CALLING ALL FAITH LEADERS
Are you a Georgia Faith leader, or do you know one?
October 10th is World Day Against the Death Penalty.
This year, we are gathering faith leaders (ordained or not) at Central Presbyterian Church (across from the Georgia Capitol) at 9am for a morning of conversation, collaboration, strategic thinking, and action.
This time will be followed by a press conference on the steps of the Georgia Capitol at 12:30pm with Sen Rev Kim Jackson.
We affirm a collective statement of faith:
Twenty-two years on, where are we with death penalty abolition?
We must, and will, end the death penalty.
Multi-faith Event Steering Committee:
Cathy Harmon-Christian, PhD - Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (GFADP)
Joia Erin Thornton, MPA, MPP - faith leaders of color coalition (flocc)
Jayna Hoffacker - Georgia Catholics Against the Death Penalty (GCADP)
Archdeacon Carole Maddux - Georgia Interfaith Public Policy Center (GIPPC)
GFADP is working to end capital punishment in Georgia and around the world. We are a strong, diverse, statewide, grassroots movement which:
Opposes individual executions;
Supports legislative initiatives aimed at reducing the application of the death penalty until it is ultimately abolished;
Protects the humanity of individuals on death row;
Educates our fellow Georgians about the death penalty;
Provides concrete action steps for individuals and groups.
Death Penalty Information Center's (DPIC) fact sheet on the death penalty:
Executive Director
M. Cathy Harmon-Christian, PhD
Contact information can be found HERE
GFADP IN ACTION!
You can call GFADP at (770) 316-8592 or email info@gfadp.org. We would love to connect with you!
GFADP is undergoing some website work! If things don't look quite right or a link is broken, you are welcome to contact us, but if you check back regularly, it will likely correct itself soon.