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Thomas Merton Award Honoring Dr. Angela Davis Civil Rights Icon Accepts 2006 Merton Award for Peace & Justice Professor Angela Y. Davis, has made the abolition of the death penalty, the release of political prisoners, and the elimination of the Prison Industrial Complex the primary focus of her lifelong campaign to combat global injustice. “Davis will be in Pittsburgh, PA. on Friday November 10, 2006 at 7:00PM at the Sheraton Station Square to accept the Thomas Merton Award for her ongoing efforts to dismantle the Prison Industrial Complex,” said Development Director Michelle Burton Brown. The award ceremony and dinner will be held at the Sheraton at Station Square located on the South Side of Pittsburgh. The Thomas Merton Center for Peace and Justice is working with west coast based Prison Radio to have political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal introduce and congratulate Professor Davis, via video and audio recording, from Pennsylvania’s death row. The introduction will be recorded by Noelle Hanrahan. Hanrahan is an investigative journalist and the director of Prison Radio, which challenges the Prison Industrial Complex by airing the voices of men and women in prison.....read more from The Thomas Merton Center |
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