Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Our $45,000 challenge to pay for Chelsea’s legal appeal

Our $45,000 challenge to pay for Chelsea’s legal appeal

By the Chelsea Manning Support Network. August 5, 2015
We’re launching a new effort today to finish paying Chelsea Manning’s critical legal appeal. This will be Chelsea’s first, and possibly most important, opportunity to challenge of her unjust Espionage Act conviction and draconian 35-year jail sentence. Today, we need your help funding the last $45,000 of this upcoming appeal before the US Army Court of Criminal Appeals.

$15,000 matching grant challenge!

A huge thank you to our matching grant challengers:
Michael Moore, Filmmaker 
Arnold Aberman
JoAnne Allen
Henry & Dwayne Bortman
Bowen Cho
Benjamin Melancon
Pat McSweeney
Bill Potvin
Nancy Quinn
Stewart Taggart
Ben Terrall 
This week, your donation will be effectively doubled, up to $15,000! A group of Chelsea’s most dedicated supporters have gotten together to pool their resources for this matching grant challenge.
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Chelsea Manning recently shared this with us:
Being in prison while trying to figure out how I will pay for my legal appeal has been a great source of stress and anxiety. I’m so honored that a new campaign is supporting me in my effort to vindicate my legal rights, and I am truly grateful to anyone who is helping.
hero_nobannerWe hope this is more than just a chance to donate to Chelsea as her legal team continues their quest overturn the horrible military precedent for future whistleblowers. It’s also an opportunity to show your support for Chelsea in a meaningful and public way, and to make a statement about how important brave whistleblowers like Chelsea are in a just and transparent democracy.
Finally, a huge thank you to the Freedom of the Press Foundation, First Look Media (publisher of the Intercept), and journalist Glenn Greenwald, for their recent fundraising success on behalf of Chelsea, which has gotten us to within sight of the finish line for this legal appeal campaign.
Click here for more options on how to donate.

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