House Judiciary Passes H.492; Senate Judiciary Hears S.116 Testimony Tomorrow
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All, H.492, “An Act relating to Racial Justice Oversight Board”, was voted out of House Judiciary yesterday and is due to go to the House floor for debate on Tuesday. The Fair and Impartial Policing component that was decoupled from the bill was taken on as a Committee Bill and voted out of House Judiciary today. Meanwhile, S.116 has been taken from the Senate Judiciary wall and we start testimony on this bill starting at 9:00 AM tomorrow morning. Please Show up tomorrow! Date:Friday, April 7th Here are some other things you can do: If you have not signed these petitions, they are still very important. They continue to notify everyone under the dome with each signature. Call the Sergeant at Arms and leave a message for your legislative delegation and/or the House Judiciary expressing your support for H492 and S.116: 802-828-2228 You can also send an email: jmiller@leg.state.vt.us Send a message to the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing your support for S.116 – vermont-senate-judiciary@googlegroups.com Mail a postcard to your representative and ask them to vote yes Tuesday for H.492. Find them here: http://legislature.vermont.gov/people Wait, there’s more! The Racial Justice Reform Coalition and S.116 Sponsors will be hosting a film viewing of “13th” Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation’s prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans. Date:Thursday , April 13th
As you consider where you are investing in social justice issues, remember the racial referendum that we just experienced in our national election. Consider donating to Justice For All, an organically grown, Vermont-based racial justice organization that has been here doing the work over the past couple of years. Please help us with your membership, provide organizational support or simply provide a contribution. Help us continue this work in Vermont. Over this past year we worked in a coalition to successfully deliver the Vermont Fair and Impartial Policing Policy for all law enforcement agencies in the state. Our work continues with numerous community outreach activities, Vermont Justice Coalition, Coalition on Racial Justice Reform, the Law Enforcement Professional Regulation Committee and much more but we need your help to continue. #DecisionPoints is a open source data collection initiative that is underway. This open platform will provide the community access to our data and enable transparency and accountability. Help us with this effort. #racialjusticereformvt Thank you for your support! Mark Hughes |
