Mid-Missouri
Fellowship of
Reconciliation

Missouri Campaign for a Moratorium on Executions minutes of Sept. 21, 2004

P.O. Box 268
Columbia, Missouri
65205
573-449-4585
email: jstack@no2death.org

Present: Jeff Stack, Zora Serfozo, Amanda Coggeshall, Steve Bartel, Virginia Bzdek

Opening Questions:

  1. How was the Moratorium Campaign started and when? Missouri received a grant to attend an Equal Justice 3-day retreat in New York, in November 2003. There attendees set up long term plans to help their states move towards a moratorium on executions.
  2. Does the Moratorium Campaign have lobbyists in Jefferson City? Yes, through the support of Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty, Jeff Stack lobbies for this and other death penalty issues.
  3. How many people support the death penalty and how many support a moratorium? 70% of voters support the death penalty, but 60% also support a moratorium.

Comments:

  1. At this point about 23 entities in Columbia-- churches, groups, businesses have passed resolutions. We ultimately hope to get 100 from our town.
  2. Translate the brochures into Spanish? Individuals will continue to explore the possibility.
  3. Have moratorium campaign members participate in phone conferences with other Missouri sites? Dates/Times for those calls?

Contacts:

  • Virgina- 9th Street Video, Beth Shalom, Broadway Christian, Olivet, 5th Street Christian, 1st Christian, and 2nd Baptist
  • Jeff- Uprise Bakery, St. Luke’s Methodist, Progressive Baptist, remind KOPN for their annual meeting, Silas Allard
  • Amanda- Food Bank, Planned Parenthood, Open Arms, Centro Latino, Show Me Darhma
  • Steve- Muslim Student Organization, Mosque
  • Zora- Maude’s Vinatage

    • Upcoming Events:

    1. Thursdays, September 23 & 30, Twilight Festival 6-8:15, in front of Columbia Books
    2. Saturday, September **, Sustainable Living Fair
    3. Saturday, October 9, MADP meeting 9:30 am, Jefferson City
    4. Tuesday, October 19, Moratorium meeting 7:00 pm, Confernce Room A of the library, bring a friend!!
    5. November 10, Judge Charles Blackmar, former MO Supreme Court Justice to give talk, “Why Missouri Needs a Moratorium on Executions, Wednesday, Nov. 10 7:00 pm, Calvary Episcopal Church, 2nd floor Parish Hall. The church is located at 123 S. 9th St. Columbia
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