Center for Justice, Peace, and Environment
Email Action Bulletin July 27, 2010
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Table of Contents:
1. Security Communities Forum Tonight!�July 27th
2. Judicial Justice Rally�Broderick Arraignment�July 30 30th
3. Not in our Town Alliance (NIOTA) Quarterly Forum--August 3rd
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1. Secure Communities Forum�Jully 27th
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Join Community Members at Secure Communities Forum--July 27
Forces Empowering All Rights will host the Secure Communities Forum at 6pm on July 27, 2010. The forum will be at Homestate Bank, 303 E. Mountain Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80524.
The immigrant community and their allies will come together to discuss the effects of the Secure Communities Program that is to be signed by Governor Ritter on July 19th.
The forum will educate on how the Secure Communities Program, which will send the fingerprints of anyone arrested and booked for anything to Immigration Customs and Enforcement, will affect individuals, families, and our community. Topics that will be discussed in the forum include:
How Secure Communities Erodes Community Policing
How Secure Communities Promotes Racial Profiling
How Secure Communities Creates an Environment of Fear and Mistrust
How Secure Communities Lacks Accountability and Transparency
Resources will also be available for community members on their lawful rights and what to do if contacted by a law enforcement officer.
For more information about the Secure Communities Forum, please email:
Raquel Batista at 970.215.0831 or Olga Estrada at 210.508-8078 (Spanish)
Kristen McCulloch 303.330.2006 or Elliott Housman-Turrubiate 720.635.6946 (English)
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2. Judicial Justice Rally�Brooderick arraignment�July 30th
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Fort Collins police detective Jim Broderick will be arraigned on Friday, July 30 at 11 AM, in Courtroom 3A of the Larimer County Courthouse, on eight counts of perjury for lying about his fabrication of evidence to wrongly convict Tim Masters of murder. Judicial Justice for Larimer County is organizing a rally in support of the grand jury which indicted Jim Broderick, the Fort Collins Police detective largely responsible for framing Tim Masters for the murder of Peggy Hettrick.
The rally will start at 10:30 am at Civic Center Park, near the Howes Street entrance to the Courthouse. Some people may want to go inside to witness the proceedings, and we will wrap up at 12:30.
Broderick was to have been arraigned last Monday, July 19 at 1:30 PM but the arraignment has been moved to July 30.
We had a great rally last week --- over 25 people, and we met lots of new people. This rally should be even better: More people, more signs, more energy!
If you cannot attend, please check out our website at www.judicialjustice.org.
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3. Not in our Town Alliance (NIOTA) Quarterly Forum--August 3rd
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NIOTA (Not in our town alliance working for a diverse Ft Collins community) will hold its quarterly forum as a Movie Night & Annual Meeting on Tues., Aug 3rd at the Community Room (1300 Riverside Ave. ) at the Ft Collins Coloradoan at 6:30 PM.
Two documentaries will be shown- Hate Groups operating in N. Colorado produced by CSU Students and NIOT National Organization showing how diversity is being promoted in other US cities. For information call Cheryl Beckett at 970-493-1495