Detroit Conference Against Police Brutality to Convene at WCCCD, Nov. 18-19

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Sunday, November 6, 2005

Event: Fifty Years Plus of Police Brutality
Wayne County Community College, Downtown
1001 W. Fort Street, Detroit, MI 48226
Friday Evening Nov. 18, All Day Sat. Nov. 19
Contact: Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality, Inc.
Tel. (313) 587-6466
E-mail: detcoalition@sbcglobal.net

Detroit Conference Against Police Brutality to Convene
Friday, November 18 & Saturday, November 19 at WCCCD

A conference entitled: "Reshaping Community: Ending 50+ Years
of Police Brutality" will convene at Wayne County Community
College on Fort Street in downtown Detroit on Friday,
November 18 beginning with an awards dinner at 7:00 p.m.
This event represents a culmination of organizational and
mobilization work designed to eradicate the legacy of police
brutality and misconduct in Detroit and around the United
States.

The DCAPB along with several other progressive groups
including the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the Michigan
Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI) will
present this two day event aimed at institutionalizing the
struggle for effective community control of law-enforcement
and the judiciary in every city and town in the nation.

Some of the presenters and honorees that will be involved and
acknowledged at the conference includes: Professor Gloria
Aneb House, co-founder of the DCAPB, Atty. Ron Glotta of the
National Lawyers Guild, Atty. Elliot Hall of the Dykema
Gossett law firm, Prof. Geoffrey Alpert of the University of
South Carolina, Prof. James Jackson, Chair of the Criminal
Justice Dept. at WCCCD, Mr. Mackie Johnson, a founding member
of the Guardians, Atty. Cynthia Heenan of the NLG, Atty. Hugh
Davis of the NLG, Mr. Ron Scott of the Detroit Coalition
Against Police Brutality, Ms. Sandra Hines of the DCAPB, Ms.
Tijuana Morris of the DCAPB, Abayomi Azikiwe of MECAWI and
the DCAPB, Ms. Valerie Glenn of the DCAPB, artist Drunken
Master, Promotor publisher Alex Thompson, The Movement music
productions, Mr. Nathaniel Head, Director of Civil Rights for
the United Auto Workers (UAW), Atty. George Washington of the
NLG, former City Council President Erma Hendrson as well as
many others.

The conference will open Friday night at 7:00 p.m. with an
awards dinner. This event will honor activists who have
fought against police misconduct over the decades. We will
also pay special tribute to the families of victims of police
brutality in Detroit. Tickets are available and can be
obtained by contacting the DCAPB at (313) 587-6466.

Beginning at 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning, November 19, a full
day of plenary sessions, workshops and cultural presentations
will examine the history and continuing struggle against
police misconduct and brutality.

The Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality was formed in
1996 and has worked for the last nine years to oppose the
abuse of authority by law-enforcement and the courts in the
metropolitan area as well as the state of Michigan. This
conference is open to the general public as is co-sponsored
by Wayne County Community College.