Film Night 11 June 2014

Anarchist Black Cross Melbourne will be screening the documentary “If A Tree Falls” at the Horn Of Plenty community centre 659 Plenty Road Reservoir at 7.30 on Wednesday 11 June as a fund raiser for Marie Mason.

About Marie Mason
Marie Mason is a loving mother of two and a long-time activist in the environmental and labor movements. In March 2008, she was arrested by federal authorities for charges related to two acts of property destruction that occurred in 1999 and 2000; no one was injured in either of them. She accepted a plea bargain and was sentenced on February 5, 2009 to just under 22 years. She is now serving the longest sentence of any “Green Scare” prisoner.

The “Green Scare” is the name given to the recent arrests of animal rights and environmental activists who have been charged with acts of economic sabotage. Federal authorities have sought outrageous sentences (often Life in prison) and have publicly and legally labeled the activists as “terrorists” – despite the fact that no one has been killed or injured in any of the acts.

Supporting Marie Mason does not mean agreeing with the actions that she took — but it does mean opposing the fear-mongering tactics of the federal government and the outrageous sentences they have imposed.

US prosecutors trying to block Rasmea Odeh’s release from jail

Update: US backs down

Supporters of Rasmea Odeh say government prosecutors have backed down from their latest attempt to delay the Palestinian American community leader’s release from jail.

Assisant US Attorney Jonathan Tukel withdrew the government’s motion challenging the source of the $50,000 that will be used to pay Odeh’s bond, according to a statement from the Rasmea Defense Committee, published by the US Palestinian Community Network on Wednesday evening.

The retreat came after US prosecutors deposed – or questioned – the anonymous donor who has put up the money.

According to the statement, the prosecutors asked whether the donor “is actually a friend or only a political supporter” of Odeh, “as well as challenging the donor’s views on Israeli military courts, the decisions of Judge Drain in the case, and the treatment of Palestinians by US federal courts.”

Odeh’s Detroit-based attorney William Goodman “objected to all of these political questions as irrelevant to the proceedings,” the statement says.

“Their actions are nothing but punitive in nature, and their questioning of the donor clearly affirms that their politics and ideology, not the law, govern their work,” Hatem Abudayyeh said in the statement, referring to the prosecutors.

If there are no further surprises, Abudayyeh, a lead organizer in the Rasmea Defense Committee, expects that bond will be posted on Thursday morning, and Odeh could be on her way back to Chicago that afternoon.
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Federal prosecutors in Michigan are trying to stop Rasmea Odeh getting out of jail.

On Monday, US District Judge Gershwin Drain granted a defense motion to allow the Palestinian American community leader to go free on bond pending sentencing. This reversed a decision he made to jail her immediately after she was found guilty of immigration fraud in November.

But now prosecutors have raised objections to the source of $50,000 that would be used to pay her bond and get her out of the St. Clair County Jail in Port Huron, about an hour north of Detroit, where she has been held for exactly a month.

The bond will allow Odeh, 67, to return home to Chicago until her 10 March sentencing. The judge’s order requires her to report to a probation officer every two weeks, restricts her travel and prohibits her from obtaining a new passport.

The news of Drain’s decision cheered Odeh’s supporters, who had grown increasingly concerned over reports she had been held in sustained solitary confinement and was receiving inadequate medical attention.

But last night, lead US prosecutor Jonathan Tukel filed a motion with the court questioning the source of the bond money.

Citing the online requests for donations to support the Rasmea Defense Committee on stopFBI.net and US Palestinian Community Network, Tukel asserted that, “It is difficult to see how money raised by large numbers of people creates any incentive for Defendant Odeh to appear. It is likely she would suffer no personal loss by virtue of its forfeiture.”

Following the prosecution’s motion, Drain scheduled a hearing for tomorrow, 11 December, in Detroit.
“Moot Argument”

Hatem Abudayyeh, one of the lead organizers of the Rasmea Defense Committee, said, “The argument from the prosecution is moot.”

Speaking to The Electronic Intifada while en route to Detroit for tomorrow’s hearing, Abudayyeh explained: “We didn’t raise the bond by raising a bunch of one-dollar donations from thousands of people. We raised it with one person, who is a close friend and knows Odeh well. He is posting the entire bond.”

The Chicago-based person is being deposed today about his relationship with Odeh, and his testimony will be presented at tomorrow’s hearing. Odeh will also testify tomorrow.

“She would never flee and force him to lose what is essentially his life savings,” Abudayyeh said.

Abudayyeh is executive director of the Arab American Action Network, a Chicago organization that works with Arab immigrants in the city, where Odeh serves as associate director.
Punishment for exercising due process?

Odeh’s defense has filed a motion for a new trial, citing several grievances with the way November trial was conducted. The prosecution and Drain have used Odeh’s dissatisfaction with the trial and guilty verdict as justification to keep her detained.

Drain wrote in his ruling on Monday, “It is of course not lost on this Court that Defendant’s testimony concerning her escape from prison in Israel suggests her belief that her actions were warranted because her conviction was unjustified. Defendant has expressed a similar feeling concerning her recent conviction for unlawful procurement of naturalization.”

Odeh’s conviction stems from her failure to disclose in an immigration form her 1969 conviction in an Israeli military court for a role in two bombings. Odeh has consistently stated that the conviction was based on a confession Israeli interrogators extracted through prolonged torture and sexual assault.

Freedom fighter, journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal speaks out on behalf of Nestora Salgado

In two broadcasts on Prison Radio—which is carried by over one hundred radio stations—Abu-Jamal explains the case of indigenous leader Nestora Salgado who is a political prisoner in Mexico. He also reads excerpts from her October message to students protesting the disappearance (and now presumed death) of 43 of their classmates in Ayotzinapa in the state of Guerrero.

Intro by Mumia Abu-Jamal

Nestora Salgado’s statement

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an internationally renowned journalist, author and activist from Philadelphia who has been in prison since 1981 when he was framed for shooting a police officer. He spent decades on death row, but his sentence was reduced to life in 2011. Despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence, prosecutorial misconduct and police coercion of witnesses, he remains imprisoned in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. He is known as the “Voice of the Voiceless” for his award-winning commentaries.

Prison Radio broadcasts the voices of prisoners. They were recently targeted by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, who signed into law SB508, which prohibits prisoners and those formerly incarcerated from speaking publicly, a piece of legislation meant to silence Mumia Abu-Jamal. Find out how you can support Prison Radio’s lawsuit to overturn this attack on free speech at PrisonRadio.org.

Take action now to demand Nestora’s release

The September disappearance of the 43 activist students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, has led to nationwide protests and renewed calls for the release of Salgado and other community police framed and imprisoned on charges that have no legal standing. The governor and key political figures in Guerrero have been forced to resign due to their role in the kidnapping of the students and protesters are now calling for Mexican President Peña Nieto to step down.

Now is a critical time for human rights activists to press both the U.S. and Mexican governments for Nestora Salgado’s release. In the sixteen months since she was illegally arrested, the U.S. State Department has yet to contact Nestora’s family or make any public statement about her incarceration!

Please send letters urging U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to intervene to obtain Nestora Salgado’s release:

Secretary of State John Kerry
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington D.C. 20520

Please send letters to the President of Mexico demanding the release of Nestora Salgado, as well as the release of Marco Suástegui, Gonzálo Molina, Arturo Campos, and all the community police and other self-defense forces who are unjustly incarcerated:

The Honorable Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico
San Miguel Chapultepec
11850, Ciudad de México
Distrito Federal
MEXICO

For more information and updates, please visit http://www.FreeNestora.org.
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Freedom fighter, journalist and political prisoner
Mumia Abu-Jamal speaks out on behalf of
Nestora Salgado

In two broadcasts on Prison Radio—which is carried by over one hundred radio stations—Abu-Jamal explains the case of indigenous leader Nestora Salgado who is a political prisoner in Mexico. He also reads excerpts from her October message to students protesting the disappearance (and now presumed death) of 43 of their classmates in Ayotzinapa in the state of Guerrero.

Intro by Mumia Abu-Jamal

Nestora Salgado’s statement

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an internationally renowned journalist, author and activist from Philadelphia who has been in prison since 1981 when he was framed for shooting a police officer. He spent decades on death row, but his sentence was reduced to life in 2011. Despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence, prosecutorial misconduct and police coercion of witnesses, he remains imprisoned in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. He is known as the “Voice of the Voiceless” for his award-winning commentaries.

Prison Radio broadcasts the voices of prisoners. They were recently targeted by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, who signed into law SB508, which prohibits prisoners and those formerly incarcerated from speaking publicly, a piece of legislation meant to silence Mumia Abu-Jamal. Find out how you can support Prison Radio’s lawsuit to overturn this attack on free speech at PrisonRadio.org.

Take action now to demand Nestora’s release

The September disappearance of the 43 activist students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, has led to nationwide protests and renewed calls for the release of Salgado and other community police framed and imprisoned on charges that have no legal standing. The governor and key political figures in Guerrero have been forced to resign due to their role in the kidnapping of the students and protesters are now calling for Mexican President Peña Nieto to step down.

Now is a critical time for human rights activists to press both the U.S. and Mexican governments for Nestora Salgado’s release. In the sixteen months since she was illegally arrested, the U.S. State Department has yet to contact Nestora’s family or make any public statement about her incarceration!

Please send letters urging U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to intervene to obtain Nestora Salgado’s release:

Secretary of State John Kerry
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington D.C. 20520

Please send letters to the President of Mexico demanding the release of Nestora Salgado, as well as the release of Marco Suástegui, Gonzálo Molina, Arturo Campos, and all the community police and other self-defense forces who are unjustly incarcerated:

The Honorable Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico
San Miguel Chapultepec
11850, Ciudad de México
Distrito Federal
MEXICO

For more information and updates, please visit http://www.FreeNestora.org.

June 11 international day for long term anarchist prisoners

A banner was dropped on a windy day in the western suburbs of narrm/ Melbourne over a pedestrian footbridge  over the busy westgate freeway on the 14th of June to show solidarity to long term anarchist prisoners .  June 11 is the official date of tub world wide action. , but never too late  to show solidarity . We reconise that we are the land we stand on is the land of the wurundjeri people’s  whi h has been stolen by colonizers . ( written on the banner free all long term anarchist prisoners  and the names of some of the prisoners  , Marius mason , jock palfreemanNd Thomas Meyer talk

Surviving cancer & a car accident

We’re here to raise money for Eric’s partner, and their two children who are currently experiencing financial hardship. Life is already tough as a mother of two with her partner in prisoner, but she was also recently in a car accident, which thankfully left her in okay shape, but destroyed her car. Even more recently she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, the severity and treatment of which is still being determined. Treatment for the pain alone will financially destabilize the family, on top of future specialists visit, car repairs, and potential unemployment (due to the chronic pain experienced).

Eric’s partner tirelessly supports him, facilitates excellent communication between Eric and the outside world, consistently advocates for his rights inside the prison, emotionally supports him through the political battles on the inside, and drives hours to visit him every week, on top on tending to the needs of their children and working.

The recent developments in her life could have devastating impacts for her and her family. Donations are needed asap as the financial toll of these recent development have already taken effect. All of the funds donated will be used by her to support herself and her children in this difficult time in her life

.https://www.gofundme.com/surviving-cancer-and-a-car-accident

Indonesia: Trial Update on Yogyakarta Prisoners!

By admin | Published: 2018/10/05

We need to explain, that we have difficulty finding information regarding detainees due to separate case files and also different the trial schedules between them and the schedules change of the trial day, but this did not stop us from giving information to you (readers).

Since October 6, 2018, we have been striving to get the latest information regarding the Class War Prisoners in Yogyakarta who were related to the M1 incident that happened in the past at the intersection of UIN Yogyakarta, from those 11 prisoners they have all received legal assistance ( Advocate), with the following details:

• 4 comrades (Students of UIN & Mercubuana) accompanied by the HMI advocacy team
• 1 comrade (Printing Worker) is accompanied by a team of OBH, including LBH Yogyakarta
• 1 cormade (UIN student) accompanied by Widhie
• 1 comrade (UAD students) accompanied by Arsiko Dani Windo from PBHI Yogyakarta
• 4 other comrades (students of UII & Sanata Dharma) accompanied by LKBH UII

Here we only explain in general that some prisoners have received prisoners’ decisions, prisoner demands, and are still in the process of witnesses from the Public Prosecutor, as for, those of you who want to know the information in each trial of each individual (the prisoners) you can access via the internet (pn-sleman.go.id) according to the case file you want.

+ MD has received a detention decision for 5 months, withholding period (estimated to be free on 9 October 2018) 323 / Pid.B / 2018 / PN Smn

+ OO has received a detention decision for 5 months, withholding period (estimated to be free on 9 October 2018) 325 / Pid.B / 2018 / PN Smn

+ MI and MEA get a detention decision for 5 months and 15 days, withholding period (estimated to be free on October 14, 2018) 305 / Pid.B / 2018 / PN Smn

+ ZW and AMH get a detention decision for 5 months and 15 days, withholding period (estimated to be free on October 14, 2018) 306 / Pid.B / 2018 / PN Smn

+ AAD gets a maximum of 10 months in prison (the prisoner’s decision is scheduled for the next 2 weeks) 394 / Pid.B / 2018 / PN Smn

+ BV, AM, W are still in the trial process of witnesses from the Public Prosecutor (continuing until 9 October 2018) 369 / Pid.B / 2018 / PN Smn

+ MC is still in the process of hearing witnesses from the Public Prosecutor (continuing until 9 October 2018) 445 / Pid.B / 2018 / PN Smn

HI, COMRADE, WE ARE WAITING FOR U TO BE FREE TO JOIN TOGETHER AND BREATHE FRESH AIR!

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Perlu kami perjelaskan, bahwa kami kesulitan untuk mencari sebuah informasi terkait para tahanan dikarenakan berkas perkara yang terpisah dan juga jadwal persidangan yang saling berbeda antara mereka dan juga perpindahan hari persidangan, tetapi hal ini tidak membuat kami dan kawan-kawan lainnya berhenti untuk memberi informasi terhadap kalian (pembaca).

Sejak saat ini, 6 Oktober 2018, kami terus mengupayakan untuk mendapatkan informasi terbaru terkait para tahanan perang kelas Yogyakarta yang terkait dengan peristiwa M1 yang telah terjadi pada waktu lalu di pertigaan UIN Yogyakarta, dari ke-11 para tahanan tersebut  mereka semua telah mendapatkan pendampingan hukum (Advokat), dengan rincian sebagai berikut:

• 4 comrades (Mahasiswa UIN & Mercubuana) didampingi oleh tim advokasi HMI
• 1 comrade (Pekerja Sablon) didampingi oleh tim OBH, termasuk LBH Yogyakarta
• 1 cormade ( mahasiswa UIN) didampingi oleh Widhie
• 1 comrade (mahasiswa UAD) didampingi oleh Arsiko Dani Windo dari PBHI Yogyakarta
• 4 comrades lainnya (mahasiswa UII & Sanata Dharma) didampingi oleh LKBH UII

 

Disini kami hanya menjelaskan secara umum dengan beberapa tahanan telah mendapatkan putusan tahanan, tuntutan tahanan, dan juga masih dalam proses saksi dari JP, adapun, dari kalian yang ingin mengetahui informasi-informasi ditiap persidangan dari setiap individu (para tahanan) kalian bisa mengakses melalui internet (pn-sleman.go.id) sesuai dengan berkas perkara yang kalian inginkan.

+ MD telah mendapatkan putusan tahanan selama 5 bulan, dipotong masa tahanan (diperkirakan bebas pada tanggal 9 Oktober 2018) 323/Pid.B/2018/PN Smn

+ OO  telah mendapatkan putusan tahanan selama 5 bulan, dipotong masa tahanan (diperkirakan bebas pada tanggal 9 Oktober 2018) 325/Pid.B/2018/PN Smn

+ MI dan MEA mendapatkan putusan tahanan selama 5 bulan 15 hari, dipotong masa tahanan (diperkirakan bebas pada tanggal 14 Oktober 2018) 305/Pid.B/2018/PN Smn

+ ZW dan AMH mendapatkan putusan tahanan selama 5 bulan 15 hari, dipotong masa tahanan (diperkirakan bebas pada tanggal 14 Oktober 2018) 306/Pid.B/2018/PN Smn

+ AAD mendapatkan tuntutan tahanan maksimal 10 bulan (putusan tahanan dijadwalkan 2 minggu kedepan) 394/Pid.B/2018/PN Smn

+ BV, AM, W masih dalam proses persidangan saksi dari JPU (berlanjut hingga tanggal 9 Oktober 2018) 369/Pid.B/2018/PN Smn

+ MC masih dalam proses persidangan saksi dari JPU (berlanjut hingga tanggal 9 Oktober 2018) 445/Pid.B/2018/PN Smn

 

HAI, KAWAN! KAMI MENUNGGU KALIAN BEBAS, DAN KEMBALI BERSAMA KAMI UNTUK MENGHIDUP UDARA SEGAR!

AN UPDATE ON MUMIA ABU JAMAL

From NYC Jericho

The Philadelphia Tribune

John N. Mitchell Tribune Staff Writer

Lawyers arguing for another appeal in the case of former death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal were granted a 60-day continuance due to a late piece of evidence presented earlier this week by the prosecution.

Abu-Jamal attorney Judith Ritter argued successfully that a May 5, 1988, letter from the office of then District Attorney Ron Castille to a state representative discussing death penalty cases warranted the continuance to allow an extended period of discovery to allow the search for more evidence that may link Castille to the new document.

Ritter argued the letter demonstrated Castille’s bias in seeking the death penalty against defendants convicted of killing police officers.

“This demonstrates a possible link that Ron Castille was involved in seeking capital executions and that he was specifically tracking capital cases involving police officers,” Ritter argued before Judge Leon Tucker in Common Pleas Court. “It (the letter) indicates his bias, and it’s on those grounds that we’re seeking a continuance.”

Abu-Jamal’s lawyers are seeking to re-appeal his conviction in the 1981 shooting death of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner.

Castille was the district attorney when Abu-Jamal was convicted. As a member of the state Supreme Court, he twice refused to recuse himself for two separate Abu-Jamal appeals.

As a prosecutor, Castille prevailed in getting the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to uphold Abu-Jamal’s conviction and death sentence in 1989.

Then as a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice, Castille agreed with the arguments he had made as district attorney.

In two separate failed attempts to appeal — in 1998 and again in 2012 — Castille supported his position as district attorney to deny Abu-Jamal’s lawyers’ efforts.

Earlier this year, Tucker ordered Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office to search for any record of Castille’s “personal involvement” in the Abu-Jamal case.

Krasner’s office announced that additional evidence was not found, prompting Tucker to extend the discovery period again.

Before announcing his decision of the latest extension, Tucker appeared annoyed that the latest piece of evidence had not been turned over to Abu-Jamal’s defense.

“There needs to be a thorough search of all the records in all units,” Tucker said. “It is troubling that the letter was not produced until Monday. If this letter was addressed from Mr. Castille, that would make a big difference.”

Daniel Faulkner’s widow, Maureen, flew in from California for the hearing. She thanked Krasner’s officer for its support.

Standing next to Faulkner in the blazing heat alongside the Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice was Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police President John McNesby. He and other FOP members accompanied Maureen Faulkner into the courtroom.

“When does it end for Maureen? Danny was assassinated — it’s been proving over and over again. This is a fishing expedition,” McNesby said. “Maureen is flying back and forth across the country and we are here to support her. We’ll continue to fight. We’ll be here for every hearing that takes place.

“But where is the closure for the family? When does it end? And after Oct. 29, we might as well get another date because they’ll find something else.”

Abu-Jamal’s petition is based on a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Williams vs. Pennsylvania.

The Supreme Court held that a prosecutor involved in seeking the death penalty for a defendant should recuse himself if asked to judge an appeal in the capital case.

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MUMIA court case

The legal documents that have been flying back and forth between the Philadelphia DA and Mumia Abu-Jamal’s legal team all summer reveal a disorganized and untrustworthy prosecutorial bureaucracy,  shrouding a decades old Penn Square cover-up. At stake is the reinstatement of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeals which challenge his life without parole sentence. This is big! If he wins these motions to reopen his Post Conviction Relief Application in the Common Pleas Court, it is game on. His case will be back in court challenging decades of adverse rulings overturned.

Mumia Abu-Jamal and his brother Keith Cook

The Hearing is 9am Thursday Aug. 30th in Judge Leon Tucker’s Courtoom at the Criminal Justice Center 1301 Filbert St, Philadelphia

If the Common Pleas Court rules in Mumia Abu-Jamal’s favor, his attorneys will have to wade through a  labyrinth of appeals and procedures but they stand a chance of securing a new trial.  There is key evidence that was not given a fair hearing the first time around, that will be back in play.      So what is the story leading up to the August 30th hearing?  Common Pleas Court Judge Leon Tucker ordered the Philadelphia DA’s office to search for any record of former DA and PA Supreme Court Justice Ronald Castille’s “personal involvement” in the most high profile case in Philadelphia- Mumia Abu-Jamal’s conviction and sentence to death.  The U.S. Supreme court admonished Castille and others for not recusing themselves from sitting in judgement on the PA Supreme Court on cases they handled “personally” as the prosecutors.  This precedent applies to Mumia’s criminal conviction and appeals. Evidence is key.  Judge Tucker, unimpressed by the efforts of the now former DA’s office in 2017, ordered the entire case record delivered to his chambers so he could look himself.  During his review he found a cover note to a now missing, potential smoking gun letter written by Castille.  The new DA’s office (as of January 2018) under Larry Krasner has been searching under pressure from Judge Tucker and Mumia’s lawyers Judith Ritter and Sam Spital (NAACP LDF) for this memo and other evidence of Castille’s involvement.  Judge Tucker expanded the order to include additional files on other death penalty cases pending during Castille’s tenure.  The DA’s office was unable to find “ANYTHING” in its own files relevant to Ronald Castille’s involvement in this case.  Yet,  Mumia’s attorney’s this summer discovered evidence, a newsprint reference, to an additional letter from Castille to then Governor Casey regarding death penalty cases.  Proof that this additional letter existed was brought to light by the defense, not the DA. This new revelation, this summer, prompted the DA to admit that  “approximately an additional 193 boxes had been overlooked in its prior search—9 of which it still cannot find” and remained unexamined.    “In its failure to recognize that Ronald Castille played an active role in pursuing the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the new District Attorney’s office, headed by Larry Krasner, is failing to do what justice requires. It is continuing the position of his predecessors, to the satisfaction of the Fraternal Order of Police.”—Bret Grote, Esq. Abolitionist Law Center Legal Director   SOURCE :  Seth Nosanchuk Prison Radio

Ramona Africa needs you help

“The Move org. is informing our supporters, sympathizers and all those in solidarity with the cause of revolution, that Ramona Africa, Move’s Minister of Communication, survivor of the May 13, 1985, holocaust, has been hospitalized as a result of health complications coming from a condition called PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). A direct result of the ongoing war waged on our Move Family by this government (we’ve lost 24 members to date). Two died in prison under suspicious circumstances termed ‘cancer.’ Now Ramona is diagnosed with ‘cancer’ and she’s again battling to be a survivor.”

And today, from the Move family in Philadelphia:

“To give people an update on Ramona’s situation. Today the hospital informed Ramona that her insurance co. would no longer be responsible for paying her hospital and therapy bills and that she’s being released from both hospital and therapy unless she can pay the bills herself. The problem is Ramona can’t stand without assistance and she can’t walk, she’s not good to go and she hasn’t had enough therapy to safely release her into the world. The other problem is the burden of costs; therapy sessions are extremely urgent and immediate or Ramona will regress leaving any progress she’s made to date undone and she’ll have to start all over from the beginning. These therapy sessions are necessary but at the same time they create a financial burden on the family; without the medical insurance, that we will not be able to handle, it’ll be more than we can afford, we need help. Ramona cannot afford to come out of the hospital; she is not physically ready and her home plan is not ready. Certain things she will require have to be met, like a hospital bed and special bedding, and bathroom facilities that need a contractor and plumber. The family is doing what we can, but we do need help. We are establishing a “go fund me” account to accommodate any monetary donations that are sent for Ramona; the family appreciates the help you can give and thanks you in advance for your support. Ona Move”

 You can copy and past it into  your browser.

https://www.gofundme.com/helpsaveramonaafrica