Events
A Personal Journey from Death Row with
Rev. Neil Kookoothe & Joseph D'Ambrosio
Thursday, April 26, 7:00-8:30 PM, Ursuline Educational Center (Klyn Hall), 2600 Lander Road, Pepper Pike, OH 44124. Event is free; donations appreciated
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Joe D'Ambrosio is a Cleveland native who was wrongfully convicted and spent 21 years on Ohio's death row. Joe was exonerated in January 2012.
Rev. Neil Kookoothe is a Catholic priest, attorney, and critical care nurse. Fr. Kookoothe worked to draw attention to unresolved questions in the case against Joe D'Ambrosio.
RSVP to clivingston@ursulinesisters.org or 440-449-1200x125
Sponsored by the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland and Ohioans to Stop Executions
Write-A-Thon @ Trinity Cathedral
Sunday, April 29, 8:00AM-1:30 PM, Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, 44115
Trinity’s Greater Cleveland Congregations Criminal Justice team will hold a write-a-thon. Stop by and write a letter or postcard to legislators and the governor demanding an immediate moratorium on executions in the State of Ohio. Pre-addressed postcards, stationery and pens will be provided. Computers with internet access and printers will also be available, so that you may look up legislator information as needed and also print out your letters, if you prefer to type them rather than write them out by hand. For more information, contact the Rev. Canon Will Mebane.
Dead Man Walking Revisited
Author and advocate Helen Prejean at IHM Parish in Cincinnati
The Social Ministries Commission of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish welcomes Sr. Helen Prejean to speak as part of the SMACC social forum, Sanctity of Life.
All are welcome to attend.
Monday, April 30, 7:30 PM, IHM Church, 7820 Beechmont Avenue, Cincinnati, 45255
Tenth Annual Street Law Student Summit
featuring author-advocate Sr. Helen Prejean
Tuesday, May 1, 8:00 AM-2:00 PM, University of Akron Quaker Square Inn, 120 East Mill Street, Akron, 44308
RSVP Required: For more information, contact Carolyn Kirkner at Akron Bar Association (330-253-5007 or carolinek@akronbar.org).
Note: Event is free and open to the public. Community members are welcome to attend the entire summit or just Sr. Helen Prejean's lecture. When RSVPing, please indicate which portion of the summit you will be attending.
Panel discussion: An Eye for an Eye: Is Capital Punishment Justice or Revenge?
Tuesday, May 1, 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Roberta Steinbacher Atrium, Cleveland State University, 1717 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, 44115
Event will feature a panel of experts who have a personal connection to Ohio's death penalty, including Helen Kopp, a murder victim's family member; Rep. Nickie Antonio, a state legislator who introduced legislation to abolish the death penalty; Rev. Will Mebane, Canon at Trinity Cathedral Episcopal Church; and a member of the law enforcement community.
The forum is presented and developed by high school juniors and CSU's Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs.
Event is free and open to the public.
For more details or to register online, click here.
Joint death penalty task force meeting scheduled for March 2012
The Ohio Supreme Court's joint task force examining the death penalty will have its next meeting on May 17, 2012 at the Ohio State Bar Association from 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM.
The meeting is open to the public. The Ohio State Bar Association is located at 1700 Lake Shore Dr., Columbus, 43204.
Regional Meetings
Summit County Chapter Meeting
Thursday, April 26, 2:15-12:45 PM
Via conference call. Will discuss OTSE's new postcard campaign.
Call-in number: 218-936-7988*
Passcode: 6873#
*long distance charges may apply.
Cleveland Area Chapter Meeting
Tuesday, May 1, 7:00-8:30 PM
River's Edge at St. Joseph's Center, 3430 Rocky River Drive, Cleveland, 44111
Cincinnati Chapter Meeting
Tuesday, May 8, 7:00 PM
Peaslee Neighborhood Center, 215 East 14th Street, Cincinnati, 45202
Lorain County Chapter Meeting
Tuesday, June 12, 6:30-8:00 PM
Oberlin Public Library, 65 South Main Street, Oberlin, 44074
Potluck meeting--please bring a dish to share.
For more information about locations and times, please contact Kevin Werner for southern Ohio meetings at 614-560-0654 or kwerner@otse.org and Adrian Griffin for northern Ohio meetings at 216-688-1180 or agriffin@otse.org.
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