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Coalition on Race, Poverty, Equality, & Justice meets 3:30 PM at City Council Chambers (5/5)
by Robert Norse
Monday May 5th, 2008 11:25 AM
Activist Lloyd Ellis of the Coalition For a County Dialogue on Race, Poverty, Equality, & Justice called Free Radio Santa Cruz yesterday and announced that the Coalition will meet today, Monday, May 5th, at 3:30 PM at 809 Center St. at Santa Cruz City Council Chambers. The Coalition is concerned with documenting and publicizing cases of discrimination, as I understand it. It involves non-profits like the UN Association, the Resource Center for Non-Violence, and the Inner Light Ministries as well as activists like Simba Kenyatta and Wanda Knight.
The meeting is in preparation for a larger public meeting on July 30th in Council chambers, as it was explained to me. The group hopes to generate a safe place where people can come and tell what happened to them. Racial profiling and discrimination or "the crime of being other than white" will be a prime topic. "To hear from people what the problems are" is one of the goals of the Coalition.

LLoyd noted there's be a follow up meeting in August in Watsonville.

Sorry I don't have more details. Apparently this group has had a number of meetings privately, but is only now beginning to go public. I also apologize for the short notice. Lloyd only called me this morning, asking me to post.
§Additional Info
by Robert Norse Tuesday May 6th, 2008 5:13 PM
A flyer "Overcoming Racism and Building a Racially Just County" distributed at the meeting yesterday describes the next Listening and Documentation Session for

Felton Presbyterian Church
6090 Hiway 9 Felton CA

6:30 - 8:30 PM Wednesday May 14th

Contacts: Wanda Knight 246-0228 or Simba Kenyatta 459-9349 skenyatta [at] cruzio.com

Hopefully the organizers will put up a flyer on the internet soon.
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Sentinel Story Omits Time and Place of MeetingRobert Norse & Becky JohnsonSunday May 11th, 2008 10:58 PM