because then you end up looking really stupid. narrator: at her destination, jelica meets her scheduled support service provider, or ssp. the ssp provides visual information and guidance. today she meets with a representative from seattle s aging and disability services division to discuss the annual walkathon fundraiser. the walkathon is an activity that brings hearing, deaf, and blind residents together to learn more about each other. part of jelica s job is to raise money to keep the agency functional. each year, this fundraiser promotes awareness and support for the deaf-blind service center and its programs. hey, everybody! you guys ready? this is the second group. we re going to take off at 11:00, but first, i wanted to thank everybody for all of your wonderful support and spirit for dbsc. thank you. thank you. thank you. yeah! translator: this is the kind of work i do every day reaching out to others, encouraging them to believe in themselves, urging them to use
with color-coded cards. the driver knows to stop and traces the route number on her hand, indicating she is boarding the correct bus. translator: i know people are shocked at seeing a cane, and they re shocked at seeing tactile communication, and it s true it is shocking but it s so much better than pretense or denial because then you end up looking really stupid. narrator: at her destination, jelica meets her scheduled support service provider, or ssp. the ssp provides visual information and guidance. today she meets with a representative from seattle s aging and disability services division to discuss the annual walkathon fundraiser. the walkathon is an activity that brings hearing, deaf, and blind residents together to learn more about each other. part of jelica s job is to raise money to keep the agency functional. each year, this fundraiser promotes awareness and support for the deaf-blind service center and its programs. hey, everybody! you guys ready? this is the se
justice system at this time. and we re going to talk about, what is justice and what it means. you know, plateo said, i do not know what justice is, but i know what it is not. and that is very true when you think about it because it s something that we take for granted, that we believe in, that we hope for, but the reality is is that we don t understand and appreciate justice unless we are deprived of it. and in many cases the definition of justice is the correction of an injustice, and that s really the spisht that we re approaching today. we have three action-packed panels. our first panel celebrates the 50th anniversary of a novel that really defined american justice in the 1960 s and that s to kill a mockingbird. and many a lawyer was motivated by atticus finch in his closing argument in that case which in many ways represented the civil rights movement that was to come and it already begun. we have best-selling authors. we have a real-life atticus finch, tony serra,
welcome, everybody. to the 2011 justice summit by the book. i m so excited to be here. you know, we ve been doing these summits now for seven years, but this by far is the most exciting summit. i cannot wait to hear the panelists that we have today. we re going to be delving in to some of the most critical issues affecting the criminal justice system at this time. and we re going to talk about, what is justice and what it means. you know, plateo said, i do not know what justice is, but i know what it is not. and that is very true when you think about it because it s something that we take for granted, that we believe in, that we hope for, but the reality is is that we don t understand and appreciate justice unless we are deprived of it. and in many cases the definition of justice is the correction of an injustice, and that s really the spisht that we re approaching today. we have three action-packed panels. our first panel celebrates the 50th anniversary of
last three executions, and she is now the head of death penalty focus which is an anti-death penalty group. we have somebody, though, who really symbolizes everything that s wrong with the death penalty. in 1983 he was arrested and within 120 days was convicted in two trials which resulted in the death penalty. he was sentenced to angola in louisiana, death row, where they were executing people left and right. he spent 14 years. he had nearly half a dozen execution dates. and yet he survived and he s here today. and actually i know you are on the third panel. come on up. come on up. this is james j.t. thompson. he came all the way from louisiana to be here today. [applause] one question, how did you survive? god. god. god. death row is a place that brings out the truest human being in you. it makes you realize you can t take nothing for granted. you need to love every moment of each day and praise and thank god for each moment you have out here. for the system to do wha