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Friend,
People all across the world are suffering from injustice -- from racial profiling, from police brutality, and from unaccountable leaders. I want to state very clearly that I stand with non-violent demonstrators all across the world who are demanding justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Nina Pop, and the far too many people of color before them who should be alive today.

Black lives matter. Full stop. And it’s time for Congress to implement changes that reflect this.

In a time when our state and federal leadership has been absent and inadequate, I want to offer my thoughts about where we go from here. As a Social Worker for over 40 years, I know that we need policy changes, at the state and federal levels, to support people of color and other marginalized groups across the country.

Here’s what I support:

*
Establishing
a
team
of
social
workers
and
counselors
that
works
with
every
police
force
across
this
country
*
A
federal
ban
on
the
transfer
of
military-grade
weapons
to
our
local
police
departments;
this
equipment
has
no
place
in
our
communities
*
A
federal
mandate
requiring
anti-bias
and
anti-racist
training
of
all
of
our
first
responders,
as
well
as
crisis
intervention
training
*
A
ban
on
racial
and
religious
profiling
*
Requiring
independent
investigations
in
all
cases
where
police
kill
or
injure
civilians
*
Implementing
at
least
twice-yearly
mental
health
checks
of
our
officers
and
trauma-informed
treatment
for
PTSD
and
other
mental
health
crises

Congress, state legislatures, and local leaders must act now to implement these, and other, measures. Justice can’t wait any longer.



In Solidarity,
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