Troy Davis
When: Wednesday, April 9 at 3-4:30 pm
Where: Recital Hall, COM Bldg @ TESC
What: Wednesday, April 9 two opportunities in Olympia to hear Kimberly Davis and Jen Marlowe.
On September 21, 2011, Troy Davis was executed by the State of Georgia, despite a compelling case of innocence. Troy’s execution was protested by hundreds of thousands around the globe, and 51 members of Congress, Pope Benedict XVI and President Jimmy Carter all appealed for clemency. How did one man capture the world’s imagination and become the iconic face for the campaign to end the death penalty?
Troy’s sister Kimberly Davis and I Am Troy Davis co-author Jen Marlowe will unpack Troy’s case, demonstrating how emblematic it is of our broken justice system. They will share stories of the Davis’s family two-decade struggle to prove Troy’s innocence, and reveal the human impact of capital punishment. Davis and Marlowe will also discuss how Troy’s case continues to galvanize the fight to abolish the death penalty, looking also at the struggle here in Washington State, where Gov. Jay Inslee recently placed a moratorium on executions.
Marlowe will also describe her years-long collaboration with Troy and the Davis family to write their book, I Am Troy Davis, and share passages from the book.
These events are a part of RETHINKING PRISONS MONTH – APRIL 2014.
Supporting Evergreen academic programs, student organizations, and offices:
The President’s Diversity Fund, Creating Dangerously: Experiments in Feminist and Diaspora Art, Gateways: Popular Education, Abolish Cops and Prisons, The Writing Center, Who’s Got What? Political Economy through Food, Culture and Social Movements, Against All Odds: The Black Experience, Political Economy of Media, SOS: Community-Based Research, First Peoples Advising Services: Day of Absence/Day of Presence, Students for a Democratic Society, For Racial Justice, Students for Justice in Palestine, Coalition Against Sexual Violence
Supporting community organizations: Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation, Washington Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Orca Books
