harrowing experiences and their path to redemption, forgiveness & healing.

Kirk Bloodsworth was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in Maryland for a crime he had nothing to do with. An honorably discharged Marine and lifelong Waterman on the Chesapeake Bay, in 1993 he became the first person exonerated and freed from death row in the United States using DNA technology. “If this can happen to me it can happen to anyone.”

Ricardo Wiggs and his wife Sharon were shot in their home in Clinton in 1992. Sharon died. Ricardo lived to raise their daughters and has become a leading voice for victims and victim survivors in Maryland. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center*. “I want to be known as a survivor, not a victim.”
*For identification purposes only. The Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center does not take a position on the issue of capital punishment.

Event is closed to the public.

Sponsored by National Lawyers Guild - Temple Chapter
Event is free and open to the public.

Prison Re-Entry Program at Connection Training Services (Closed event)

Open to the public.

(You can buy your own lunch downstairs and then come up if you'd like).

Event free and open to the public

Event free and open to the public. Sponsored by St. Thomas Aquinas Student Activities, Campus Safety, and the Social Sciences Department

Event free and open to the public. Sponsored by Amnesty International at Brown University

Event free and open to the public. Sponsored by Trinity United Methodist Church, Chico Peace and Justice Center, CSU Chico Peace Institute, Chico Area Interfaith Council, Quaker Fellowship of Chico, and others.

The Criminal Justice Organization and NHCADP is sponsoring the event along with Witness to Innocence. Contact New Hampshire Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, info@nodeathpenaltynh.org

Event free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Justice Studies Department.

Event free and open to the public. Sponsored by Amnesty International and Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

This event is also cosponsored by the college’s Criminal Justice program and Students for Peace and Earth Justice.

WTI is partnering with Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. Contact Lisa Cisneros, Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, 720-261-0905 and lisa@coadp.org.

Sponsored by St. Paul's United Methodist Church, the Episcopal Peace Fellowship of Ithaca, and others.

A ten member ensemble cast playing thirty-seven roles: Olivia Dawson, Lisa Golda, Ethan Henry, Bo Johnson, Lee Palmer, James Pickering, Rick Richter, Jonathan Wainwright, Alfred H. Wilson and Tami Workentin

Purchase tickets online or call 414-278-0765.

Lexington, VA
Sponsored by the Rockbridge Regional Library

The Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project, the Gage Gallery, the Department of Psychology, and the Justice Council of the Center for Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law are sponsoring a lecture with Delbert Tibbs. Mr. Tibbs was wrongfully convicted in 1974 and sentenced to death for murder and life for rape despite his solid alibi, based largely on eyewitness testimony and jailhouse informant testimony. In 1982 the State of Florida dismissed all charges against Tibbs after finding that the evidence was tainted. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Professor Bethany Barratt at bbarratt@roosevelt.edu

Keine will speak on Sunday, September 25th at St Paul’s United Methodist Church, 7740 Lackman Rd, Lenexa, KS at 9:30am and 10:50am. He will also speak that same day at 2:00pm at Lenexa United Methodist Church (2nd floor Education Building), 9138 Caenen Lake Rd, Lenexa, KS.  This event is co-sponsored by the Kansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.

Randy Steidl will be presenting at this conference at St. John's University on September 19.

"Witness to Innocence: Freed From Death Row" featuring Ray Krone will take place at Lafayette College on September 13.

Sponsored by Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Intercultural Development and Dept. of Government and Law.

WTI member Delbert Tibbs is part of a panel discussion that will follow a performance of "Dead Man Walking".  The performance starts at 3pm, to be followed by panel discussion.  This event is open to the public.

June 30-July 2 members of Witness to Innocence will be taking part in the Abolitionist Action Committee's annual Anti-Death Penalty Fast & Vigil. Director of Organizing Larry Yates and exonerated death row survivors Randy Steidl, Nathson Fields and Shujaa Graham will all be participating. Visit http://www.abolition.org/fastandvigil for more info.

Nathson Fields will be holding a workshop on Innocence and the Death Penalty at Beyond the Walls: The 9th Annual Prison Health Care & Reentry Summit. For more details, visit their website here.

Shujaa Graham will be addressing a group at the College Theology Society conference in New Rochelle, NY.

WTI board member and speaker Randy Steidl will be speaking at the 2011 National Convocation of Jail and Prison Ministry. This event is closed to the public.

Shujaa Graham will be speaking at an evening event on April 28th at George Mason University. Details are TBA.

Shujaa Graham will take part in this special Good Friday "Execute Art, Not People" event at Broad Street Ministry in Philadelphia, PA. Visit their website here.

Shujaa Graham will speak at the Howard University  Divinity School in Washington, DC. More details TBA.

Randy Steidl will speak at Indiana University Purdue University - Indianapolis. The event will be held in Campus Center CE 450 C on the IUPUI campus. 

Randy Steidl will speak at this open event co-sponsored by North Christian Church, The Witness Committee of the First Presbyterian Church and Columbus Peace Fellowship.

As part of a speaking tour of Indiana, Randy Steidl will speak at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. This event is supported by theDepartment of Criminology/Criminal Justice and Lambda Alpha Epsilon at Indiana State University.

Randy Steidl will speak at Indiana University Bloomington's School of Law. The School of Law is located at 211 South Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405.

Ray Krone will speak at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA on April 7. This event is closed to the public.

Shujaa Graham will speak at Penn State Abington in Abington, PA. More details TBA.

Ray Krone, the 100th person exonerated from death row in the United States, will speak at Kutztown University in Kutztown, PA. More details TBA.

Randy Steidl will be the featured speaker at the Alaskans Against the Dealth Penalty Annual Chili Feed. For more information about this event and Randy's state tour of Alaska in March, click here.

WTI member Greg Wilhoit and sister Nancy Vollertsen will speak at the Amnesty International USA 50th Anniversary Conference which will be held this year in San Francisco, CA. Only conference registrants may attend this event.

Steve Earle, one of America's most legendary singer-songwriters, will perform a benefit concert (solo, acoustic) for Witness to Innocence at Johnny Brenda's, 1201 North Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia, on Sunday, February 27, 2011. All proceeds will go to Witness to Innocence to empower and support exonerated death row survivors across the United States.

To purchase tickets or get more information about the concert, visit the facebook event page or Johnny Brenda's website.

After the Steve Earle acoustic performance at Johnny Brenda's, there will be an intimate reception with Steve Earle and several exonerated death row survivors at The Slingluff Gallery, 11 West Girard Avenue (1/2 block from Johnny Brenda’s). The reception will be held from 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Hors d'oeuvres, wine, and non-alcoholic drinks will be served. The ticket price for the reception is $60 (this does not include admission to the concert). Only 35 tickets are being sold for the post-concert reception, so purchase your tickets now! All proceeds from the reception will also benefit Witness to Innocence.

To order tickets or get more information about the Steve Earle concert and reception, visit the facebook event page or Johnny Brenda's website.

Shujaa Graham will speak at Western Connecticut State University to a class at 2:30 and then there will be an open speaking event at 7:00 pm. These talks are part of a tour sponsored by the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty. More details TBA.

Shujaa Graham will speak at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT as part of a tour sponsored by the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty. More details TBA.

Shujaa Graham will speak at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich, CT as part of a tour sponsored by the Connecticute Network to Abolish the death penalty.

Shujaa Graham will take part in panel at the Yale Law School in New Haven, CT as part of a tour sponsored by the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty.

Ron Keine will speak at the Mid Rivers Ethical Society. For more information about this event, visit their website here.

WTI Assistant Director of Communications and Training Ron Keine will be attending the 2011 National Association for Campus Activities Convention in St. Louis, MO Feb. 19-23. If you or your institution are attending and would like to contact us in advance, feel free to email info@witnesstoinnocence.org or stop by our table at the convention!

This event is sponsored by Equal Justice USA. For more information about the event and EJUSA, visit their wbsite here.

This event is closed to the public.

Juan Melendez will speak at Canisius College on Wednesday, February 9 at 7:00pm. His talk will be followed by a question and answer session. For more information about this event, visit the facebook event page here.

The Grupp Fireside Lounge is in the Student Center on Canisius' main campus and the entrance is located on Hughes Avenue.

WTI member and former death row survivor Clarence Brandley will take part in the pre-performance discussion of the Feb. 6 Dead Man Walking- the Opera performance.

For more details about the performance, click here. To purchase tickets at a special $12.25 rate and attend the pre-performance discussion, contact the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement or visit their website here.

Ron Keine will speak at the University of Louisville in Crestwood, KY. This event is sponsored by the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and Students United for Peace and Justice. More details TBA.

Ron Keine will speak at Church of the Epiphany in Louisville, Kentucky. For more information on this event, visit the Church of the Epiphany website here. The event is sponsored by the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.

Shujaa Graham will speak to students at Georgetown Prep High School in Washington, DC. This event is not open to the public.

Shabak WaQlimi will address Dr. Frank Baumgartner's class. This event is not open to the public.

Delbert Tibbs will participate on a panel of death penalty experts. This event is co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School and Dead Man Walking Theatre Project. Further details TBA.

Juan Melendrez spent nearly 18 years on Florida's death row and was the 99th person exonerated from death row in the United States.

Shujaa Graham will give an evening talk at St. Mary's College of Maryland. This event is sponsored by St. Mary's College SGA. Shujaa Graham is a WTI board member. For his full bio, click here.

Delbert Tibbs, who spent 3 years on Florida's death row, will share his story with the SUNY Oneonta community.

Ray Krone is the Director of Communications and Training for Witness to Innocence and was the 100th person exonerated from death row in the United States.

Derrick Jamison and Shabaka WaQlimi will speak on the evening of Oct. 21. This event is part of the October tour of Colorado sponsored by Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. See www.coadp.org for more information.

Derrick Jamison and shabaka WaQlimi will speak at the Sturm College of Law. This event is part of the tour co-sponsored by Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. See www.coapd.org for more information.

Derrick Jamison and Shabaka WaQlimi will be speaking at Regis University on the evening of Oct. 19. This event is part of the Octobor Colorado tour sponsored by Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. See www.coapd.org for more information.

Derrick Jamison and Shabaka WaQlimi will be speaking on the afternoon of Oct. 18 as part of the October Colorado tour sponsored by Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. See www.coapd.org for more information.

Derrick Jamison and Shabaka WaQlimi will speak on this evening in Fort Collins but the exact address has not yet been decided. Stay tuned for details or see www.coapd.org.

Derrick Jamison and Shabaka WaQlimi will be speaking on the morning of Oct. 17. This event is the first of several they will be doing together as part of the Octobor Colorado tour sponsored by Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. See www.coapd.org for more information.

Ron Keine will be speaking in the large auditorium of DCCC's Marple Campus.

Ron Keine will be speaking in the cafeteria of DCCC's Downington Campus.

Ron Keine will be speaking at DCCC's Southeast Center from 11:25am - 12:15pm.

Randy Steidl, who spent 12 years on Illinois' death row, will speak at the 9:30am and 11:00am services at St. Mark's United Methodist Church.

Ray Krone will be joined by Marie Verzulli. This event is part of the week-long "Beyond Repair" tour co-sponsored by the Montana Abolition Coalition.

Ray Krone will be joined by Marie Verzulli. This event is part of the week-long "Beyond Repair" tour co-sponsored by the Montana Abolition Coalition.

Ray Krone will be joined by Marie Verzulli for this event. The event is part of the week-long "Beyond Repair" tour co-sponsored by the Montana Abolition Coalition.

Randal Padgett, a survivor of Alabama's death row, will share his powerful story with the community at Tompkins Courland.

Ray Krone will speak at 9:50am in Montanta State University's Wilson Hall room 1-121 and at 6:00pm in room 1143. These events are part of the week-long "Beyond Repair" tour co-sponsored by the Montana Abolition Coalition.

Ray Krone will be joined by Ziggy Ziegler. This is the first event of the week-long "Beyond Repair" tour co- sponsored by the Montana Abolition Coalition.

Shujaa Graham, who survived three years on California's death row,  will speak at Driscoll Hall on Villanova University's campus.

Randy Steidl will speak at Church of the Holy Spirit on the evening of Sept. 23. This is part of the Illinoir tour sponsored by the Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. See www.icadp.org for more information.

Ray Krone, Director of Communications and Training for Witness to Innocence and the 100th person exonerated from death row, will speak at the Exceptional Awards Dinner for the American Board Association's Death Penalty Representation Project. This event is not open to the public.

Randy Steidl will speak at Long View High School as part of the Colorado tour sponsored by Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. See www.coapd.org for more information.

Randy Steidl will be speaking on the evening of Sept. 22 at Saint Michael the Archangel Church. This event is part of the tour sponsored by Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. See www.coadp.org for more information.

Randy Steidl and Delbert Tibbs will speak at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. This is part of a tour sponsored by the Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. See www.icadp.org for more information.

Randy Steidl will be speaking on the evening of Sept. 21 at Northeastern Junior College. This event is part of a tour in Colorado sponsored by Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. See www.coadp.org for more information.

Delbert Tibbs and Nathson Fields will speak at the Cathedral of St. Raymond on the evening of Sept. 20. This is part of the Illinois tour sponsored by the Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. See www.icadp.org for more information.

Randy Steidl will be speaking at Regis University on Sept. 20. This is the second of several events Randy will be doing in Colorado as part of a tour sponsored by Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. See www.coadp.org for more information.

Randy Steidl will be speaking from 11:00am - 12:00pm on Sept. 19. This is the first of several events that Randy will be doing in Colorado as part of a tour sponsored by Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. See www.coadp.org for more information.

Delbert Tibbs will speak at the 10:00 and 12:30pm services. This is part of the Illinois tour co-sponsored by Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. See www.icadp.org for more information.

Ray Krone is the Director for Communications and Training for Witness to Innocence. He was the 100th person exonerated from death row in the United States.

Delbert Tibbs and Nathson Fields will speak at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church on Sept. 16. This event is part of the Illinois tour sponsored by the Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. See www.icadp.org for more information.

Randy Steidl, Delbert Tibbs and Nathson Fields will speak at St. Margaret Mary Parish. This event is part of an Illinois tour sponsored by the Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. See www.icadp.org for more information.

Harold Wilson survived 16 years on Pennsylvania's death row.

Rolando Cruz and Randy Steidl will speak at St. Charles Public Library. This event is the first leg of the Illinois tour sponsored by the Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. See www.icadp.org for more information.

Shujaa Graham, survivor of California's death-row, will participate in a panel discussion on the death penalty.