[Cprb] letter and some questions

[Walling, Jennifer]

Hi CPRB,
 
So the Campus Greens are working on asking campus groups to be a part of
this campaign.  I drafted a letter.  It is not very good.  I wasn't sure if
anyone had drafted a co-sponsorship letter.  Please let me know if this has
been done so we can ignore my letter.  Otherwise, please read the attached
letter and let me know how I can make it more clear.  I stole the CPRB
definition from the brochure.
I'm 90% sure the student government will be getting on this thing.  Thanks
very much to John Wason's answering of my friend's questions.
And I will be willing to go to meetings to help with the presentation of all
of this. I don't know that much, so I'd probably just be backup or
something.
Can we get a speaker on this?  John had mentioned a Samuel Walker from the
ACLU.  Maybe we can contact him?  Or organizers with review boards from
other cities?  Campus Greens can get funding to pay these people if we need
to...
 
Thanks
-Jen Walling
 
Dear ________
 
I am writing to ask your organization to be a part of a new social justice
campaign in the community and on campus.  Our group, Campus Greens, is part
of the Coalition for a Citizen Police Review Board.  A Citizen Police Review
Board is an impartial group of ordinary citizens, independent of the police
department, empowered to receive and investigate complaints against police
officers and to perform other oversight functions.  Our goal is to pass
legislation that would create Citizen Police Review Boards for the campus,
and cities of Urbana and Champaign.  
 
We would like to present more information to your organization about Police
Review Boards.  We are willing to send representatives to one of your
meetings at your convenience.
After that presentation we'd like your organization to let us know if you're
willing to help us in our efforts to research this campaign and perhaps join
the Coalition for Citizen Police Review.
 
Thank you for your time.
 
Sincerely,
 
CPRB Volunteer
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