On Monday, September 27th, from 1-2PM CST, MADP and the ACLU of Missouri will host a Social Media Power Hour in our final push to collect signatures seeking clemency for Ernest Johnson. Please ensure that you are publishing content on the 27th between 1-2PM CST using our Social Media Power Hour Toolkit Here.

We are delivering petitions to Governor Parson that have been gathered from change.org/save-ernest-johnson on September 29th at 11AM in Jefferson City at the Missouri State Capitol Rotunda. We’ll be joined by several organizations, disability rights activists, and individuals from across Missouri who are imploring Governor Parson to grant Ernest Johnson clemency and commute his sentence to life. Learn more and join here!

There are several opportunities to join MADP online to learn more about #ErnestJohnson and the death penalty in Missouri. 

• September 25, 12PM CST, Facebook Live, Justice Beat Talk Show. Marc Bookman and Michelle Smith will join Justice Beat Talk Show host, L. Elaine Sutton Mbionwu, discussing the injustice surrounding the death penalty, alternatives to the death penalty, and clemency for Ernest Johnson. Learn more and view live here on the 25th!
• September 30, 5PM CST, Webinar, Death Penalty Action’s Voices of Experience on the Death Penalty program, will feature MADP Organizer Lauren Sobchak. Register: https://tinyurl.com/jy9p2r2v 
• October 3rd, 3-5PM CST, Webinar, The Death Penalty and Black Men with Disabilities, feat. Dr. Tommy J. Curry. Register: bit.ly/DPADBM 

Please continue to take action for Ernest by visiting www.madpmo.org and use our clemency toolkit! Your advocacy and voices are essential as we continue calls to Governor Parson to stop the unconstitutional execution of Ernest Johnson on October 5th, 2021.