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Execution Anniversary

We Keep Us Alive: Death Penalty Abolition, Imagination, Resistance

Aug 21, 2025
On Saturday, August 16, nearly 80 people from across North Carolina gathered at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh for We Keep Us Alive: An Afternoon to Remember Those Executed & Envision a Future of Abolition. For four hours, the fellowship hall was alive with voices – some familiar to this work for decades, some […]

We Keep Us Alive: Death Penalty Abolition, Imagination, Resistance

August 21, 2025 · Liv Perkins-Davenport

On Saturday, August 16, nearly 80 people from across North Carolina gathered at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh for We Keep Us Alive: An Afternoon to Remember Those Executed & Envision a Future of Abolition. For four hours, the fellowship hall was alive with voices – some familiar to this work for decades, some […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Execution Anniversary, Mass Incarceration, North Carolina Death Penalty, Racial Justice

Press Release: 19 Years Without an Execution: North Carolinians to Hold Vigil, Envision a Future Without the Death Penalty

Aug 15, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 August 2025 Contact: Liv Perkins-Davenport, Director of Communications, (919) 404-7409 RALEIGH – On Saturday, August 16, the North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will host We Keep Us Alive: An Afternoon to Remember Those Executed & Envision a Future of Abolition at 2:00 PM at Pullen Memorial Baptist […]

Press Release: 19 Years Without an Execution: North Carolinians to Hold Vigil, Envision a Future Without the Death Penalty

August 15, 2025 · Liv Perkins-Davenport

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 August 2025 Contact: Liv Perkins-Davenport, Director of Communications, (919) 404-7409 RALEIGH – On Saturday, August 16, the North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will host We Keep Us Alive: An Afternoon to Remember Those Executed & Envision a Future of Abolition at 2:00 PM at Pullen Memorial Baptist […]

Filed Under: Blog, Press Release Tagged With: Execution Anniversary, North Carolina Death Penalty, Press Release

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On August 18, North Carolina will reach 20 years w On August 18, North Carolina will reach 20 years without an execution. That evening, we’ll honor this historic anniversary with an interfaith service, candlelight procession, and vigil in Raleigh. We really hope you'll join us.

The service at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church will include Rev. Chalice Overy, Rabbi Sandra Lawson, Rev. Esther Hethcox, members of NCCADP’s Survivor Family Engagement Group, and other faith and community leaders.

Afterward, we’ll walk by candlelight to Central Prison for a vigil featuring NCCADP Executive Director Noel Nickle, impacted community members, and spoken word artist Nick Courmon.

People of all faiths and those with no faith tradition are welcome. Will you join us?

📆 Tuesday, August 18, 6:30–8:30 PM
📍  Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, 1801 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC
🔗  Register at bit.ly/NCCADPVIGIL or at the link in our bio
Our Summer Statewide Coalition Meeting is tomorrow Our Summer Statewide Coalition Meeting is tomorrow – and we'd love to see you there! 

Join NCCADP partners and supporters from across the state for our quarterly virtual meeting. We'll share important updates, connect, and organize for the work ahead. If you've been part of our work in the past or have attended one of our monthly info sessions, this is a place for you! 

Register: bit.ly/NCCADPSummer2026
We have a new supply of NCCADP t-shirts just in ti We have a new supply of NCCADP t-shirts just in time for our FOUR in-person events in the next two weeks. Our friends at Big Tyme Printers have made our shirts since Day One. Here they are with size 3XL, a new addition to our supply!

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