Abraham Bonowitz has been one of the leading organizers in the death penalty abolition movement since the late 1980’s. He has had a hand in each of the legislative repeal victories thus far throughout the nation, and has been active in numerous states where there’s work yet to be done. Abe has served on the boards of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, the Journey of Hope…From Violence to Healing, and Amnesty International USA. He has helped produce numerous direct action and non-violent civil resistance events, and has been arrested nine times protesting the death penalty. In a brief departure from anti-death penalty work, Abe was one of the original staff members of the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation, participating in many Farm Worker movement activities in California from 1994 to 1997. He lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, son, and dog.

• Link to the home page of Alaskans Against the Death Penalty, which has info on the 25th Anniversary “Fry Fish Not People” AADF fundraiser, and also a tribute to Shirley Dickens:

http://www.aadp.info/

• Link to Death Penalty Action, the group our speaker is currently involved with:

https://deathpenaltyaction.org/

• Link to the short film shown at the end of the presentation, called Call to Action on the Federal Death Penalty:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR2A8BMo7SQ&t=19s