Building Safer Communities For All
December 2, 2023, Doors Open At 10 AM
Disciples Church
3663 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights
Morning Speakers
Below: Dr. Ronnie Dunn, Cleveland State University. Dr. Dunn is the inaugural executive director of The Diversity Institute at Cleveland State University. He is a nationally recognized, frequently sought-after media commentator on issues of race, policing and criminal justice. The PBS NewsHour, MSNBC, CNN, The NY and LA Times, The Sunday London Times and BBC are but a few of the hundreds of local, national and international outlets that have interviewed and quoted him.
Below: Latonya Goldsby, co-founder of BLM Cleveland & cousin of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Black boy shot to death by a Cleveland officer, told protestors at a rally for social justice that it was time to hold candidates accountable for their promises and demand changes in policing.
Below: Art McKoy Human rights activist " This is going to be a summer of agitation if things don't change".
Afternoon Speakers:
Above: Kareem Henton, Campaign Manager of The Jail Coalition Campaign, and co-founder of BLM Cleveland, addressing the County Council "What you are being asked to consider is wasteful and sinful".
Below: Ethan Khorona, recipient of Princeton Prize In Race Relations Citing Racial Disparities in Policing, Shaker Heights Group Pushes Ballot Initiative for Public Safety Reform.
There will be one additional afternoon speaker. Potentially a representative of SURJE.
Light continental breakfast & lunch will be provided. Please register at racialequitybuddies@fhcpresb.org.
This event is sponsored by The Community Church of Chesterland and the Racial Equity Buddies group.
This program is funded in part by a grant from the Outreach Committee of the Presbytery of the Western Reserve.
The organizing committee:Akua Sanders, Jennifer Blakeney, Lisa Vahey, Mark Joseph, Quentin Smith, Gordon Glanfeld, Laura Van Dale, Jeff Nichols, Barry Stees & Kathy Flora