[Peace] The Negative Impact of the War on Drugs in Our Community

[Brian Dolinar]

Citizens with Conviction (CWC), and Champaign-Urbana Citizens for Peace and
Justice (CUCPJ) are holding two community dialogues to raise awareness
about mass incarceration in the United States, what Michelle Alexander
calls “The New Jim Crow.” This series of talks has the aim of finding
solutions to what even the Obama administration has admitted is a failed
Drug War. It is also part of a local campaign to oppose a proposal for an
expanded jail in Champaign County that could cost up to $20 million.

We have brought to town two experts on the Drug War - Neill Franklin
of LEAP<http://www.leap.cc>,
and Clifford Thornton, of Efficacy <http://www.efficacy-online.org> - for
two community events:

Thursday, Feb. 28, Levis Faculty Center (919 W. Illinois St., Urbana)
Friday night, March 1, Salem Baptist Church (500 E. Park St., Champaign)

5:30-8:30 p.m. both nights

Neill Franklin is former narcotics officer and executive director of Law
Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP).

Clifford Thornton is an anti-Drug War activist and co-founder of Efficacy.

Co-sponsors: Salem Baptist Church, Urbana Human Relations Committee, MAS
(Muslim American Society), UC Friends Meeting, ACLU, Breakfast Club, GEO,
Planners Network, Educations Justice Project, U of I Department of African
American Studies.


Also of interest:

Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 6pm

Planners’ Network presents a symposium on Race and Space
Panelists: Stephanie Seawell, Aaron Ammons and Francisco Baires
Asian American Cultural House, 1210 W. Nevada

BD

*"You have people working against mass incarceration right here in
Champaign-Urbana. CU Citizens for Peace and Justice is doing the work and
they need your help, volunteers, money." - Michelle Alexander, author of *The
New Jim Crow
-- 
Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com
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