Stanley Tookie Williams' Memorial Service
December 16, 2005
Statesman-Like Service to Take Place on Tuesday
RICHMOND, CA - The memorial service for peacemaker Stanley Tookie
Williams will take place Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 12 noon. The
service will take place at Bethel A.M.E. located at 7900 South Western
Avenue in Los Angeles. The service will be open to the public, but
seating is limited. Overflow viewing will take place outside of the
church on jumbotron screens.
Among the participants will be Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., Bruce
Gordon of the NAACP, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan of the
Nation of Islam, recording artist Snoop Dogg, human rights advocate
Bianca Jagger, and Williams' long time advocate and friend Barbara
Becnel.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
All media must R.S.V.P. for internal access no later than Monday,
December 19, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.
To accommodate as many media firms as possible, each news media
organization applying will be limited to one representative.
Elected officials, dignitaries, and celebrities must R.S.V.P. via email to
tookie_rsvp@hotmail.com. Please be sure to include your full contact
information for both day and evening.
MEDIA CONTACT:
LaNiece Jones
lajpr@aol.com
510-568-5899