Sister Helen Prejean

TCADP April 2016 Alert: Springing into Action

April 1, 2016April 6, 2016 Vanessa Akins Amplify Austin, execution, Sister Helen Prejean, Texas death penalty

In this edition of our monthly e-newsletter, you’ll find information about upcoming events featuring Sister Helen Prejean at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. You’ll also find links to recent stories about racial bias in the jury selection process and the regrets of a juror in a capital murder trial in Texas that sentenced a man to death.

TCADP March 2016 Alert: Get ready to Amplify Austin!

March 1, 2016 Kristin execution, Sister Helen Prejean, Texas death penalty

In this edition of our monthly alert, you’ll find a link to photos from the TCADP 2016 Annual Conference, information about a new initiative to engage Public Safety Officers on the Death Penalty, and information about three upcoming events with Sister Helen and a national conference on the death penalty.

December 2013 Texas Death Penalty Alert: Announcing TCADP’s Annual Award Winners

December 4, 2013December 6, 2013 tcadp Bob Ray Sanders, death penalty, execution, Sister Helen Prejean, TCADP Annual Conference, Texas

If you missed the monthly TCADP alert sent on December 3, see this post for more information about coming events, breaking news, and ways you can be involved in ending the death penalty in Texas.

September TCADP Alert: Taking Texas By Storm – We’re coming to a city near you!

September 4, 2013September 4, 2013 tcadp Annual Conference, death penalty, executions, National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims, Sister Helen Prejean, TCADP

In this edition: Learn more about the two scheduled executions for this month, deadlines for the TCADP Lobby Corps applications and Annual Award nominations, as well as multiple TCADP events to be held in Denton, Tarrant, Dallas, Collin, Harris, and Travis Counties this month.

April 2013 Alert: 5 Scheduled Executions, Legislative Session Mid-Point, Conference Videos and New Voices on the Death Penalty

April 1, 2013April 8, 2013 tcadp amnesty international, Annual Conference, Anthony Graves, Carlos Deluna, Duane Buck, executions, legislature, Maryland, Sister Helen Prejean, victims

TCADP’s April 2013 Alert includes an update on the Texas legislative session, scheduled executions, and the case of Duane Buck; it also features new voices on the death penalty, including a former District Attorney of Montague County and Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty.

ACL: Austin Can Lead the Way!

October 15, 2012October 29, 2012 tcadp 1 Comment death penalty, Sister Helen Prejean

After several requests to share the “Call to Action” shared by TCADP Program Coordinator, Vicki McCuistion, at the “Faithful Considerations: A Discussion with Sister Helen Prejean and Austin Faith Leaders”, we decided to make it available to you in a blog post. So when you see the letters ACL, I want you to think “Austin […]

Austin Religious Leaders to Join Internationally Renowned Author and Speaker, Sister Helen Prejean, for Dialogue on the Death Penalty

October 11, 2012October 11, 2012 Kristin 1 Comment Austin, death penalty, Faith, Sister Helen Prejean, Texas

On Friday evening, October 12, 2012, in the Mabee Ballroom of St. Edward’s University, two Austin faith leaders will join Sister Helen Prejean, an internationally known speaker and the author of Dead Man Walking, for an unprecedented conversation about the role of people of faith in the growing movement to end the death penalty.