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Human Rights Now, June 19, 2009, New York

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THIS FRIDAY JUNE 19, 2009

JUSTICE FOR ESMIN GREEN. JUSTICE FOR ALL.

Murdered-by-Neglect: One year later, WE THE PEOPLE will not let this die.

DEMONSTRATION FOR OUR HUMAN RIGHTS 5-8 PM

CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL IN MEMORY OF ESMIN GREEN 8-10 PM

@ Kings County Hospital Center Psychiatric Emergency Room
Building R
410 Winthrop Street

Brooklyn, NY 11203

Contact: Lauren Tenney (516) 319-4295 [email protected]
Daniel Hazen (301) 395-5378  [email protected]
websi te: www.TheOpalProject.org/Vigil.html

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Demonstration for=2 0Our Human Rights 5-8 PM

Confirmed Speakers (as of 6/14):
Attorney for Esmin Green’s Family:
Sanford Rubenstein, Esq.,

Chair of the Assembly’s Mental Health Committee: Assemblyman Peter Rivera,

Esmin Green’s Assemblyman: Assemblyman Nick Perry,

Activists and former inmates of Kings County Hospital Center: Marian Merlino & David Gonzalez,

International Human Rights Lawyer: Tina Minkowitz

Advocates and Activists: Anita Cameron, Kathie Casio, Sabrina Johnson, George Ebert, Rolando Bini, George Badillo, John M. Donnelly,=2 0Jr., Josephine Carol Cicchini, and many more.

OPEN SPEAK OUT 7:30 – 8 PM

Close of Demonstration for Our Human Rights 8 PM
Mai Muna, Vocalist “We Shall Overcome”

Candle Light Vigil in Memory of Esmin Green 8 – 10 PM Mai Muna, Vocalist “Take My20Hand”

MC’s: Dally Sanchez, Daniel Hazen, and Eva Dech

Co-Organizers: The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights, MindFreedom International, The Opal Project

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