Saturday, March 20, 2010

AAPDEP Cell Phone Drive - Donate your old/used cell phone

Announcing the kick-off of a cell phone drive to benefit The All African People’s Development and Empowerment Project (AAPDEP) and the environment you live in!

Come donate your used cell phones to be reused or recycled. For each cell phone donation, you will support AAPDEP in our effort to build community garden projects in St. Petersburg, Houston, and Washington D.C. and an infant and maternal mortality clinic in Sierra Leone.

Many Africans suffer from food insecurity in the US. The gardens are a community led effort to build self sufficiency and a sustainable option as food prices skyrocket. The rate of maternal mortality in Sierra Leone is reported to be 1 in 8 women, however, based on AAPDEP's discussions with the women on the ground, the true rate is 3 in 5!!

Your donation will serve as a triple threat!! You will be contributing to a better environment, helping Africans in the US have access to wholesome fruits and vegetables, and supporting the women of Sierra Leone to reduce the level of infant and maternal mortality! What could be better than helping to improve society and the environment in one simple gesture! So come on out during the month of April and bring those cell phones collecting dust in your shelves and drawers!!

You can make donations at these locations:

The Uhuru House
1245 18th Ave. South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33705
Contact: Aisha Fields

KPFT Pacifica Radio Station
419 Lovett
Houston, Texas 77006
Contact: Ernesto Aguilar 713-526-4000

Sehah Youth Center
5510 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77021
Contact: Baba Shango at 713-747-0271

AAPDEP Fifth Ward Community Garden
3707 Brill Street
Houston, Texas 77026
Contact: Omowale Kefing at 281-974-2012

Washington, DC
Contact: Ayesha Fleary at 347-678-8494 or Jaleel Nash at 410-366-2721 or 443-248-4745

If you are not in any of these locations you can still participate!! Just call Danielle Ross at 281-386-6442 and we can work out a way to get your phone to us!!

Friday, March 19, 2010

FBI Entrapment: Personal Stories of Preemptive Prosecution


 FBI Entrapment: Personal Stories of Preemptive Prosecution

Thursday March 25th at 7:00 p.m.
40 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

Vanderbilt Room 220, New York University

The Fort Dix Five. Yassin Aref. The Newburgh Four. "Homegrown terrorists" stopped dead in their tracks, or victims of FBI entrapment? A panel of speakers will discuss these cases in light of the FBI's campaign since 9/11 that includes preemptive prosecution, the targeting of Muslim communities and the use of agent provocateurs and informants to entrap innocent people.

Panelists include:
El-Hajj Mauri Saalakhan, Director of Operations for The Peace and Justice Foundation - a Muslim led grassroots human rights organization based in Metropolitan Washington, DC, and lead convener for the May 6, 2010, mass mobilization for political prisoner, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.

Alicia Mc Williams, aunt of David Williams, one of the Newburgh Four, the men charged with the attempted bombing of the Riverdale Temple.

Lejla Duka, 12 year old family member of Fort Dix Five.

Faisal Hashmi, brother of Fahad Hashmi, who has been in pre-trial solitary confinement for over two years under the charges of providing material aid to Al-Qaeda

Lynne Jackson, a volunteer and one of the founders of Project Salam, an internet group that believes many innocent Muslims were targeted, prosecuted, and convicted in the hysteria following 9/11 and the Bush Administration's violations of the US Constitution. The organization's mission is to identify as many of these cases as possible, to advocate for their release, and to make sure that their names and the injustices against them are not forgotten.

Other family members and lawyers from these entrapment cases will be present.

Sponsored by: National Lawyers Guild (NLG),Middle Eastern Law Students Association (MELSA), Islamic Law Students Association (ILSA), Law Students for Human Rights (LSHR), WESPAC, Project SALAM, Muslim Solidarity Committee, NYU Law ACLU
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