Post by CCADP on Mar 14, 2006 9:19:46 GMT -5
The State of Texas plans to execute Tommie Hughes Wednesday March 15. Please try to participate in a protest / vigil somewhere. Please note that there should be a larger group in front of Walls in Huntsville because the young people participating in Alternative Spring Break in Austin plan to bus over.
Here are locations where vigils will take place. Please let me know of changes and additions.
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Huntsville -There is always a protest in Huntsville in front of Walls Unit. If possible,
please be there at least by 5:30. Some people gather at 5:15.
Houston -March and April, execution vigils will be held from 5:30 to 6:20 on days of executions on Houston Ave. at Lubbock, across Houston Ave. from the Municipal Courts Buildings. The parking lot of St. Joseph's Church is at this corner and will be available for parking.
Austin - At the Governor's Manson on the Lavaca St. side between 10th and 11th st.
from 5:30 to 6:30PM.
College Station (Brazos Valley) - 5:30 to 6 pm, east of Texas A &M campus, across
the street from the main entrance. A “STOP EXECUTIONS” banner is displayed plus
one telling the number of executions since reinstatement
Corpus Christi - 5:30 pm outside the convent next to Incarnate Word Acadamy
Dallas - 5:30 pm, at the SMU Women's Center, 3116 Fondren Drive, the location
of the North Texas TCADP meetings.
San Antonio - At Noon on execution days, Main Plaza across from Bexar
County Courthouse and San Fernando Cathedral
Beaumont - Diocese of Beaumont, Diocesan Pastoral Office, 703 Archie St. at 4 PM
on the day of an execution.
Spring - Prayer Vigil at 6 PM on evenings of executions at St Edward Catholic Community, 2601 Spring Stuebner Rd, Spring, TX 77389 for the murder victim, for family and friends of the murder victim, the prison guards and correctional officers, for the family of the condemn man/woman, for the man/woman to be executed and to an end to the death penalty.
Edinburg - 5 PM in front of the Hildago County Courthouse
McKinney - 6 PM at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Community, 110 St. Gabriel Way
EPADP (El Paso) has a monthly vigil on the first Wednesday of the month from noon to 1 PM in front of the El Paso County Courthouse, Kansas at San Antonio. Free parking at a nearby community center (for information 872-8422). Vigil is in memory of the victims of murder, the offenders, the executioners and the families of all who are involved in executions that month. There are no vigils in June, July, or Auguest.
Houston has a monthly vigil at Mecom Fountain at 6:30 PM on the first Wednesday of the month in addition to the one on the evening of executions.
Here are locations where vigils will take place. Please let me know of changes and additions.
********************************************************************************************
Huntsville -There is always a protest in Huntsville in front of Walls Unit. If possible,
please be there at least by 5:30. Some people gather at 5:15.
Houston -March and April, execution vigils will be held from 5:30 to 6:20 on days of executions on Houston Ave. at Lubbock, across Houston Ave. from the Municipal Courts Buildings. The parking lot of St. Joseph's Church is at this corner and will be available for parking.
Austin - At the Governor's Manson on the Lavaca St. side between 10th and 11th st.
from 5:30 to 6:30PM.
College Station (Brazos Valley) - 5:30 to 6 pm, east of Texas A &M campus, across
the street from the main entrance. A “STOP EXECUTIONS” banner is displayed plus
one telling the number of executions since reinstatement
Corpus Christi - 5:30 pm outside the convent next to Incarnate Word Acadamy
Dallas - 5:30 pm, at the SMU Women's Center, 3116 Fondren Drive, the location
of the North Texas TCADP meetings.
San Antonio - At Noon on execution days, Main Plaza across from Bexar
County Courthouse and San Fernando Cathedral
Beaumont - Diocese of Beaumont, Diocesan Pastoral Office, 703 Archie St. at 4 PM
on the day of an execution.
Spring - Prayer Vigil at 6 PM on evenings of executions at St Edward Catholic Community, 2601 Spring Stuebner Rd, Spring, TX 77389 for the murder victim, for family and friends of the murder victim, the prison guards and correctional officers, for the family of the condemn man/woman, for the man/woman to be executed and to an end to the death penalty.
Edinburg - 5 PM in front of the Hildago County Courthouse
McKinney - 6 PM at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Community, 110 St. Gabriel Way
EPADP (El Paso) has a monthly vigil on the first Wednesday of the month from noon to 1 PM in front of the El Paso County Courthouse, Kansas at San Antonio. Free parking at a nearby community center (for information 872-8422). Vigil is in memory of the victims of murder, the offenders, the executioners and the families of all who are involved in executions that month. There are no vigils in June, July, or Auguest.
Houston has a monthly vigil at Mecom Fountain at 6:30 PM on the first Wednesday of the month in addition to the one on the evening of executions.