Perspectives from the Policed: A Forum On Building Community Justice |
Perspectives from the Policed: A Forum On Building Community Justice
Date: April 9th, 2015
Time: 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. (Registration 8:30 a.m.-9 a.m.)
Location: Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
4046 W. Armitage at Pulaski
Chicago IL, 60639
Sponsors: UIC-Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement, UIC-Jane Addams College of Social Work- Center for Social Policy and Research, and UIC-Institute on Research on Race and Public Policy
Ending reliance on police is key to dismantling the prison industrial complex to diminish its negative impact on and improve quality of life in vulnerable over-policed communities. In the past several months a surge of activism has emerged from the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York. Every day in communities across the Chicago metropolitan area, individuals call the police expecting assistance. Through this community conversation, we want to hear what Chicago residents experience in relation to the police, and generate ideas about alternative responses to ensuring community safety. We will use the results from this forum to create a report to be disseminated to community organizers and community groups in order to inform organizers and foundations to help facilitate intermediate steps toward policy changes and better service and support from Chicago Police Department in minority communities. We also will create a foundation for a citizen led citywide coalition for community justice. We invite you to be part of this conversation.
Time: 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. (Registration 8:30 a.m.-9 a.m.)
Location: Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
4046 W. Armitage at Pulaski
Chicago IL, 60639
Sponsors: UIC-Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement, UIC-Jane Addams College of Social Work- Center for Social Policy and Research, and UIC-Institute on Research on Race and Public Policy
Ending reliance on police is key to dismantling the prison industrial complex to diminish its negative impact on and improve quality of life in vulnerable over-policed communities. In the past several months a surge of activism has emerged from the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York. Every day in communities across the Chicago metropolitan area, individuals call the police expecting assistance. Through this community conversation, we want to hear what Chicago residents experience in relation to the police, and generate ideas about alternative responses to ensuring community safety. We will use the results from this forum to create a report to be disseminated to community organizers and community groups in order to inform organizers and foundations to help facilitate intermediate steps toward policy changes and better service and support from Chicago Police Department in minority communities. We also will create a foundation for a citizen led citywide coalition for community justice. We invite you to be part of this conversation.