Cops and Community: Innovations Around Policing, A #BHeard Community Town Hall
Date and time
Location
BRIC
647 Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY 11217Description
The killings of unarmed black civilians by the police have sparked a nationwide conversation around race and police violence. What innovations are underway that can help us think differently about the role of law enforcement in our society? Join community leaders, activists, police and scholars as they share ideas for finding solutions to the violence, tension and mistrust that exists between cops and the community.
On Wednesday October 5th at 7:30pm BRIC will bring together community leaders, activists, police and scholars to create a new blueprint for finding solutions to the violence, tension and mistrust that exists between cops and the community. Join BRIC TV Senior Correspondent Brian Vines in person, on TV or online for a powerful dialogue. This is your chance to #BHeard and be part of creating a solution.
Opening remarks by Eric L. Adams, Brooklyn Borough President.
Moderator:
Brian Vines, (Senior Correspondent, BRIC TV)
Panelists:
David Kennedy, Director at the National Network for Safe Communities, at John Jay College.
Jumaane D. Williams, Council Member District 45
Samuel Sinyangwe, Data Scientist at Campaign Zero
Carmen Dixon, Police Reform Organizer at NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Mariame Kaba, Open Society Foundations Soros Justice Fellow
Graham Weatherspoon, Retired NYPD Detective
#BHeard: Join the conversation. Submit your questions on race and incarceration on social media using #BHeard and they may be answered live during the broadcast.
Town hall will include segments of Fit the Description, a short film series featuring intimate conversations between black male officers and civilians, aimed at healing and reframing police and community relations. Fit the Description is powered by Project Inkblot and Humbleriot.
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