I AM TROY DAVIS

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Global Day of Action for Troy Davis.

Troy Davis faces execution for the 1989 murder of Police Officer Mark MacPhail in the state of Georgia despite strong evidence to the contrary. Despite no murder weapon being reclaimed, no physical evidence linking Troy Davis to the crime, seven of the nine non-police officers recanting/contradicting their story, and the fact that other witnesses identified the shooter as Slyvester "Redd" Coles also the first person to implicate Davis his life remains in the balance.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former FBI Director William Sessions, Pope Benedict XVI, and Amnesty International just to name a few have all asked that Troy Davis' life be spared death by lethal injection and a new trial be set. To this day Davis has continued to be denied clemency by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. Throughout all of this, however, Georgia Governor Perdue still has the right to offer a commutal of Davis' death sentence.

Remember the victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans (1,836 deaths), Sean Bell (23 yrs old) father of one and soon to be newly wed husband shot down in cold blood on the eve of his wedding by the NYPD, Oscar Grant (22 yrs old) father of a 4 year old daughter shot down in San Fransico, CA, and the countless others whom we personally know, family members, friends, and those whose situations that we haven't even heard of.

What we can do to help Troy Davis. Click on the link below and do the following:

http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=12168

1. Participate in the Global Day of Action for Troy Davis
2. Help us create a massive Petition for Justice!
3. WATCH the video demanding justice for Troy Davis
4. SEND the message below to ask Georgia's Governor to support clemency for Troy Davis
5. FORWARD the video to a friend

"I was taught when there is something around you to change keep quiet you have nothing to complain about you have work to do. I'm a working person because I put in work and work with a purpose." -Mos Def

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EPA Holds Special Hearing on Greenhouse Gas emissions and Public Health

Today the Environmental Protection Agency is holding a special public hearing on the Agency's recent endangerment findings. These hearings stem from a April 2, 2007 decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. 497 (2007),

the Supreme Court found that greenhouse gases are air pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act. The Court held that the Administrator must determine whether or not emissions of greenhouse gases from new motor vehicles cause or contribute to air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare, or whether the science is too uncertain to make a reasoned decision. In making these decisions, the Administrator is required to follow the language of section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act. The Supreme Court decision resulted from a petition for rulemaking under section 202(a) filed by more than a dozen environmental, renewable energy, and other organizations.

Today's hearing is one of only two hearings in the nation on these findings. The public comments will be used by our homegirl Lisa Jackson! to decide what to do about Greenhouse gas emissions. For more information visit http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/endangerment.html

Written public comments will be taken until June 23,2009. Let's make sure the voices of the people and not big industry are the loudest!

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