Stronger United National Conference Call & Schedule - September 23-25 2011

CUAPB, a Twin Cities police accountability organization, will host a conference in Minneapolis in September 2011. It has been several years since a similar gathering has been organized and we feel it important to come together, discuss strategies, and find a renewed dedication to our work through the passion of others.

Our goal is to provide the structure for a powerful meeting that brings together the various threads of our movement so we can collectively grow and solidify all of our efforts to resist police brutality and bring it to an end. We are working to provide free or low-cost housing, meals and other support to ensure that as many people as possible can participate.

In addition to the main conference, there will be space for meetings of movement groupings such as October 22 affiliates and Copwatch affiliates.

Register online at http://cuapb.org

Proposed Schedule

This is a proposed schedule and is subject to change. Please share your ideas for workshops.

Friday, September 23

8:30 a.m. Breakfast

9:00 a.m. Conference kick-off and plenary session I

10:45 a.m. Breakout session I

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. Breakout session II

3:00 p.m. Breakout session III

5:00 p.m. Dinner

6:00 p.m. Welcome show and fundraiser for Justice for Quincy Smith (a local stolen life)

Saturday, September 24

8:30 a.m. Breakfast

9:00 a.m. Keynote by Michael Novick: Building a Culture of Resistance Against
Police Abuse of Power: Decolonization and Liberation

Michael Novick, editor of "Turning the Tide: Journal of Anti-Racist Action, Research & Education" and author of "White Lies White Power: The Fight Against White Supremacy and Reactionary Violence," moderates the "Stop Police Abuse Now!" list on yahoogroups. He has been involved in numerous efforts against police racism and abuse of power for decades, most recently including the LA Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant, and has been a supporter of Michael Zinzun's campaign for community control over the police, Long Beach and LA Copwatch projects, and the Black Riders Liberation Party "Watch-a-Pig" Program. He is committed to applying the self-critical lessons of history to developing a successful strategy for liberation under 21st Century conditions of oppression and repression.

10:45 a.m. Breakout session I

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. Breakout session II

3:00 p.m. Plenary Session II

5:30 p.m. Dinner

6:30 p.m. Copwatch Film Fest

Sunday, September 25

10:00 a.m. Break out meetings for movement threads:

October 22 affiliates

Copwatch affiliates

Police accountability organizations

Lunch provided by our friends with Asamblea de Derechos Civiles

Proposed workshops include:

• De-legitimizing the Police State, Legitimizing Resistance (presented by Michael Novick)

• Coalition building across communities

• Constituent-led and other models of organizing

• Attacks on dissent—addressing NORTHCOM and other national plans to “suppress civil unrest”

• Know Your Rights train the trainer

• The role of police in society

• Attacks on youth—the juvenile “justice” system

• Police interactions with people labeled with psychiatric disabilities

• Police and immigrants

• Using the legal system to challenge police brutality

• Novel approaches to increasing community oversight of police

• Resisting attacks on copwatchers

• Jail support and court support

• “In the belly of the beast”—the impact of the prison industrial complex, the DOC and parole on the community

• Supporting survivors of police brutality and the families of stolen lives

If you would like to propose a workshop or be a presenter, please call our hotline at 612-874-STOP or email mgresist@minn.net.

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