Sr. Helen Prejean’s “Memo” to President-elect Obama
November 8, 2008, 6:57 pm
Posted by Paul Lauritzen
The day after the election, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Sr. Helen Prejean to talk to her about the election and what she would say to the new president about the death penalty in this country. As always, her passion for social justice was inspiring. You can listen to the podcast below.
on November 11th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Thank you so very much for this content. The beauty of the language that Sister Helen Prejean speaks, resonates with me, a victim, who met the man who murdered her Father. I met a human being, he met me. Sister Helen speaks about something that I believe with all of my heart: BOTH victim and offender need, deserve, warrant care, support, love, understanding, spaces to grieve, to ache, to hear that they are HUMAN and can be more, ARE more than one act, one definition.
Sincerely,
Margot Van Sluytman
http://www.Sawbonna.com
Sr. Helen Prejean, csj, Author of Dead Man Walking, writes about soon to be published:
Sawbonna. Dialogue of Hope
“In writing of her journey through grief, hope, and healing, revealing the dialogue she shared with the man who killed her father, author Margot Van Sluytman offers you a genuine and generous manner of how you too might navigate the seeming unnavigable world of life after violent crime.”