WHAT YOU CAN DO TO

HELP SAVE THE LIFE

OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL

1. Join our Emergency Response Network.

We need to be able to contact you for emergency activities if Gov. Ridge signs Mumia's death warrant. We have a complete program of action ready should this day come. Please call 215-476-8812 with your phone numbers, fax numbers, work numbers, cell phone numbers, e- mail addresses, and street addresses; And your pledge to get involved!

2. Funds are urgently needed to help finance Mumia's legal defense.

Send a check or money order made payable to Black United Fund/MAJ defense, and mail to :

• Black United Fund,
• 419 S. 15th St.,
• Philadelphia,
• PA 19146.

3. Circulate petitions

urging Governor Tom Ridge to reinvestigate Mumia's unfair trial, and to not sign any more death warrants, for anybody!

4. Call or fax the Governor

to demand a new and fair trial for Mumia, and/or your feelings about the death penalty. In PA call the Governor's Action Hotline at 1-800-932-0784. From anywhere, call the governor's office direct at 717-787-2500, or fax 717-772-3155 or indirect 717-783- 1198, Fax 717-783-1396. Or write

• Governor Tom Ridge,
• Main Capitol Bldg., Room 225,
• Harrisburg, PA 17120.

5. Write to Mumia

and let him know you care. His new address is:

• Mumia Abu-Jamal, #AM-8335,
• SCI Greene,
• 1040 East Roy Furman Highway,
• Waynesburg, PA 15370.
• E-mail sent to mumia@aol.com
• will be forwarded promptly to him.

6. Contact Prison Superintendent James Price

and let him know you are aware of the harassment of Mumia and others at SCI-Greene, and will continue to monitor his treatment. Write to:

• Supt. James Price,
• SCI Greene, 1030 East Roy Furman Highway,
• Waynesburg,
• PA 15370,
• Phone 412-852-2902,
• Fax 412-852-2909

7. Let Rep. Michael McKeehan and Rep. Dennis O'Brien

McGeehan in Harrisburg:

• 717-772-4020 office,
• 717-772-6956 fax,
• 221 B South Office,
• Harrisburg,
• PA 17120;

• and in Philly:
• FAX 215-333-5891,
• Phone 215-333-9760,
• 7733 Frankford Ave.
• Phila., PA 19136.

• Phone 717-787-5689,
• Fax 717-787-5564,
• B- Main Capitol Bldg.,
• Harrisburg, PA 17120;

• 215- 632-5150;
• FAX (215) 560-6056,
• 9811 Academy Rd., Lower Level,
• Phila., PA 19114.

8. Call or write newspapers.

Send letters to editor to Phila. Inquirer & Daily News especially, demand that they print the Mumia's side of the story, and to stop being pro-death penalty.

9. Help with publication of the Jamal Journal newspaper.

10 Listen to Mumia's taped radio commentaries

and ask your local radio station to air them if they are not already doing so.

Contact :

• Prison Video Project,
• Equal Justice USA,
• P.O. Box 5206,
• Hyattsville, MD 20782,
• phone 301- 699-0042.

11 Mark your calendar for March 28, 1995, and join us in Harrisburg, PA for a rally

and press conference at the State Capitol Rotunda. The rally, sponsored by CURE, will include prisoners right's advocates, anti-death penalty groups, welfare rights groups, and others concerned about justice for the poor, the homeless, those in prison, etc. Help organize buses or car pools from your area! Call 215-476- 8812 for more information. Carry Mumia's picture and name on your sign.

12 Join the ongoing demonstration every Thursday, 8-9 am

in front of the State Office Building, Broad and Spring Garden, Philadelphia. Other demonstrations at selected Convention Center [at Mariott site] events, including upcoming Association of Black Journalists 20th Anniversary gathering.

13 Volunteer

your typesetting, layout, photography or other skills to help make flyers, posters, letters, t-shirts, buttons, etc. Call 215-476-8812. We can always use your office skills.

14 We have also begun hooking Mumia's cause into the Internet Network.

Your expertise and access can be put to good use. Contact mumia@aol.com

15 Call 215-476-8812 to arrange for speakers

to come to your area, or to assist in establishing a Mumia Support Committee in your area.

16 Organize a fundraising event

in your community to support Mumia's legal defense.

Reprinted from The Jamal Journal (c) 1995 by International Concerned Friends & Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal Permission to republish granted. Please include copyright information.

The Jamal Journal is available by sending a postage donation to: The International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, P.O. Box 19709, Phila., PA 19143

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