Philadelphia:

Friday, April 24th, 6:00 pm

The Church of the Advocate
1801 W Diamond St., Philadelphia, PA

This “More Than A Book Party” event will he held simultaneously with similar events around the US, marking the release of death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal’s new book Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the U.S.A published by City Lights.

Speakers include: Pam Africa, ICFFMAJ, Paul Wright, editor of Prison Legal News; Amin, formerly “Harold Wilson,” the 122nd person freed from death row in the US; Ramona Africa, Minister of Communication for the MOVE Organization; Steven Hawkins, Executive Vice President of the NAACP, formerly with the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; Linn Washington Jr., Philadelphia Tribune columnist, Temple University Professor of Journalism, author of Black Judges on Justice: Perspectives from the Bench; and I Abdul Jon, longtime supporter of MOVE and Mumia.

For more info: icffmaj@aol.com • 215-476-8812

To download a flyer for this event, click here!

New York City:

Saturday, April 25th, 4:00 pm

Riverside Church, 120th St. & Claremont Ave., Room 411, MLK Wing

Come celebrate a “More Than a Book Party” with the publication of Mumia’s new book on his 55th birthday.

This program will be a tribute to the heroic brothers and sisters who risk so much and endure such vicious retribution for their fight for justice behind the walls of the hidden dungeons of the USA.

PROGRAM:

Opening with a performance by THE IMPACT REPERTORY THEATRE, a politically conscious youth group, nominated for an Academy Award, created and coordinated by former political prisoner, “Panther 21″ defendant, and now Chair of the Film Department at Columbia University, Jamal Joseph.

SPEAKERS:

Video of Angela Davis, speaking about the book and about Mumia.

Eddie Ellis, former political prisoner/jailhouse lawyer, advocate for prisoners and their rights, host of WBAI’s weekly prisoner show, “On the Count.”

Ramona Africa, former jailhouse lawyer, sole adult survivor of the1985 government bombing of MOVE, Minister of Communication of MOVE.

Brother Amin (Harold Wilson), former 16-year Death Row prisoner, at SCI Greene with Mumia, jailhouse lawyer exonerated through DNA testing.

Paul Wright, editor, Prison Legal News. In Mumia’s words, PLN is a “teaching tool for jailhouse lawyers in every state of the union, providing the latest cases, analyses, and criticisms of the “prison-industrial-complex,” started in 1990 by Wright and Ed Mead when they were both locked up in a Washington State prison.

Mika’il Deveaux, spent 25 years in prison, co-founder of Citizens Against Recidivism, Inc., Director, Muslim Re-entry Initiative, former Soros Justice Fellow.

Chairman Fred Hampton, Prisoners of Conscience Committee, former political prisoner, fighting activist, son of the martyred Black Panther Party leader, Fred Hampton, Sr.

Pam Africa, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, former political prisoner, and nonstop target of police repression.

Question period, book signing, wine and cheese, etc.

Sponsored by:
The Prison Ministry of the Riverside Church and the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC).

For more information: 212-330-8029 or www.freemumia.com

To download a flyer for this event, click here!

Washington, DC:

Saturday, April 25, 4:00 PM

Sankofa Bookstore, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001

In solidarity with similar events around the US, there will be an event celebrating the release of death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal’s new book: —Saturday, April 25th, 4:00pm, Washington, DC: Sankofa Bookstore, 2714 Georgia Avenue NW Washington DC 20001 — phone: 202-234-4755

Portland, OR:

Friday, April 24, 7:00 PM

The Bread & Roses Center, 819 N. Killingsworth St, Portland, OR

Book Party for Mumia Abu Jamal’s “Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the U.S.A. “

Local launch of a new book by Mumia Abu Jamal, death-row political prisoner and Black radical journalist, will feature readings from the book by community civil rights activists. Friday, April 24, 7:00pm, at the Bread & Roses Center , 819 N. Killingsworth St. , Portland . A tasty array of international appetizers will be available throughout for a $5.00 donation. Hosted by the Freedom Socialist Party and the Portland Chapter of Friends for the Freedom of MOVE and Mumia Abu Jamal. Everyone is welcome. For more information, or to arrange work exchange, rides or childcare, call 503-240-4462 or email fsp@igc.org.

Oakland, CA:

City Lights and Prison Radio announce:

The Bay Area Book Party and Celebration
for the Release of Jailhouse Lawyers by Mumia Abu-Jamal

Friday, April 24th at 6:30 PM

Humanist Hall, 411 28th St. in Oakland

Join Angela Davis, Ed Mead, Avotjca, Killu Nyasha and many others.

Celebrate the Release of Jailhouse Lawyers by Mumia Abu-Jamal, at the Humanist Hall in Oakland, California. Join Local and National authors and artists as we celebrate Mumia’s life, his freedom and his birthday with a Book Release Party and Potluck dinner.

Sponsored by City Lights, International Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal, The National Lawyers Guild, Prisoners of Conscience Committee, Prison Radio, among others.

Contact (415) 362-1901 for more info or e-mail info@prisonradio.org

Friday, April 24th, 6:30 pm
Boston, MA: Great Hall, Codman Square

637 Washington St,
Dorchester, MA

Featuring:

Dhoruba bin Wahad, former Black Panther Party political prisoner

Soffiyah Elijah, Harvard Law School, on the San Francisco 8

Luis Rosa and Adolfo Matos, former FALN prisoners of war

Ahmad Kawash, Palestinian Political and Cultural Club of Boston and the Qawem Coalition

with music by Bojah and the Insurrection

martial arts demonstration by Jeremy Harrison and Amee Chew

Sponsored by:
Jericho Boston, 4th Friday/Through Barbed Wire, New England Committee to Defend Palestine

For more info: jericho_boston@yahoo.com

Friday, April 24th, 7:00 pm
Baltimore, MD: The Cork Gallery

On April 24, 2009, in Philadelphia, Oakland, New York, Seattle and other cities around the U.S., “More Than A Book Party” events will he held, marking the release of death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal’s new book Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the U.S.A published by City Lights.

The Cork Gallery
4th Floor North (Buzzer #9)
302 E. Federal (at Guilford)
Baltimore, MD 21202

For more info: www.abu-jamal-news.com

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