Members of Candles for Clemency

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Allen Roskoff and Tony Hoffmann, Co-Chairs

 

Kathleen Chalfant
The Affair, The Exonerated

Valorie Curry
The Following, The Twilight Saga

Catherine Curtis
Orange Is The New Black

Eve Ensler
Vagina Monologues and Founder of V-Day

Kathryn Erbe
Law and Order

Lee Grant
Academy Award Winner

Ron Leibman
TONY Award Winner

Kate Mulgrew
Star Trek: Voyager, Orange Is The New Black

Billy Porter
Kinky Boots

Sam Underwood
The Following, Dexter, Homeland

Jessica Walter
Arrested Development, Archer

Deborah Winger
Three Time Academy Award Nominee

 

Congressmembers

Hakeem Jeffries

Carolyn Maloney

Gregory Meeks

Grace Meng

Jerrold Nadler

Charles Rangel

Jose Serrano

Nydia Velazquez

 

Mayor

David N. Dinkins (Former)

 

Comptroller

Scott Stringer

 

Public Advocate

Letitia James

Mark Green (Former)

 

Borough President

Eric Adams

Gale Brewer

 

Democratic Party County Leader

Frank Seddio, Brooklyn

Keith Wright, Manhattan

 

State Senate

Leroy Comrie

Adriano Espaillat

Brad Hoylman

Liz Krueger

Gustavo Rivera

Jose Serrano

Tom Duane (Former)

 

Assemblymembers

Rodneyse Bichotte

Michael Blake

Jim Brennan

Herman Denny Farrell

Deborah Glick

Richard Gottfried

Pamela Harris

Alica Hyndman

Francisco Moya

Roxanne Persaud

Victor Pichardo

Dan Quart

Jose Rivera

Linda Rosenthal

Rebecca Seawright

Luis Sepulveda

Jo Anne Simon

Matt Titone

Letrice Walker

Keith Wright

Robert Jackson (former)

Frank Seddio (former)

 

Councilmembers

Margaret Chin

Laurie Cumbo

Inez Dickens

Danny Dromm

Rafael Espinal

Julissa Ferreras

Dan Garodnick

Corey Johnson

Ben Kallos

Brad Lander

Stephen Levin

Mark Levine

Melissa Mark-Viverito (Speaker)

Carlos Menchaca

Rosie Mendez

Ydanis Rodriguez

Helen Rosenthal

Ritchie Torres

Jumaane Williams

Ronnie Eldridge (Former)

Lew Fidler (Former)

 

Prominent Individuals

Curtis Arluck, DL*

Mark Benoit

Keen Berger, DL*

Christian Campbell
Reefer Madness, Big Love, True Detective

Scott Caplan

Gus Christensen

Louise Dankberg, DL*

Jon Del Giorno

Robert Dennison
Former Commissioner of NYS Parole under Gov. Pataki

Bill Dobbs

Kyan Douglas
Queer Eye For The Straight Guy

Mitch Draizin

James Duff, Creator
The Closer, Major Crimes

Hazel Dukes
NAACP New York State

Ethan Eldon
Former Commissioner of Department of Air Resources NYC

Mujahid Farid

Josh Fox
Producer/Director, Gasland

Deni Frand
Former Executive Director, People for the American Way NY Region*

Emily Jane Goodman
Supreme Court Justice, (Ret)

Michael Hardy
General Council, National Action Network

Nadine Hoffmann
President, Village Independent Democrats

Donna Hylton

Andy Humm
Co-host Gay USA

Phillip Keane
The Closer, Major Crimes

Susan Lerner
Executive Director Common Cause New York State **

Bertha Lewis
The Black Institute

Sally MacNichol
CONNECT

Mike C. Manning
Disney's Cloud 9, Kidnapped for Christ

Zenaida Mendez
Former President, NOW New York State

Dorothy Muller

Ali Najmi
Candidate for City Council

Paul Newell, DL*

Ann Northrop
Co-Host Gay USA

Jennifer Rajkumar, DL*

Lynn Roberts PhD-
Assistant Professor, Community Health: CUNY**

Bill Samuels
EffectiveNY

Elaine Schulman
President, Ansonia Independent Democrats

Arthur Schwartz, DL*

Tom Shanahan
Civil Rights Attorney

Rev. Al Sharpton
President, National Action Network

Tom Smith
Former President, Brooklyn Community Pride Center

Steven W. Smollens, DL*

David Solomon

Elinor Tatum
Publisher, Amsterdam News

Zephyr Teachout

Quentin Walcott
CONNECT

Seth Weissman

Jeanne Wilcke

Tim Wu

 

Faith Leaders

Rev. Dr. Robert l Brashear
Pastor, West Park Presbyterian Church

Rabbi Ayelet Cohen

The Rev. Dr. Peter Heltzel
Micah Institute
Park Avenue Christian Church

Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson
President, Auburn Seminary

Rabbi David Ingber
Founder and Spiritual Director, Romemu

Leah Kozak
Associate Director, Micah Institute at New York Theological Seminary

Rabbi Robert N. Levine DD
Senior Rabbi, Congregation Rodeph Sholom

Rabbi Joy Levitt

The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis
Senior Minister, Middle Collegiate Church

Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper
Senior Minister, Judson Memorial Church

Father James Sheehan
Educational Ministry Catholic Archdiocese of New York

Rabbi Felicia L. Sol

John Vaughn
Executive Vice President, Auburn Theological Seminary

Campaign Riverside Church Prison Ministry

The American Friends Service Committee (NY)

 

Organizations

Amsterdam News

Brooklyn Community Pride Center

Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement (CAIC)

Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats

College & Community Fellowship

Chelsea/West Village for Change

Democracy for NYC

Downtown Independent Democrats

EffectiveNY

Five Mualimm-ak

From Life to Life

Gotham Greens Local

Gramercy Stuyvesant Independent Democrats

Greater NYC for Change

Incarcerated Nation Corp

Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club

Just Leadership USA

Lenox Hill Democratic Club

Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club of Queens

Manhattan Young Democrats

McManus Democratic Club

NAACP New York State

National Action Network

National Dominican Women’s Caucus

National Lawyers Guild New York City

New Visions Democratic Club

New York County Democratic Committee

Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP)

Samuel J. Tilden Democratic Club

Stonewall Democratic Club

Think Outside the Cell

Village Independent Democrats

VOCAL-NY

West Brooklyn Independent Democrats

 

*DL Connotes Democratic District Leader

** For Identification Purposes Only