LDF's Senior Community Advocate, Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele [2], and Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean reflect on the first anniversary of Troy Davis' execution and the continuing fight against the death penalty.
The public’s response to Troy Davis’s plight reflects a persistent and troubling pattern among communities of color: intense organizing in response to overt instances of racial injustice with little attention to building a community-based infrastructure that charts more preventive strategies.
Links:
[1] http://www.ebony.com/news-views/we-cannot-wait-for-the-next-troy-davis-722
[2] http://www.naacpldf.org/lumumba-akinwole-bandele
[3] http://twitter.com/home?status=Currently reading http://www.naacpldf.org/news/call-community-why-we-cannot-wait-next-troy-davis
[4] http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.naacpldf.org/news/call-community-why-we-cannot-wait-next-troy-davis
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[7] http://www.naacpldf.org/printmail/news/call-community-why-we-cannot-wait-next-troy-davis
[8] http://www.naacpldf.org/print/news/call-community-why-we-cannot-wait-next-troy-davis