[Occupymendocino] draft of letter to paper

[Richard Karch]

This is a follow up letter (and will include photo) to send to the Advocate and Beacon about the ACLU event. Please read though to see what you think. Feel free to change. 

Richard and John
Richard's revision:

The first American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) training at the Redwood Coast Senior Center in Fort Bragg on Sat. March 11 drew more than 50 local participants. The live-streamed teleconference was broadcast in 2000 locales throughout the  country to help guide citizens concerned with threats to the Bill of Rights by the new administration in Washington. 

Among the subjects discussed were health care, immigration, civil rights, and suggested rules for public demonstrations, a virtual protestor's guide to civil discourse on streets, sidewalks and in public parks, as well as the rights that demonstrators have if arrested (such as the right to remain silent). ACLU attorney Lee Rowland said large demonstrations generally require a local permit, but government can’t typically shut down protesters in public places without good reason.

Called People Power, the event broadcast from a sports arena on the University of Miami campus was live-streamed to locations in all 50 states. ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero said 200,000 people had signed up to attend one of an estimated 2,000 local events.
 
“We will bring all the lawsuits necessary to defend your rights,” Romero said. “We’ll do the work in the courts. You do the work in the streets. People are motivated. They want to be engaged.”
The ACLU also launched a new grassroots online organizing platform (PeoplePower.org). It’s billed as a way for people considering a local protest or rally to connect and coordinate with others around the country with similar intentions, and to provide details of ACLU initiatives. The platform also includes ideas  for ways to create  “freedom cities” around the country that would give local officials information to resist stepped-up deportations of people living in the country illegally.

For more information : rkarch at mcn.org
 
Good start. Get more feedback. Run it by Pat.

 John's revision:

The first American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) training at the Redwood Coast Senior Center in Fort Bragg on Sat. March 11 drew more than 50 local participants. The live-streamed teleconference was broadcast in 2000 locales throughout the  country to help guide citizens concerned with threats to the Bill of Rights by the new administration in Washington. 

Among the subjects discussed were health care, immigration, civil rights, and suggested rules for public demonstrations, a virtual protestor's guide to civil discourse on streets, sidewalks and in public parks, as well as the rights that demonstrators have if arrested (such as the right to remain silent). ACLU attorney Lee Rowland said large demonstrations generally require a local permit, but government can’t typically shut down protesters in public places without good reason.

Called People Power, the event broadcast from a sports arena on the University of Miami campus was live-streamed to locations in all 50 states. ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero said 200,000 people had signed up to attend one of an estimated 2,000 local events.
 
“We will bring all the lawsuits necessary to defend your rights,” Romero said. “We’ll do the work in the courts. You do the work in the streets. People are motivated. They want to be engaged.”

The ACLU also launched a new grassroots online organizing platform (PeoplePower.org). It’s billed as a way for people considering a local protest or rally to connect and coordinate with others around the country with similar intentions, and to provide details of ACLU initiatives.

Another plan is creation of “freedom cities” around the country that would encourage local officials to pass laws resisting Trump policies such as stepped-up deportations of people living in the country illegally, said Faiz Shakir, ACLU national political director.
 
For more information ...
 
How about providing our email addresses? (I don't want my phone number published.)
 
 


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