The Time is Now

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Attention Students Classes will resume very soon. We have resources available to you. Activate your campus for Leonard Peltier. Order these free items: • Post cards for mailing to the White House (http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/home/store/bundles-of-post-cards/) and • Business card sized handouts giving information on ways to contact the White House (http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/home/store/card-handouts/). Encourage everyone you know to sign a post card to President Obama online, too: http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/home/store/send-a-postcard-to-the-white-house/. Need a brief overview about Mr. Peltier and his case? Download this simple double-sided fact sheet. Color: http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/download/TalkingPointsColor.pdf. Black and White: http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/download/TalkingPointsBandW.pdf. And check out the National Student Network for Clemency Now for Leonard Peltier on Facebook at https://peltierstudentnationalaction.wordpress.com/, https://www.facebook.com/peltierstudentnationalaction and Twitter at @peltierstudentnationalaction.

Clemency Campaign We’re planning a series of events to occur in late 2016 and/or early 2017 in Washington, DC. Details will be released as they become available. Please plan to attend one or all events if you can. And help us defray the costs associated with these activities by participating in our fundraising campaign: http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/home/fundraising-campaign/. Or participate by mail: http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/FundraisingForm.pdf.

News Reel • How Leonard Peltier has unjustly spent forty years in prison — and why it’s time to change that (http://z1.hcn.org/hcn/hcn/issues/48.12/how-leonard-peltier-has-unjustly-spent-forty-years-in-prison-and-why-its-time-to-change-that). • Leonard Peltier “I Will Ask – Will You?” Clemency Video Released (http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/leonard-peltier-will-ask-will-clemency-video-released/).

Poster Our 2016 poster is available. This 18” x 24” poster features the art of Gregg Deal. A limited quantity is available, so don’t wait to order your poster: http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/home/store/poster/.

Art Exhibit Santa Fe, NM: Indigenous Fine Art Market. August 18 -20, 2016. See http://www.indigefam.org/.

Mr. Peltier’s birthday is on September 12th. Plan substantive action on or around that day to raise awareness and motivate others to join the clemency campaign. If you plan to host an event, let us know. We’ll help you promote your event.

Upcoming Events

• Albuquerque, NM: “A Tattoo On My Heart: The Warriors of Wounded Knee 1973” and potluck with speaker Lenny Foster on 22 July 2016, 6:00 p.m., Albuquerque Peace and Justice Center, 202 Harvard Drive SE.
• Washington, DC: Peltier Justice Ride 2016 vigil at the White House. 23-24 July 2016 beginning at 9:00 a.m. The group will also be at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 25. See www.peltierjustice.com and https://www.facebook.com/peltierjustice/.
• Philadelphia, PA: During the DNC Demand Freedom for Political Prisoners!. 24 July 2016, 5:00 p.m., at William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce Street.
• Brooklyn. NY: "WARRIOR The Life of Leonard Peltier" on July 27 at 388 Atlantic Avenue, 7:00 p.m.
• Beacon, NY: "WARRIOR The Life of Leonard Peltier" on July 29 at 7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 50 Liberty Street. See https://www.facebook.com/events/1780669518846242/.
• Houston, TX: Rally for Leonard Peltier. 17 September 2016, 10:00 a.m. to noon (CDT) at Herman Square, Houston City Hall, Houston, Texas 77002. See https://www.facebook.com/events/156311248123419/.
• Lancaster, PA: Rally for Leonard Peltier. 17 September 2016, beginning at noon at the corner of King and Queen Streets. See https://www.facebook.com/events/639753432848232/.
• Los Angeles, CA: Peltier March for Clemency. 17 September 2016. See http://aim4la.org/.