TCADP

2013:  “Changing the Conversation”

February 23, 2013
Location:  St. Edward’s University, Austin

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Watch videos of the speakers from the Conference Panel Discussion:  Anthony Graves         Prof. James Liebman

Download 2013 Annual Conference flyer
TCADP Annual Award Winners Celebrated at the Conference

• Appreciation: JC Dufresne, who played an instrumental role in the Texas Democratic Party’s decision to endorse abolition of the death penalty in its 2012 Platform.
• Appreciation: Methodist Federation for Social Action-Southwest Texas Chapter, for their years of involvement and ongoing contributions to the abolition movement.
• Media: Joe Bailey, Jr. and Steve Mims, Filmmakers of “Incendiary”, a documentary about the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in 2004 despite serious flaws in the forensic science used to convict him and doubts about his guilt.

Read more about the winners.

Plenary Session
In addition to the annual awards luncheon, the conference featured a plenary session on how instances of wrongful convictions and evidence of wrongful executions are changing the conversation on the death penalty. Panelists included:

• Anthony Graves, a motivational speaker and legal consultant who spent 12.5 years on death row before being exonerated in 2010; and
• Professor James Liebman, Simon H. Rifkind Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law, and the lead author of Los Tocayos Carlos: An Anatomy of a Wrongful Execution

Seizing the Momentum … Creating the Climate for Change
2012 TCADP Annual Conference

February 18, 2012
University of Incarnate Word Sky Room
Dr. Burton E Grossman International Conference Center
847 E Hildebrand, San Antonio
Panel Discussion: The Impact of Texas’ Changing Demographics on the Death Penalty – Read about this exciting list of panelists!

See pictures from the conference.

Annual Awards – The TCADP Board of Directors sought nominations from TCADP members for the annual courage, appreciation, and media awards, which were presented at the 2012 Annual Conference on February 18, 2012 in Austin.  Read about this year’s honorees.

Seizing the Momentum… Advancing Statewide Vision through Local Action
2011 TCADP Annual Conference
February 19, 2011

See pictures from the conference award ceremony.

Schmidt-Jones Family Life Center
First United Methodist Church
13th and Lavaca, Austin, Texas

Panel Discussion:
Sam Millsap, former Bexar County District Attorney
Dennis Reeves, Assistant Public Defender of the Regional Public Defenders Office for Capital Cases
Karen Peissinger, El Paso TCADP Chapter Leader
Sachin Chheda, NCADP Deputy Director (moderator)

2011 TCADP Annual Awards

Thank you for submitting nominations for this year’s Courage, Appreciation, and Media awards.

TCADP is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2011 Courage, Media, and Appreciation Awards:

Courage:  Anthony Graves and his family
Media:  Pamela Colloff, Texas Monthly
Appreciation:  Jim and Sherry Coombes; Marj Loehlin; Dennis Longmire
Founder’s Award:  Reverend Carroll Pickett

Read more about the winners.

Seizing the Momentum: Building Capacity, Community, and Coalition
February 20, 2010

Highland Park United Methodist Church
3300 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas
Co-Sponsored by the SMU Human Rights Education Program

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Raising Our Voices for Abolition
Saturday, February 21, 2009

Schmidt-Jones Family Life Center
First United Methodist Church
12th and Lavaca, Austin, Texas

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