[Pnews] Support campaign for Jamil Al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown)

[Prisoner News]

Dear Friend,

As a signatory to the open letter 
<https://jerichony.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0aca83ec057f583557dec5ce0&id=a6516a6d35&e=e9f3d86b9a> 
calling on the Federal Bureau of Prisons to end the isolation of Jamil 
Al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown), I'm writing to you to update you on 
some current developments.

1) Around a thousand people, including prominent historians of the civil 
rights movement and a former Attorney General, have signed the open 
letter. However, the Bureau of Prisons has not reversed its decision and 
academics and journalists are still being prevented from interviewing 
Jamil Al-Amin. However, we are now considering legal options to 
challenge this decision. We'll update you as we move forward on this.

2) In the recent Fulton County (Atlanta) District Attorney runoff 
election, campaigners successfully pushed both candidates on the issue 
of re-examining Jamil Al-Amin's conviction, drawing a public statement 
of support 
<https://jerichony.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0aca83ec057f583557dec5ce0&id=05af9f1a5e&e=e9f3d86b9a> from 
Fani Willis, the new District Attorney. She will take office in January 
and has the power to reopen Imam Jamil's case and exonerate him, based 
upon the clear evidence of his innocence – including a recently released 
video 
<https://jerichony.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0aca83ec057f583557dec5ce0&id=f457cb7d04&e=e9f3d86b9a> 
of another person confessing under oath to the crime for which Al-Amin 
was convicted.

3) A new student campaign has been launched to organize for Jamil 
Al-Amin's freedom, "Students for Imam Jamil." They are a group of youth 
organizers nationwide that formed in August. They are 
currently mobilizing students nationwide for an in-person *National 
Rally, following COVID guidelines, in Atlanta, GA, on Imam Jamil's 
birthday, October 4, 3-5pm* with prominent celebrities and activists.

Please support the group in the following ways:

  * If you are an educator, let your students know about "Students for
    Imam Jamil";
  * Follow the campaign's social media handles, @_freeimamjamil on
    Instagram
    <https://jerichony.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0aca83ec057f583557dec5ce0&id=c0f74e1022&e=e9f3d86b9a> and
    Twitter
    <https://jerichony.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0aca83ec057f583557dec5ce0&id=309652f70a&e=e9f3d86b9a>; @freeimamjamil
    on FB
    <https://jerichony.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0aca83ec057f583557dec5ce0&id=e10c80836b&e=e9f3d86b9a>;
  * Visit https://linktr.ee/freeimamjamil
    <https://jerichony.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0aca83ec057f583557dec5ce0&id=3b649abe52&e=e9f3d86b9a> to
    access the National Rally RSVP, a Call to Action for Students
    Nationwide, and *3 easy action items for */anyone to complete/* to
    demand freedom for Imam Jamil*;
  * Watch a five-minute video on Imam Jamil's life and wrongful
    Imprisonment:
    https://www.instagram.com/tv/CE71c4MDeqO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
    <https://jerichony.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0aca83ec057f583557dec5ce0&id=90a68c9cf0&e=e9f3d86b9a>;
  * Watch a three-minute campaign tutorial video:
    https://youtu.be/0PDZoRWB97I
    <https://jerichony.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0aca83ec057f583557dec5ce0&id=2f685214f2&e=e9f3d86b9a>;
  * Spread the word about the rally in Atlanta within your networks and
    organizations.

To contact the campaign, email studentsforimamjamil at gmail.com 
<mailto:studentsforimamjamil at gmail.com>, DM their account on Instagram 
or Twitter (@_freeimamjamil), or text 713-363-4410.

This is the best chance we have had in years of freeing Imam Jamil and 
we now need to mobilize as widely as possible for the October 4 rally 
and the related online actions.

Thank you for your support!

Arun

*Our mailing address is:*
Imam Jamil Action Network
PO Box 78187
Greensboro, NC 27427-8187

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