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Jena Six Resource Page

By: 
Left Turn
Date Published: 
August 14, 2007

Donate to support the legal defense fund:

    Jena 6 Defense Committee
    PO BOX 2798
    Jena, LA 71342

Donate online at:https://secure.colorofchange.org/jena_fund/
Sign the petition at: http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/

For more information or to offer concrete support, email:
jena6defense(at)gmail.com

Media coverage:
The Final Call:
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_3753.shtml
NPR (News and Notes):
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11756302
Democracy Now:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/10/1413220

Mychal Bell, who has been behind bars since December of 2006, has asked to receive letters from supporters. Please write to:

    Mychal Bell
    Inmate, A-Dorm
    LaSalle Correctional Center
    15976 Highway 165
    Olla, LA 71465-4801

Congressional Black Caucus resolution:
http://www.congressionalblackcaucus.net/

Cambridge, MA, city council resolution:
http://www.cambridgema.gov/cityClerk/PolicyOrder.cfm?action=search&item_id=18831

New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE - http://www.nycore.org) is teaming up with other teacher activist groups across the country to develop a curriculum guide for teachers to address what's happening in Jena. Contact breebree(at)mindspring.com or arianamangual(at)gmail.com.

Support Organizations:
http://friendsofjustice.wordpress.com/
http://www.colorofchange.org
http://www.millionsmoremovement.com
http://www.laaclu.org/

YouTube videos in support of the Jena Six:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpOBKTwkIoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebGY2XONJVM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuoiZnr4jLY