Jena 6 -- busses from Dallas, TX to Louisiana

[Anita Garcia]

<http://www.nbc5i.com/entertainment/14106471/detail.html>
St. Luke Community United Methodist Church in Dallas is taking buses of Dallas-area people to the troubled town to support six black teenagers and their families.

St. Luke will sponsor a free "Journey 2 Jena" prayer meeting and rally at 6 p.m. Sept. 19 at St. Luke, 5710 E. R.L. Thornton Freeway. Church leaders will collect an offering to donate to the "Jena 6" defense fund. The buses going to Jena will leave from St. Luke at midnight Sept. 19.

The bus riders will attend a free peace and protest rally in Jena on Sept. 20, the day of sentencing in a trial that many civil rights leaders say was racially motivated. One teenager faces sentencing. Five others face criminal trials stemming from an attack on a white student at Jena High School that followed racial tension on the campus.

The round-trip bus fare to Jena is $35. People who want to ride should contact the church immediately. Call the church at 214-821-2970. To learn more about St. Luke, visit www.slcumc.org.

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[Gabi Hayes]

1. busses=kisses, smooches

just so you'll know

K and R, in any case

thanks for the link

[stillcool]

2. K & R..

I so hope there is a tremendous turn-out to support these kids.

[bring_em_home_bush]

3. k&r

for those who want to know more about this disturbing story:

Charge reduced in 'Jena 6' case
Change made on day jury was to be picked

By Howard Witt | Tribune senior correspondent
June 26, 2007

HOUSTON - The district attorney prosecuting a racially charged beating case in the small Louisiana town of Jena abruptly reduced attempted-murder charges Monday against a black high school student accused of attacking a white student, drawing cautious praise from civil rights leaders who contend the charges were excessive and part of a pattern of uneven justice in the town.

Mychal Bell, 16, a former Jena High School football star, and five other black students had been facing the potential of up to 100 years in prison if convicted of attempted murder, conspiracy and other charges for the December beating of the white student, who was knocked unconscious but not hospitalized. The incident capped months of escalating racial tensions at the high school that began after several white youths hung nooses from a tree in the school courtyard in a taunt aimed at blacks.

The case against the "Jena Six," as the defendants have come to be called by their supporters, received national notice after it was featured in a May 20 Tribune report that detailed how racial animus had divided the mostly white central Louisiana town of 3,000 and erupted into repeated incidents of violence between blacks and whites.

"It certainly looks like the district attorney responded to the scrutiny the media has brought to this case," said Alan Bean, a civil rights activist in Tulia, Texas, who, along with representatives of the ACLU and the NAACP, has been sharply critical of the charges against the black youths. "I don't think he's gone far enough in reducing the charges, but we're certainly in a better place than we were."

more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-jena_wittjun26,1,3186370.story

[Swamp Rat]

4. k&r

[EFerrari]

5. K&R

[Anita Garcia]

6. Check my journal for other bus rides from other states

This is going to be huge!
Lots of charter busses coming from all over the country to Jena, Louisiana.
I am posting more ride notices on my journal.
Thanks all for the kick and rec's.

[EFerrari]

7. I'm neck deep in promoting a thing for tomorrow but will try

to kick, Anita.

Thanks for staying on this!

:kick:

[EFerrari]

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[EFerrari]

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