THE JOURNEY OF HOPE – FROM VIOLENCE TO HEALING

New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty

The Journeyers are family members of murder victims and innocent people who spent years in prison charged with capital crimes, all of who now support alternatives to the death penalty. They will be talking about their experiences in New York for the first time.

During these talks family members recall their tragedy, their struggle to heal, and their reasons for supporting alternatives to the death penalty. They talk about how they survived the violence that suddenly came into their lives and how they reclaimed peace through it, which made them renounce state sponsored killings. In a few cases these survivors have even reconciled with the killers of their loved ones.

23rd April – 12 noon – All Saints Parish – East Harlem

7 PM – Riverside Church – Manhattan

24th April - 12 noon – Fordham University – Bronx

7 PM – St.. John’s University – Queens

27th April - 12 noon – Workmen’s Circle – Manhattan

7 PM – St. Bartholomew’s Church – Manhattan

28th April - 10 AM – Church of Gethsemane – Brooklyn

2:30 PM – Rally with the New York Civil Liberties Union – Union

Square Park – Manhattan

6:30 PM – Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) – Brooklyn

All the above and future functions are free, though donations would be appreciated.

FUTURE ACTIVITES of NYers Against the Death Penalty

May 2002 – A seminar “If there were a hundred mistakes, why…” with the Columbia University Chapter of Campaign to End the Death Penalty.

July 2002 – An interfaith dialogue led by scholars of various religious denominations who will explain their religions’ views of the death penalty and then take questions.

August 2002 – Another Journey of Hope with four new Survivors.

October 2002 – A film screening of an award-winning Spanish film “The Back of the World” produced by Maria Carrion. Part of the film is about a black, death row inmate in Dallas, Texas (whose case the Supreme Court recently decided to review), and interviews with Hispanic family members of Texas’s death row inmates.

Further information can be obtained by calling (212) 971-5863 or by emailing

Joseph AranhaCeleste FitzgeraldSusan Schindler

Linda EvansOdette WilkensDennis Rager

NEW YORKERS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY

Bishop Howard HubbardDavid KaczynskiNancy LanePresident Executive Director Coordinator – NY City