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CELEBRATING COMMUNITY: CREATING A NEW VISION OF JUSTICE

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  • When August 19, 2022 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
  • Where Pullen Park
    520 Ashe Ave, Raleigh, NC, 27606
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  • Hosted by NCCADP

Join us for food and fellowship as we conclude our week of events marking 16 years of no executions in North Carolina. We will gather at Pullen Park (Shelter #4) for a potluck and program at 6 pm. NCCADP Community Engagement Coordinator, Nick Courmon, will emcee our evening and share “Poison Fruit”, a spoken word piece he wrote to commemorate this 16th anniversary. Speakers include Kristie Puckett-Williams, Deputy Director for Empowerment and Engagement of ACLU, and Lynda Simmons, a restorative justice advocate who lost her son to homicide. We will also welcome a new NCCADP partner organization, and throughout the evening we will imagine and commit to a future with no death penalty in our state. We hope to see you in person and promise you will leave feeling inspired!

This event is free but please let us know you’re coming. RSVP by 8/17. NCCADP will provide deli sandwiches and drinks. We invite you to bring a side dish or dessert if possible. Please email  NickCourmon@nccadp.org with any questions. Please note, unfortunately the restrooms at Pullen Park will close at 6 pm.

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North Carolina has gone 20 years without an execut North Carolina has gone 20 years without an execution. More than 100 organizations and faith and community leaders are calling on the state to make that permanent.

Organized by NCCADP and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, the statement reflects growing support across North Carolina for moving beyond the death penalty for good.

Read more at the link in our bio!
Last week's interfaith service was only possible b Last week's interfaith service was only possible because so many of our incredible community members offered their words, traditions, experiences, and presence so generously. 

We are grateful to every person who helped lead us through the service:

Rev. Chalice Overy of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church 
Yousuf Siddiqui of the Islamic Association of Raleigh 
Marianne Norris of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Community
Rabbi Sandra Lawson of Carolina Jews for Justice 
Rev. Frank Dew of the North Carolina Council of Churches 
Nancy Jones of Catholics for Abolition in NC
Rev. Veronica Murphy of Wayman AME Church 
Elizabeth Norval of Unitarian Universalist Peace Fellowship Raleigh 
Rev. Esther Hethcox of First Presbyterian Church, Durham NC 
Noel Nickle of NCCADP
Michael Flaherty of the Kadampa Center for the Practice of Tibetan Buddhism

We are especially grateful to Alfred Rivera and Pat McCoy, members of NCCADP's Survivor Family Engagement Group, who shared a Litany of Remembrance and Healing shaped by their own experiences of the death penalty.

And thank you to each and every person who joined us on this meaningful evening. 

Let the last execution be the last.
A week ago today we gathered outside Central Priso A week ago today we gathered outside Central Prison to bear witness.
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