Intertribal Friendship House to Host Leonard Peltier Walk for Human Rights Reception

Leonard Peltier Walk

Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents. Discussion »

Reception December 17

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - Participants of the Leonard Peltier Walk for Human Rights that kicks off on Alcatraz Island on Sunday, December 18 are invited to a reception the Saturday evening before the walk.

The reception will be hosted by the Intertribal Friendship House, located at 523 International Boulevard in Oakland. The reception will feature speakers and food. It begins at 5:00 pm pst and will conclude at 8:30 pm pst.

Leonard Peltier Walk for Human Rights Starts from Alcatraz Island on Sunday, December 18

The Leonard Peltier Walk for Human Rights is an effort to raise awareness regarding political prisoner Leonard Peltier, Turtle Mountain Ojibwe, who has been in prison for the past 35 years. Organizers of the walk want President Barack Obama to grant clemency to Peltier.

Intertribal Friendship House

The Intertribal Friendship House is one of the oldest urban American Indian agencies in the United States. It's motto is "Our Urban Rez, Since 1955" relays the message of the importance the Intertribal Friendship House is to urban American Indians, who utilize the facility to hold community meetings, dinners and other events.

The agency began to serve American Indians who moved to the San Francisco Bay Area during the Relocation program in the early 1950s.

Co-founder of the American Indian Movement Dennis Banks, Ojibwe, will be on Alcatraz Island to kick off the walk. The Leonard Peltier Walk for Human Rights will conclude in Washington on May 18, 2012.

posted December 10, 2011 8:50 am est