News from Lori's Parents
05 January 2000
This is day 1,498 of Lori's wrongful incarceration.
In this update:New millennium requires renewed efforts to free Lori
Lori's wrongful incarceration now spans two millennia! Oy! Enough is enough! Or is it? Lori's web site shows the card she made for her father on Mark's 58th birthday, December 29th. The "smile face" drawings of Mark, with bald head, mustache, beard, and eyeglasses, is something they have shared for years. On this occasion, taking advantage of Mark's former profession as a statistician, Lori shows that despite four plus years of horrible incarceration, she still maintains her sense of humor and her ability to do algebra!
The card depicts Mark, the professor of statistics (i.e., "doctor of numbers") posing a question to himself, calculating the number of days he has lived. After Mark makes this calculation, the third frame of the card "says it all!"
Given that Charles Schulz has just retired, leaving an "opening" for a comic-strip writer who wants to focus on social issues, and given how difficult it is to get Lori's mail out of Socabaya Prison in a timely fashion, it is essential that we take all actions to secure her release immediately!!!
Call to action -- campaign to bring Lori home
Nationwide vigils to mark Lori's unjust sentencing
January 11th is the fourth anniversary of Lori's wrongful sentencing to life imprisonment for treason. Vigils will be held on that day in Los Angeles CA, San Francisco CA, Washington DC, Miami FL, Boston MA, Brockton MA, Paterson NJ, New York City NY, and Memphis TN (see descriptions below). Other vigils will be held in Seattle - Olympia WA on January 9th and in Tucson AZ on January 13th.
Join the vigil in your area and/or notify friends and relatives of the vigils near them. Tell the U.S. and Peruvian governments that "enough is enough, Lori must come home now."
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TUCSON, ARIZONA
Thursday, January 13th
The Federal Building
4:30 p.m.
Contact: phylbob@azstarnet.com or 520-825-4480 -
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Tuesday, January 11th
The Peruvian Consulate
3460 Wilshire Blvd. off Normandie
7 p.m.
Contact: ptodd4lori@uia.net or 323-852-9808 -
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Tuesday, January 11th
The Peruvian Consulate
870 Market St. off Powell
Noon - 2 p.m.
Contact: kgardner@alum.mit.edu -
WASHINGTON, DC
Tuesday, January 11th
Lafayette Park and The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Contact: lmfurst@freelori.org or 202-548-8480 -
MIAMI, FLORIDA
Tuesday, January 11th
The Peruvian Consulate
444 Bristol Avenue
5 p.m.
Contact: cneiburger@webtv.net -
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Tuesday, January 11th
(place to be announced)
12:30 p.m.
Contact: pcole@newenglandconservatory.edu -
BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Tuesday, January 11th
Brockton City Hall
4:30 p.m.
Contact: amnemike@email.msn.com -
PATERSON, NEW JERSEY
Tuesday, January 11th
The Peruvian Consulate
100 Hamilton Place
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Contact: Steve at 201-487-3748 or Sandy at 973-779-6247 or nji@lycosmail.com -
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
Tuesday, January 11th
U.N. Dag Hammarskjold Plaza 47th Street and 1st Avenue
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Contact: Susan at 516-798-0778 or berenson@freelori.org -
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
Tuesday, January 11th
Office of Senator Bill Frist
5100 Poplar Avenue
Evening
Contact: fafflitt@memphis.edu -
SEATTLE-OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
Sunday, January 9th
Meditation Vigil -- Olympia Zen Center
Ryoko-an, Good Pond Retreat
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Please visit the web site for up-to-the-minute vigil information.