Past Events

Changing the NYPD: Achieving True Accountability for Officer Conduct and Misconduct

September 25, 2018, 7:00pm - CPR Member Event

Changing the NYPD: Achieving True Accountability for Officer Conduct and Misconduct. Michael Sisitzky (NYCLU), Edwin Raymond (NYPD), Joo-Hyun Kang (Communities United for Police Reform), and Constance Malcolm (mother of Ramarley Graham) discuss the promise and shortcomings of current police accountability measures and ideas for improving these systems in the future.

This panel/workshop is part of NYCLU's special pop-up Museum of Broken Windows. The Museum runs through Sept 30, is open from 10-8 every weekday (10-9 Fri-Sat) and is entirely free to the public.

Location:

NYCLU's Pop-up Museum of Broken Windows 9 West 8th Street, New York, NY

RSVP on Facebook.

Mohamed Bah Memorial & #DropTheAppeal Presser

September 25, 2018, 12:00pm-1:00pm - CPR Member Event

Tues. Sept. 25, 2018 marks six years since the NYPD killed #MohamedBah in his own home. Please join Mohamed's mother, the Justice Committee, and others on Tuesday, September 25 at 12pm on the Steps of City Hall to demand Mayor de Blasio drop his appeal of the excessive force ruling in the Bah civil suit and put an end to the suffering it is causing the Bah family.

The de Blasio administration is insisting on pushing forward with an appeal of Bah v the City of NY, in spite of the facts that: A. a New York jury found the NYPD liable for killing Mohamed Bah in Nov. 2017; B. Judge Kevin Castel upheld the liability ruling against Officer Edwin Mateo in response to the City's qualified immunity motion in May 2018; and C. there has been an outpouring of support for the Bah family's demand that de Blasio #DropTheAppeal.

Mrs. Bah would like supporters to join her for a brief memorial at Mohamed's apartment at 113 Morningside Ave. in Harlem following the rally at City Hall.

Location:

Steps of City Hall, New York City, NY 10007

More info & RSVP on Facebook.

Shattered: The Continuing, Damaging, and Disparate Legacy of Broken Windows Policing in New York City.

September 24, 2018, 7:00pm - CPR Member Event

Shattered: The Continuing, Damaging, and Disparate Legacy of Broken Windows Policing in New York City. Johanna Miller (NYCLU), Brandon Holmes (Just Leadership USA) and Brett Stoudt, PhD (CUNY Graduate Center & John Jay College) discuss the NYCLU’s community survey about police experiences and our findings and recommendations.

This panel/workshop is part of NYCLU's special pop-up Museum of Broken Windows. The Museum runs through Sept 30, is open from 10-8 every weekday (10-9 Fri-Sat) and is entirely free to the public.

Location:

NYCLU's Pop-up Museum of Broken Windows 9 West 8th Street, New York, NY

RSVP on Facebook.

Brooklyn March against Gentrification, Racism & Police Violence

September 15, 2018, 11:00am-6:00pm - CPR Campaign Event

Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) is proud to endorse #BKMarch2018!

SAVE THE DATE : September 15th 2018 for #BKMarch2018
Mobilize with The Brooklyn Anti-gentrification Network - BAN for a Brooklyn-wide March against Racism, Gentrification and Police Violence on SATURDAY September 15th. Our neighborhoods are being torn apart by skyrocketing rents and terrorized by police brutality. Low-to-middle income New Yorkers are being priced out or displaced by gentrification while our city is being made over into a playground for the super rich.

Location:

Ocean Avenue and Parkside Avenue New York, New York 11226

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1924041477656474/; website: http://bangentrification.org; on Twitter @BANgentrifying.

To have your community group, anti-police brutality group or family, place of worship, small business, tenant organization, etc. endorse the Brooklyn-wide March against Racism, Gentrification & Police Brutality, contact : info [at] bangentrification.org or call/text (646) 820 -6039.

Unity Brunch

June 16, 2018, 1:30pm-3:00pm - CPR Member Event

Join the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Brooklyn Movement Center and Justice Committee for brunch and a roundtable discussion on police killings. Find out how to join and support organizing efforts. Special guests include families of Eric Garner, Delrawn Small, Saheed Vassell and other New Yorkers killed by NYPD.

Location:

Stuyvesant Mansion 375 Stuyvesant Avenue (btwn Decatur & Brainbridge St.) Brooklyn NY

Contact Linda at 917-900-2632 for more information and to RSVP.

Juneteenth Community Seder

June 14, 2018, 5:30pm-8:30pm - CPR Member Event

This spring, JFREJ is focusing on Black power and liberation, and strategies for investing in the future of Black people, very much including Black Jews of Color. We started by Counting the Omer with the Vision For Black Lives platform. Then we held a #Shavuot4BlackLives. And finally, we will come together as a community, in all our multi-racial, multi-ethnic splendor, for our first-ever Juneteenth Seder!

Juneteenth is the annual commemoration of the emancipation of Africans and African-Americans from slavery. It was first celebrated on June 19th, 1865 when news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally made its way to Galveston, Texas. Since then, Juneteenth has become a yearly tradition in many Black communities across the United States.

The Juneteenth Seder will be a vibrant community event led by Jews of Color, other members of the JFREJ community, and special guests. With art, music, food, and ritual we will celebrate Black liberation, lift up those who are fighting for freedom today, and wrestle with our shared responsibility to invest in Black community-building and leadership.

We will be sitting on the ground so please bring picnic blankets, pillows, and anything else you need for your comfort. There will be limited chair and bench seating for those who need it.

Location:

Solar One: 24-20 FDR Drive, Service Road East (Manhattan)

Get your free ticket on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/juneteenth-community-event-tickets-44597211460

Pack the Court for Mohamed Bah

May 17, 2018, 1:30pm - May 16, 2018, 4:00pm - CPR Member Event

Justice Committee is organizing to PACK THE COURT at 500 Pearl Street in Manhattan (Room 11D) on Thursday, May 17, 1:30pm for a 2pm hearing, where the City is trying to seek immunity for the police officers who killed Mohamed and were found liable by a jury for using excessive force.

Last November, a civil trial jury found NYPD Officer Edwin Mateo and Sgt. Michael Licitra liable for using excessive force against Mohamed Bah, when they killed him on Sept. 25, 2012. Now the City wants a judge to throw out this ruling, simply because those found liable are police officers.

Please come out Thursday, May 17 to show the judge that New Yorkers stand with Mohamed's family!

DIRECTIONS: Take the J/Z to Chambers, the 4/5/6 to Bk Bridge-City Hall or the R to City Hall. Bring a photo ID and join us at 1:30pm, in time to go through security before the 2pmhearing begins. We expect the hearing will last 1-2 hours.

RSVP & MORE INFO: https://www.facebook.com/events/143870562996517/

Police Brutality Community Forum

May 16, 2018, 5:30pm-8:00pm - CPR Member Event

On May 16, 2018, The Bronx Defenders is hosting a community forum about commonplace forms of police brutality, including physical violence, harassment, and abuse. We want to hear directly from New Yorkers who have experienced or witnessed these problems in their communities.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 5:30 - 8:00 PM
WHERE: 360 161st St, Bronx, New York

The event will include breakout sessions that provide an opportunity for the community to voice their experiences along with their ideas for solutions, and a conversation about steps toward organizing grassroots collective action. Dinner will be provided.

Contact Shakeer Rahman (shakeerr [at] bronxdefenders.org or 347.842.1335) or Carmen Pineiro (carmenp [at] bronxdefenders.org or 718.508.3440) for more information.

Justice For Saheed Vassell Rally

May 2, 2018, 6:30pm - April 27, 2018 - CPR Member Event

Join us to rally for Saheed and make our demands to the mayor heard. Saheed’s family and community are demanding the following:

-Names of all officers involved in shooting

-Disciplinary records of all officers

-All unedited surveillance videos of the shooting

-Explanation for why SRG officers were on the scene

Questions: 718-771-7000

The Business of Homelessness

March 27, 2018, 9:00am-10:00am - CPR Member Event

Release of Report on the Business of Homelessness

This year, for the first time, the city’s share of homeless shelter spending will top ONE BILLION DOLLARS, bringing the total expense budget for DHS to 1.8 billion dollars. With so much money moving around, it’s clear that homelessness is “big business” in NYC – but if the system is bad for the budget, bad for homeless people, and bad for neighborhoods, who exactly is profiting?

The cost of sheltering a homeless person can run anywhere from $2000-7500/month (and sometimes more than that) – far more than the cost of even a luxury apartment! And yet – in spite of all the money associated with a shelter stay, residents are forced to endure restrictive, austere, and inhumane conditions.

“Business as usual” isn’t working. Homeless people have a better plan, and later this month Picture the Homeless will release its report, “The Business of Homelessness: Human and Financial Costs of the Shelter-Industrial Complex.” It is the result of a year-long investigation by Picture the Homeless’ research committee into the fiscal policies and priorities that influence the lives of homeless New Yorkers… and how those priorities could be adjusted to support permanent, stable, and decent housing for the lowest income New Yorkers.

Join Picture the Homeless on the steps of City Hall at 9 AM on Tuesday, March 27, for a press conference announcing the official release of the report.

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