SCLC hosting Community Forum tomorrow
The local chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) will hold a Community Forum tomorrow morning at The Village, 615 North W Street.
The forum is meant to serve as a “dialogue concerning various issues and questions.” Panelists will include National SCLC General Counselor Dexter Wimbish, Attorney Tamara Kassabian with the U.S. Department of Justice, Rev. Joseph Wright, Chairman of the Tallahassee Chapter of the SCLC, Rev. Dr. H. K. Matthews, and others.
The schedule for the event is as follows:
- 10:00 AM: Community forum and panel discussion on the issues of crime and incarceration of victims, the lack of adequate funding for hearings, and the issues of guns in the community.
- 11:00 AM: Community forum and panel discussion concerning the Escambia County School District.
- 12:00 PM: Community forum concerning Taser use by law enforcement in the community.
- 1:00 PM: Forum will close; However, participants and concerned citizens will have an opportunity to have dialogue with all the panelists. All panelists will stay for one additional hour in an informal setting.
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Incarceration of victims? People who end up incarcerated have committed crimes. They aren’t the victims. The people they rob, kill, etc. are the victims.
To be clear, Progressive Pensacola isn’t affiliated with this event in any way or endorsing the rhetoric. We were asked to put out information about the event and would do the same for other organisations.
They also need to get Movement for Change involved. Also address the issue of so many unwed teen mothers, neighborhood gangs etc.
Until this happens there isn’t a thing that can be done.
Seeing as though it’s a COMMUNITY forum perhaps you could go and share your ideas with the group.
I agree with “What A Guy” and find the language of this notice truly offensive. Let’s focus on the true victims of crime — and that’s not those who are incarcerated. It’s those who have been victimized by criminals. The fact that this group depicts the criminals as victims speaks volumes. I won’t be attending.
I’m sure this group supports the man who used his vehicle to try to run down two Pensacola police officers Friday night. They likely consider him a “victim.” I support our police officers & the difficult job they have to do.
It’s no secret that these SCLC folks support redistributive justice. Add that to liberal-progressive theories of social causation and the criminal now becomes the victim. A street march in Oakland a while back celebrated a cop killer and rapist as a hero fighting against oppression.
It’s also no surprise that a lawyer from the so-called U.S. Department of Justice will be on the panel at this SCLC “community” forum. This is the group that is trying 9/11 terrorists in civilian court.