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Rabbi Raachel Jurovics speaks at a PFADP press conference in the NC General Assembly surrounded by clergy and legislators from across North Carolina in support of the NC Racial Justice Act. May 2010 (Photo by S Bass © PFADP)

Sr. Helen Prejean, chair of PFADP’s Kairos Campaign, confers with Rabbi David Saperstein, director and counsel of the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism, at PFADP’s Kairos Conference 2010 in Atlanta. (Photo by S Langley © PFADP)

College students sign PFADP’s national petition for repeal. (Photo by S Dear © PFADP)

Pastors speak at PFADP press conference for NC Racial Justice Act in Winterville, NC. March 2011 (Photo by A Lattanzio © PFADP)

Randal Padgett, a death row exoneree from Alabama, and fellow exoneree Shabaka Waklimi, at a radio interview during a PFADP speaking tour of churches and mosques. (Photo by S Dear © PFADP)

Local clergy join PFADP at a press conference for the NC Racial Justice Act in Oxford, NC. (Photo by J Amgott © PFADP)

Past PFADP President Marshall Dayan at a PFADP interfaith prayer service. (Photo by S Langley © PFADP)

The Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church where Martin Luther King Jr. was co-pastor, during PFADP’s Kairos Conference and Concert featuring Sweet Honey in the Rock in Ebenezer’s Horizon Sanctuary. (Photo by S Langley © PFADP)

PFADP and NAACP leaders gathered in prayer after a press conference. Death row exoneree Shabaka Waklimi wears a T-shirt showing his solidarity with Troy Davis, who was executed by the state of Georgia in September 2011. (Photo by A Lattanzio © PFADP)

PFADP Executive Director speaks at Ebenezer Baptist Church while Rev. Raphael Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist, and Delbert Tibbs, death row exoneree, look on.

PFADP Executive Director Stephen Dear speaks at Ebenezer Baptist Church while Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer, and Delbert Tibbs, death row exoneree, look on. (Photo by S Langley © PFADP)

Barbara Campbell-Davis, executive presbyter of the New Hope Presbytry of North Carolina, speaks at a press conference with local clergy and PFADP staff in support of the NC Racial Justice Act in Winterville, NC. (Photo by A Lattanzio © PFADP)

This is the mission of PFADP: To educate and mobilize faith communities to act to abolish the death penalty in the United States. (Photo by S Dear © PFADP)

PFADP Vice President the Rev. Stacy Rector along with other board members and allies setting priorities during a recent planning retreat. (Photo by S Dear © PFADP)

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Attention Maryland Faith Leaders

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February 16, 2012

Ash Wednesday Call to Congregations
Death Penalty Lobby Day
Annapolis

February 22, 2012

We continue to encourage all religious leaders in Maryland to support the Letter from Maryland Religious Leaders  for Repeal of the Death Penalty 2012, which can be endorsed here.

Plan now for Ash Wednesday in Annapolis with the ecumenical community. This is a Call to Congregations to join together on the first day of Lent, to worship as one, receive the imposition of ashes, and then, with the mark of the penitent on our foreheads, visit legislators to call for the repeal of the death penalty. An ecumenical service will be presided over by Episcopal Diocese of Maryland Bishop Eugene Sutton. Leaders from the Ecumenical Leaders' Group and the Central Maryland Ecumenical Council will begin with prayer and repentance. The service will be immediately followed by a press conference at Lawyers' Mall. If you belong to a congregation that holds an Ash Wednesday early morning service, join us immediately afterwards at St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Church Circle, Annapolis, Md. Following the imposition of ashes will organize to go out to seek the support of our elected officials.

MARYLAND URGENT ACTION: Help Repeal the Death Penalty

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February 9, 2011

It is with great joy and anticipation that we at People of Faith Against the Death Penalty present to Maryland residents this opportunity to help the state of Maryland repeal the death penalty.

All you have to do is click here and a message from you will be ready for you to send to your state delegates and senator in the MD General Assembly. You can change the letter as you like.

Whew!

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January 5, 2011

The NC Racial Justice Act survived yesterday’s special legislative session over Gov. Bev Perdue's veto of a bill passed last year to repeal the RJA.

Thanks to your support, the Racial Justice Act is still law. You made a huge difference!

If you had not taken the time to reach out to your legislators and Gov. Perdue in support of the Racial Justice Act, the outcome may very well have been different.

The Senate voted along party lines yesterday afternoon to override Gov. Perdue's veto. But despite the efforts of House leadership and shady tactics, the House was not able to muster the votes to override the governor's veto and instead referred the bill to committee to consider amending the RJA.

Please take a moment to send a message about the attempt to override the governor's veto to your legislators right now.

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