Anti-Death Penalty Alternative Spring Break at the University of Texas- Austin

Monday, March 15, 2010 through Friday, March 19. 2010

The University of Texas – Austin
1 University Station
Austin, Texas 78712

Join students from around the country from March 15-19 in Austin, Texas to learn about and fight against the death penalty. Participants will come away with firsthand knowledge of the anti-death penalty movement, and a new understanding of how they can affect public policy. Guest speakers this year include three innocent, exonerated people who together spent a total of more than 23 years on death row, Curtis McCarty, Shujaa Graham, and Ron Keine. During the spring break students will have plenty of free time to enjoy Austin, the Live Music Capital of the World during the SXSW Music, Film and Interactive Festival.

Sponsored by Campus Progress, Students Against the Death Penalty, Texas Moratorium Network, Texas Students Against the Death Penalty, Campaign to End the Death Penalty – Austin Chapter, Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement and Texans Against the Death Penalty, Witness to Innocence and Journey of Hope … From Violence to Healing.

The event is free, and housing can be arranged for a $25 fee. Learn more and register at http://springbreakalternative.org/deathpenalty/

For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org