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Goals of Citizens Alert

The goals of Citizens Alert are to make law enforcement agencies accountable to the public by:

• Acting as civil rights advocates for victims of police brutality and abuse;
• Providing information, counsel, and referrals;
• Monitoring police conduct and policies to assure greater accountability to the public;
• Building coalitions to involve other organizations in specific police issues;
• Recommending policy changes that encourage more humane and effective law enforcement;
• Educating the public on criminal justice matters.

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POETS 4 TROY DAVIS

Monday, May 18 at 7:30PM -- on the eve of Global Day of Action for Troy Davis

Simone 's Bar

960 W 18th St (between Sangamon St & Morgan St)

"I have been spiritually free for some time and no matter what happens in the days,

weeks to come, this Movement to end the death penalty, to seek true justice, to expose

a system that fails to protect the innocent must be accelerated. There are so many more

Troy Davis'. This fight to end the death penalty is not won or lost through me but through our

strength to move forward and save every innocent person in captivity around the globe."

-- Troy Davis, Georgia death row prisoner fighting for his life......No physical evidence.

No murder weapon. No courts willing to hear new evidence. No justice. No peace.

Let's make the struggle irresistible through our words, our poetry, our music, our stories,

and our sheer relentlessness.

Featuring.....

*Kevin Coval* a voice of hope for a new world of peace, grace and beauty, author of everyday

people and slingshots, founder of Louder Than A Bomb: The Chicago Teen Poetry Festival

*FM Supreme* a female emcee with the power to bring hip-hop into a new golden era,

Louder Than A Bomb Poetry Slam Champion

*Darby Tillis* freedom fighter and blues extraordinaire, Illinois ' first exonerated death row prisoner

*Bill Ayers* activist and educator who teaches towards freedom, transformation and possibility

*Krista Franklin* writer, poet, and visual artist who dares to explore the real and imagined lives of

people of color

*Quraysh Ali Lansana* author of They Shall Run-Harriet Tubman Poems and southside rain,

Director of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing

*Adam Mansbach* 21st century story teller, author of The End of Jews and Angry Black White Boy

Young Poets in Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy Program at Cook County Juvenile Detention Center

*DJ David Marques* technologist, organizer, and educator for liberation, civic engagement, and bridging

the digital divide

PLUS OPEN MIC.....bring a poem to read AND to send to Troy .

supporting organizations include: ARC '09 (A movement Re-imagining Change in 2009), Ella's Daughters,

Amnesty International-Midwest, Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Citizens Alert,

Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Tamms Year 10,

Students for a Democratic Society-UIC, Stanley Tookie Williams (STW) Legacy Network-Chicago, and more....

ALSO.....on May 19, Global Day of Action for Troy

STAND FOR TROY

Tuesday, May 19, 11:45am-1pm

Downtown Federal Plaza , Jackson and Dearborn

SAVE TROY DAVIS!

Tuesday, May 19, 5:30-7:30pm

DePaul University 's Lincoln Park Campus

2250 N. Sheffield Ave. (corner of Belden and Sheffield )

Upcoming MCLE Forum
 Save the date for May 20

Save the date for an upcoming MCLE forum:

Forum on Police Accountability
Date: Wednesday, May 20
Time: 12:00 -- 1:30 pm (1.5 hours MCLE credit)
Location: Sidley Austin LLP,1 South Dearborn, Chicago 60603

Speakers:

Chief Administrator Ilana Rosenzweig of the Chicago Independent Police Review Authority

Chicago Police Department Deputy Superintendent Peter Brust

Attendees are invited to bring a brown bag lunch. Click here to RSVP by May 17. Please bring a photo ID.

This forum is sponsored by:

Chicago Council of Lawyers
Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice
American Constitution Society - Chicago Chapter
Citizens Alert

Celebrating 40 Years of Struggle