Leonard Peltier Support Groups ( LPSG's) Update

Support groups build awareness and unity. Teamwork is vital in our ongoing work with the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. We encourage each and everyone of you to join us in our ongoing work towards Leonard Peltier's freedom, and to work with us on ideas, strategy, fundraising and public support as well as forming coalitions that work collaboratively towards our main objective- Leonard Peltier's freedom.

You can help! You can continue to contribute to Leonard's freedom as an individual, a Leonard Peltier support group member, or a solidarity group.

For more information on Leonard Peltier Support Groups ( LPSG's) contact our Support Group Coordinator at: supportgroupsleonardpeltier.net

Thank you for contacting us and letting us know your plans, ideas and support for Leonard Peltier.

The following is our weekly update on events/activities/projects honoring Leonard Peltier for the month of September 2007 and October 2007:

MISSOURI:
St. Louis /Leonard Peltier Support Group:
“ Third Annual Fair for Social Change”
When: September 29, 2007
Location: University of Missouri, in St. Louis.
Time: 9am-3pm
Leonard Peltier Booth/Display will be available with St. Louis LPSG members providing information, updates, and outreach information brochures on Leonard Peltier.

NEW YORK:
New York City:
New York Leonard Peltier Support Group:
WHAT: New York, New York screening of The Canary Effect
WHEN: Monday, October 15* 2007 ( Please note Date and Time change)
Time: 6:30 PM
TICKET PRICE: $5, RSVP required http://thecanaryeffect.bravenewtheaters.com/screening/show/9878
6:30pm Pot Luck Dinner!
The Canary Effect' screening 8:30pm Q&A and Discussion
The Canary Effect takes an in depth look at the devastating effect that US policies have had on the Indigenous people of America. Using beautifully crafted imagery it presents a chilling case to what many believe is an ongoing genocide of the American Indian. Featuring interviews with some of the leading scholars and exponents of Indigenous struggles, alongside revealing insight from those who work and live on reservations today, The Canary Effect creates a link between the past and present in a unique way never before explored on film. The film is important because it reminds us of the suffering, injustice, and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have been dealt by the colonialist-empire-state.
Show your solidarity and support for Leonard Peltier and all other First Nation Peoples in their continued struggle for vindication, liberty, justice and true sovereignty!

HOSTED BY: NYC Leonard Peltier Support Group.
WHERE: Solidarity Center 55 West 17th Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10011
Map & Driving DirectionsDIRECTIONS: West 17th Street, between 5th & 6th Avenue.
Take the 4,5,6,L,N,Q,R, or W to 14th Street Union Square.
CONTACT: Jorge for more details:
http://bravenewtheaters.com/inbox/person/106941-jorge-?contact_type=screening_host&contact_id=9878

NORTH DAKOTA:
Fargo:

Fargo /Moorhead Leonard Peltier Support Group
Date: 09/26/2007 - 09/26/2007
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Moorhead Public Library, 118 5th St. S. , Minnesota
For more information call: (701) 235-5422
Website: http://www.leonardpeltier.net/

PENNSYLVANIA:
Philadelphia/Leonard Peltier Support Group
“ In the Spirit of Crazy Horse”
Date: September 28, 2007
Location: American Friends Service Committee1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA
Time: 7:30pmSpeakers,
Video- In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, Music and Poetry

Respectfully,
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
Toni Zeidan – Co-director LPDC
Email: info@leonardpeltier.net
Website: http://www.leonardpeltier.net/
Phone: 570-524-0749

Happy Birthday, Leonard Peltier

Today, Sept 12, 2007 is Leonard Peltier’s 63rd birthday!

Throughout the month of September supporters nationwide and internationally are gathering in unity and solidarity for Leonard Peltier and letting others know about the injustices Leonard Peltier has endured, which have resulted in over 30 years of wrongful incarceration.

Thank you for contacting us and letting us know your plans, ideas and support for Leonard Peltier.

The following is our weekly update on events/activities/projects honoring Leonard Peltier for the month of September 2007.

Please click on the following link for our weekly LPDC update:

http://www.leonardpeltier.net/worldevents/August2007.htm

Thank you,
Toni Zeidan, Co-director Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
Email: info@leonardpeltier.net
Website: http://www.leonardpeltier.net/

BRAZIL:

Rio de Janiero-

Rigo 13 and the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee proudly presents Leonard Peltier's artwork at the Nuteroi, Musuem in Rio de Janiero, Brasil.
Leonard Peltier's artwork on display from
September 12- November 12, 2007.
Address: Murante de Boa Juagem
Boa Jiagem, Niteroi


GERMANY:

The German organization Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker (Society for Threatened Peoples) is organizing a a solemn vigil on the occassion of Leonard's birthday on September 12th, 2007 in Erfurt. On the same day, the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung/Foundation is organizing a "Transatlantic Dialogue". Society for Threatened Peoples will use the opportunity of the presence of the U.S. Consul General, Marc Scheland, at this dialogue to be there with their vigil and will try to meet the Consul General in order to pass an appeal for Leonard Peltier on to him. Society for Threatened Peoples has also launched an internet campaign in support of Leonard's FOIA request regarding the release of the FBI documents.
You can sign the online petition at
http://www.gfbv.de/emailprot.php?id=121
(the petition text is in English, with a German translation)

For our German-speaking supporters: more info about the campaign & Leonard Peltier, or info about and campaigns by Society for Threatened Peoples, please click here:
http://www.gfbv.de/inhaltsDok.php?id=1130&stayInsideTree=1
Or you can contact them at: Society for Threatened Peoples
P.O. Box 2024 D-37010 Göttingen Germany
Tel.: +49-551-49906-0 Fax: +49-551-58028 e-Mail: info@gfbv.de



NEW MEXICO:
Abiquiu :
Kiva Ceremony:
We will meet at Bode's store on HWY 84 in Abiquiu at 5:15pm
then we will travel together in a caravan to Kiva at 5:30
(couple of miles away)
505 685-0698
Jade,



NEW YORK:
New York City:
LPSG NYC :
WHAT: New York, New York screening of The Canary EffectWHEN: Monday, October 01 2007 07:30 PM TICKET PRICE: $5, RSVP required below

http://thecanaryeffect.bravenewtheaters.com/screening/show/9878

6:30pm Pot Luck Dinner! 7:30pm '

The Canary Effect' screening 8:30pm Q&A and Discussion The Canary Effect takes an in depth look at the devastating effect that US policies have had on the Indigenous people of America. Using beautifully crafted imagery it presents a chilling case to what many believe is an ongoing genocide of the American Indian. Featuring interviews with some of the leading scholars and exponents of Indigenous struggles, alongside revealing insight from those who work and live on reservations today, The Canary Effect creates a link between the past and present in a unique way never before explored on film. The film is important because it reminds us of the suffering, injustice, and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have been dealt by the colonialist-empire-state. Show your solidarity and support for Leonard Peltier and all other First Nation Peoples in their continued struggle for vindication, liberty, justice and true sovereignty!
HOSTED BY: NYC Leonard Peltier Support Group.
WHERE: Solidarity Center 55 West 17th Street, 5th FloorNew York, New York 10011
Map & Driving Directions
DIRECTIONS: West 17th Street, between 5th & 6th Avenue.
Take the 4,5,6,L,N,Q,R, or W to 14th Street Union Square.
CONTACT: Jorge for more details: http://bravenewtheaters.com/inbox/person/106941-jorge-?contact_type=screening_host&contact_id=9878

A Message from Leonard Peltier

The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee kindly requests that you please forward this annoucement in its entirety, please do not modify, edit, remove or add to this annoucement. Please refer to Note Section, after Leonard Peltiers' message for Leonard's address and additional information.

Respectfully,

Toni Zeidan-Co-director LPDC

Greetings My Relatives,

You know I was just thinking there should be a degree one could receive for having expertise on doing prison time. I think I would be called Professor Peltier, PhD. with 30 years tenure. A friend of mine said once, PhD where he is from stands for post hole digger. I think I would at this time, embrace being a post hole digger, although I don’t relish the thought of fencing anything in after being fenced in myself for 30 + years.

On being imprisoned, I want to touch on that subject a bit. There are some who have voiced their opinion in one way or another, that I should give up after all these years of trying to win my freedom. Aside from the oppressors who put me here, some of them are people who were at times, part of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee; others, on the fringes. My answer, to put it in a simple, colloquial phrase, that anyone can understand, …it ain’t gonna happen! There are many reasons, both physical and mental, spiritual and social. The number one reason is that there aren’t any women in here. That should cover the social. Eh!

Another reason, is that the struggle is not just about me. It’s about life on earth, the struggle to survive, the onslaught of destructive technology, wealth mongering, by those who see the common man as nothing more than expendable beings to further their personal quest for power and affluence. I am here because, as a common man, along with other common men, I chose to try to stop the exploitation of my people. I know the Creator sent other common men at other times and other places and to other races to do the same. I am honored to be among common men. I know they tried to cause us to separate from alliances by color, religion, and geographic locale but our struggle is the same. It’s against people taking more than they need. In my culture it is taught that you should not take more than you need. In Christianity, Buddhism, and Zen, as well as most other spiritual teachings, it is taught that gluttony is a sin. Violation of this teaching is the reason for global warming, and the reason for world wars, including the war in Iraq at this time.

Because of people who always seek to take more than they need, my people have suffered greatly. They are the poorest of the poor yet most still cling to the original teachings. They have fought for several generations for the exploitation of our land, illegal occupation of our land, unjust treatment in the U.S. judicial system, and most of all, government lies and liars that have led the American people to believe all this exploitation and violation of treaties is in their best interest. I watch TV from time to time, and I notice there are those who try to make the wars like a war between religions. I tell you my relatives, it is only a ruse to get young men to die for those who crave wealth and power over the common man.

If the many denominations of religions would stand together as one against the violation that jeopardizes life itself, it would make a major difference throughout the world. Today, more than any other time in history, you are either part of the problem or part of the solution. I may, by now, have written more than you care to read. But, from where I sit myself, it’s the best I can do. The Defense Committee that bears my name struggles to help enlighten people of events and needs of people in jeopardy. I don’t use the word struggle lightly. Aside from trying to raise money for attorneys and office expenses, etc., we raise money for food and clothing for needy people on reservations in urban areas. In my world, the poor are common. I am honored to be one of them, to represent them from time to time, though it be from afar. We as Native People look to the Creator’s greatest manifestation for teachings, Mother Earth and her system of nature, along with personal visions, from time to time. In that, we see grass though encased in concrete, pushing its way through the cracks. We see the trees and water break down the structures of man that imprison them. We see everywhere, all life trying to follow the original instruction given by the Creator. If I were a blade of grass, I would grow out of here. If I were water, I would flow away from here. If I were a ray of light, I would bounce off these walls and be gone. However, I am not and unless I, at some future time, receive my freedom that was unjustly taken in the same manner as was the freedom of so many Native People before me. I can only leave here through my paintings, written words, and some other forms of communication that are sometimes available. I am in my 60’s now. If I end up spending all my days here, and my last breath rides on the wind, and the moisture of my body flows to the sea, and the elements of my being make the grass grow and the trees flourish, make no mistake they can kill my body but they can’t kill me. I am a common man.

The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee will continue working on my behalf and towards my freedom unless you the supporters tell me to close down the Defense Committee. Having said all this, I wish to ask you, if you can in any way help us, meaning the Defense Committee, send any donation to :

Leonard Peltier Defense Committee

3800 N. Mesa

A2

El Paso, Texas 79902

Please do so, it is a common cause. If my case stands as it is, no common person has real freedom. Only the illusion until you have something the oppressors want. Back to being a post hole digger…. I’d rather be a free post hole digger than Professor Leonard Peltier, PhD.

May the Creator bless you with all you need.
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, who never gave up
All my relations,

Leonard Peltier

Note: Sept 12, is Leonard Peltier's birthday. Supporters wishing to send Leonard a Birthday Card, we suggest that you send the birthday cards and letters NOW, thus allowing sufficient time for mail delivery. Leonard Peltier's address:

Leonard Peltier #89637-132

USP Lewisburg PA

PO Box 1000

Lewisburg PA 17837

Leonard Peltier Defense Committe

Email: info@leonardpeltier.net

Website: http://www.leonardpeltier.net/

Phone- 570-524-0749

International Peltier Forum email:

IPF WEBSITE: http://users.skynet.be/kola/index.htm

ONLINE PETITION FOR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY

http://users.skynet.be/kola/lppet.htm

UPDATE ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 ACTIVITIES!

Leonard Peltier is a political prisoner, as established by Amnesty International, and has been unjustly incarcerated for over 31 years. He is an innocent man suffering in prison for more than three decades because of willful racism and unjust oppression. He is a strong man suffering in prison for his people. As he said in a letter from prison two years ago, “Although prison life becomes more and more difficult with age, my spirit remains unbroken, and I will never give up. I still dream of rejoining my people in freedom and continuing our work for human right and justice.”

Sept 12, 2007 is Leonard Peltier’s 63rd birthday. Throughout the month of September supporters nationwide and internationally are gathering in unity and solidarity for Leonard Peltier and letting others know about the injustices Leonard Peltier has endured, which have resulted in over 30 years of wrongful incarceration. Please contact us and let us know your plans, ideas and support for Leonard Peltier. Our email address is :
info@leonardpeltier.net

The following is our weekly update on events/activities/projects honoring Leonard Peltier for the month of September 2007.

Please click on the following link for our weekly LPDC update:

http://www.leonardpeltier.net/worldevents/August2007.htm

Thank you,
Toni Zeidan, Co-director Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
Email: info@leonardpeltier.net
Website: http://www.leonardpeltier.net/

ALASKA:
Anchorage-
Anchorage LPSG group will be hosting an event -Please check back for an update.

ARIZONA:
Grand Canyon/Supai Waters:
Leonard Peltier Support Group ( LPSG) group will be having a prayer vigil for Leonard Peltier on September 12, 2007 at the Deer Trail, on the Grand Canyon.


CANADA:
Winnipeg Manitoba:
Winnipeg Manitoba Leonard Peltier Support Group (LPSG) will be Celebrating Leonard Peltier's birthday - political discussion and activism for the freedom of Leonard Peltier
Date: Sept 12, 2007
Time: 7pm
Location: Mondragon Bookstore and Coffeehouse
Address: 91 a Albert St, in the Exchange
Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada R3B1G5
Phone: 204-946-5241

ILLINOIS:
Fulton, Illinois:
Bearland will host A "Freedom For Peltier"Day and Open Museum
When: September 12th
Time: From 2pm. to 6p.m.
Location: At Bearland 17460 Waller Road Fulton,Il.
There will be literature on hand Awareness boards on display and Information to take home.
For more information contact:
http://mail.lycos.com/lycos/mail/bearland61252@mailcity.com
http://www.bearland.netfirms.com/


Schaumburg, Illinois:
Film Showing of Incident of Ogala, on Sept 7, 2007.
Where: TRICKSTER GALLERY
190 S. Roselle Rd.
Schaumburg, IL 60193
847-301-2090
Trickster Gallery Presents
Dinner &Movie Night
Come Join Us For Native Food and Films
Every Friday In September!
6:00pm
Admission $5
Followed By Discussion
September 7th
“INCIDENT AT OGLALA”-The Leonard Peltier Story”
Please click here for more information on Film showings for the Month of September 2007:
http://www.leonardpeltier.net/documents/DinnerMovieNightsSept07.pdf

"700 mile" - 10th annual Spirit Run for Leonard Peltier
Friday September 28th - Tacoma (Traditional A.I.M Powwow)
Saturday September 29th - Desmoines
Sunday September 30th - Seattle
Monday October 1st - north Seattle
Tuesday October 2nd - Tullalip
Wednesday October 3rd - Swinomish
Thursday October 4th - Nooksack
Friday October 5th - Lummi
Saturday October 6th - Blaine (border rally)
All running staffs, ground support and runners welcomed We need Support-
Drug, Alcohol,Gossip and Violence FREE
contact by E-Mail nativewarparty@netscape.net