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Give the gift of Education and Advocacy!

While you are heading to the stores or placing your online orders, consider giving the gift of education and advocacy through IJPC this holiday season! We are offering alternative gifts that you can purchase for your favorite activist on your Christmas list.Read More

Reflections from IJPC while Walking to Stop Executions

Earlier this month, IJPC staff and intern (Allison, Andrea, Maggie and Mel) joined with other abolitionists to walk 83 miles from the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, where Ohio […]Read More

Maggie’s Reflection

The first night we were all together we sat in a circle and took turns speaking about why each person made the choice to go on this walk.  I jotted […]Read More

Mel’s Reflections

Upon being hired at IJPC in late July, my training involved a lot of reading. I grew up in NJ (last execution – 1963, repeal of statute – 2007) and […]Read More

Andrea’s Reflection

The death penalty was something I was morally opposed to, but not actively involved in abolishing before I began working for IJPC. I suppose I was like scores of other […]Read More

Allison’s Reflection

I woke up early that Thursday morning with an uneasy feeling in my stomach. I jumped to turn off my alarm so as not to wake up the other 30 […]Read More

Fall Newsletter

Check out our Fall Newsletter – with updates about the 30th Anniversary, World Peace Festival, upcoming initiatives, and current legislation in Ohio that addresses key issues of IJPC. Sign up to […]Read More