SCYM Advocacy on Behalf of Leonard Peltier
A letter to President Obama from Howard Hawhee, Clerk of South Central Yearly Meeting:
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January 4, 2017
President Barack Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Washington, DC
RE: Executive clemency for Leonard Peltier
Dear President Obama,
South Central Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is a gathering of Quaker Meetings and Worship Groups located in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Missouri.
This is the third letter that I have written pursuant to South Central Yearly Meeting s 2015 decision to press for executive clemency for Mr. Peltier. At this time of heightened attention to Native issues, Mr. Peltier s freedom would send a strong, calming message to activists and further cement your administration s legacy of good faith in handling relations with indigenous peoples.
Sincerely,
Howard Hawhee
Presiding Clerk
South Central Yearly Meeting
cc: Leonard Peltier
New York Yearly Meeting
National Congress of American Indians