Potluck Supper and Talk
Repealing NH Death Penalty in 2014
- Social: 6:30 - 7:00pm
- Supper: 7:00 - 7:30pm
- Talk & Discussion: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
* please bring a dish to share (salad, main course, dessert)
Message from NH Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NHCADP)
This is an historic moment for New Hampshire. We stand on the verge of becoming the seventh state in seven years – the 19th state overall – to repeal the death penalty. For the first time in decades, we have a governor who has committed to signing a repeal bill, and are gathering a strong bipartisan coalition to complete this in 2014.
The coalition has an ambitious effort planned over the next 10 months that involves educating and mobilizing the public, allied organizations, and key constituencies to convince the New Hampshire House and Senate to support legislation repealing the death penalty in the 2014 legislative session. We will need to secure a minimum of 201 votes in the House and 13 votes in the Senate. NHCADP is feeling optimistic about the chances for success, but we are still facing some stiff headwinds from those who want to keep the death penalty.
Our campaign will officially launch on September 18th with a press conference at the LOB in Concord to celebrate the submission of the repeal bill.
NHCADP is made up of individuals and organizations from across the political spectrum, who are committed to consigning this antiquated, unjust, and costly punishment to the history books.
Speaker: John - Michael Dumais
In his most recent post as Director of the NH PIRC (Parent Information and Resource Center) program, John-Michael was responsible for creating partnerships from statewide down to the school district level, promoting family-school-community collaborations. In that capacity, he offered nonviolent communication workshops to parent groups, teachers, and prison inmates. In 2005, he founded and directed Monadnock Institute for Community Advancement and Sustainability (MICAS, now Monadnock Sustainability Network), organizing conferences and think tanks addressing a wide range of environmental, resource, and human sustainability issues, and supporting local business and farming initiatives. Prior to that he was a member then President of Monadnock Freedom Forum (MFF), which began during the lead-up to the Iraq War in order to mobilize citizen protests and to address a myriad of issues around war, economic justice, citizen governance, and more. During that time MFF organized Granny D in a Walk for America – from Peterborough to Keene in this instance – to support the public funding of elections.
