[Peace] Fwd: [Imc] Police Community Relations

[Ricky Baldwin]

--- "Zachary C. Miller" <zach at chambana.net> wrote:

> To: imc at chambana.net, newsroom at chambana.net,
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> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 14:20:34 -0600 (CST)
> From: "Zachary C. Miller" <zach at chambana.net>
> Subject: [Imc] Police Community Relations
> 
> It'd be great if IMC reporters could cover Tuesday's
> forum on
> Community Police Relations at the Urbana City
> Council Chambers at 400
> S. Vine at 8pm. 
> 
> In 2000, after the Nader campaign was over, I was
> part of a small
> group of Greens and NAACP members that launched a
> campaign to start a
> citizen's police review board in Champaign, Urbana,
> and Champaign
> County. This group has been working since then for 5
> years gathering
> petition signatures, getting endorsements from
> organizations and
> churches, gathering the stories of those who have
> had run ins with the
> police, and lobbying city council members.
> 
> This Tuesday, we're having a coming out party. In
> the Urbana City
> Council chamber and broadcast live on UPTV (insight
> cable channel 6)
> we'll be having a community forum to discuss
> community/police
> relations. It is vitally important to the political
> success of this
> project that we pack the council chambers. Many
> candidates for city
> council will be at this meeting and if we can show
> them that there is
> a lot of community support for this initiative that
> will have a MAJOR
> impact on our ability to make a citizen police
> review board reality in
> Urbana.
> 
> Please come on out to this meeting to observe, to
> discuss, to tell
> your story, to learn about the issues, to meet city
> council
> candidates. The primary election in Urbana is
> February 22nd so it's an
> important time to be gathering information on this
> stuff.
> 
> Forum on Community/Police Relations
> When: February 8 at 8PM
> Where: Urbana City Council Chambers, 400 S. Vine,
> Urbana
> 
> Be part of a live discussion on the Community/Police
> Relations in the
> city of Urbana. Speakers will discuss the current
> strengths and
> weaknesses of the relationship between police and
> the community in
> Urbana, suggest alternatives, and encourage citizens
> to get
> involved. The Coalition for Citizen Police Review
> will share the
> results of a survey of city council candidates on
> their view on
> Citizen Police Review Boards. Candidates from all
> Urbana City Council
> races are invited to speak to voters and share their
> views on this
> topic.
> 
> Speakers include
> 
> - Mark Krug, Director of Court Diversion Service
> - Carol Ammons, C-U Citizens for Peace and Justice
> - Rev. Zernial Bogan
> - Ricky Baldwin, Volunteer for the Coalition for
> Citizen Police Review.
> 
> Anyone is welcome to attend. The audience will be
> encourage to share
> their stories and comments. The forum will be taped
> and played at a
> later date on UPTV.
> 
> More information on Citizen Police Review Boards is
> available at
> http://www.prairienet.org/cprb
> 
> -- 
> Zachary C. Miller - @= - http://zach.chambana.net/
> IMSA 1995 - UIUC 2000 - Just Another Leftist Muppet
> - Ya Basta!
>  Social Justice, Community, Nonviolence,
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