Police Brutality Series at the Brecht Forum, NYC Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY AMONG YOUR EMAIL LISTS, AND LISTSERVS. The Anthony Baez Foundation; The Black Radical Congress-NY Metro Organizing Chapter; The Brecht Forum; The Center for Constitutional Rights; The Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence; The Citywide Coalition to Stop Giuliani, The Haitian Coalition for Justice; Jews for Racial & Economic Justice; Malcolm X Grassroots Movement; Medgar Evers College Center for Law and Social Justice; October 22 Coaltion, New York Chapter; Police Watch; Student Liberation Action Movement (SLAM); Stolen Lives Project; The United African Movement and Women for Justice Invite you to a series of educational forums on: THE PEOPLE AND THE POLICE May 2 & 3 at 7:30 and May 6, 10am-5pm at THE BRECHT FORUM 122 West 27th Street, 10th Floor, NYC Phone: (212) 242-4201 www.brechtforum.org Though not at all a new problem, police brutality is being named more and more in cities throughout the United States. Communities of color are under siege by the police. The police force exhibits a culture of violence and abuse of power which prevails with impunity. Civil disobedience, walkouts and boycotts are surging as just some forms of the mass resistance taking place. This will be an opportunity for activists to network and for people to become involved in activities and organizations that are courageously resisting. The Program: Tuesday, May 2 at 7:30pm THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE Here we will focus on testimony of victims and families of police brutality. Speakers include: Iris Baez (Anthony Baez Foundation); Nicholas Heyward, Sr. & Maze Hoffman(Stolen Lives Project); Mawina Kouyate (Women for Justice) & Others TBA Wednesday, May 3 at 7:30pm THE STATE AND THE POLICE We will analyze the history and the role of the police in New York City and in the U.S. Speakers include: Charles Barron (City Council candidtate); Jill Nelson (author); Eric Tang (Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence) & Others TBA Saturday, May 6, 10:00am - 5:00pm 10:00 am The End of the Nightstick (a video documentary) 11:00am-1:00pm NYC AND THE POLICE Police culture and the Giuliani administration. Speakers include: Elombe Brath (WBAI); Police Whistleblowers William Acosta, Steven Zanowic & Others TBA 2:00pm-5:00pm THE MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE This community activist panel of MANY representatives of current campaigns and coalitions engaged in the struggle to end police violence and harassment will discuss their strategies and future plans. Call The Brecht Forum for more information: 212.242.4201 ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytrc-04.27.00-20:14:26-32344