Texas Abolitionists’ Event Calendar (link opens on Teamup)
Texas Abolitionists’ Recommended Events and Actions
https://linktr.ee/txabolitionists (various links here)
Trainings:
TXA, along with our friends from Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons, have launched 90-minute trainings on Abolitionist theory and organizing(Abolition 101) Death Penalty (Abolition 102) and Prisoner Support (Abolition 103).
Contact us to host a free training for your community or organization!
Upcoming Executions:
Urgent!
Write the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and call or tweet the governor about this upcoming execution:
Take action to support a stay of execution for Billy Wardlow, TDCJ #999137, out of Titus County. His scheduled execution date is July 8th.
See an article about his case here:
https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2020-06-26/a-dangerous-man/
Sign the petition here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-billy-wardlow-in-texas?clear_id=true
To write/call about upcoming executions:
**See our guide here: https://texasabolitionists.com/stoppingexecutions/
Contact the Board Members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles by email at:
bpp_clemency@tdcj.texas.gov
Contact Governor Greg Abbott, who has the last say over commutations:
Telephone
(512) 463-1782 – Information and Referral and Opinion Hotline
**You can leave a message here**
(512) 463-2000 – Office of the Governor Main Switchboard
(office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST)
Twitter– @govabbott
Message: https://gov.texas.gov/apps/contact/opinion.aspx
