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Memphis TCASK On a Mission

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

The drive to Memphis is 3 hours and very boring. However, the next hour and a half of my time is absolutely wonderful. This time is spent at the Emmanuel House meeting with the Memphis TCASK chapter?the longest sustaining chapter in Tennessee. This past meeting also saw another record being challenged or broken?attendees for our monthly chapter meetings. In Memphis, there were 15 folks in attendance other than myself. The celebration of this strong showing was short lived though as Pete Gathje, Professor at Memphis Seminary and Emmanuel House operator pointed out that there was not one person of color in attendance. This vacancy is heightened more so by the statistic that Memphis is a city with 60% of their population represented by African Americans...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on December 11, 2007 (boomark / email).