[Peace] Fwd: "Panhandling"

[Belden Fields]

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> From: Belden Fields <a-fields at illinois.edu>
> Date: July 23, 2011 12:02:30 PM CDT
> To: CUCPJ <discuss at communitycourtwatch.org>
> Cc: Esther Patt <estherpatt at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Fwd: "Panhandling"
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>> From: Belden Fields <a-fields at illinois.edu>
>> Date: July 23, 2011 12:01:59 PM CDT
>> To: casmyth at city.urbana.il.us, Brandon Bowersox  
>> <brandonbowersox at gmail.com>, hdstevenson at city.urbana.il.us
>> Cc: Eric Jakobsson <councileric at gmail.com>,  
>> dproberts at city.urbana.il.us, dwmarlin at city.urbana.il.us
>> Subject: "Panhandling"
>>
>> Dear Council Members,
>>
>> As per my comments before the Committee of the Whole about the way  
>> the word "panhandling" had been conflated with violent crime and  
>> racialized in the public mind by the initial proposed ordinance  
>> and the  way it was discussed in the press, I share the concern  
>> that councilperson Robert Lewis has with even the revised and  
>> improved ordinance.
>> What I propose is that the ordinance be named an ordinance  
>> concerning Solicitation of Money From Strangers on the Public Way.
>>
>> Then, the paragraph beginning with the words "Panhandling  
>> means...", under Sec. 15-68, would be shortened.  The first  
>> sentence would begin: "Such proscribed behavior does not  
>> include....."
>>
>> If we are really focused on behavior, then even Santa Clause  
>> ringing a bell for donations or a person selling poppies for  
>> disabled vets should not engage in aggressive behavior.  The  
>> ordinance would thus really address behavior in a general way and  
>> not a stigmatized subset of people.
>>
>> Thanks for y;our attention.
>>
>> Belden Fields
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