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Tell Santa Cruz City Council To "Send Back the BEARCAT!"
Date:
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Time:
6:00 PM
-
12:00 AM
Event Type:
Meeting
Organizer/Author:
Steve Pleich for SCRAM
Email:
Phone:
831-466-6078
Location Details:
6pm: Rally in the Courtyard of City Hall
7pm: City Council Meeting
City Hall
809 Center Street, Santa Cruz
Overflow seating for the City Council meeting will be available at:
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
307 Church Street, Santa Cruz
7pm: City Council Meeting
City Hall
809 Center Street, Santa Cruz
Overflow seating for the City Council meeting will be available at:
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
307 Church Street, Santa Cruz
We Did It! The BEARCAT is Back on the City Council Agenda
Now Let's Send It Back!
On Tuesday, March 24th, an extraordinary event will be taking place in Santa Cruz. In response to pressure brought to bear by SCRAM! (Santa Cruz Resistance Against Militarization!) and hundreds of citizens who are concerned about the purchase of a BEARCAT armored personnel carrier and militarization of law enforcement, a City Council session to revisit these issues will be held at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium starting at 7pm. SCRAM! urges the entire community to attend and voice their individual concerns.
SCRAM! has been organizing grassroots action to compel the City Council to rescind approval for the BEARCAT purchase and to develop policies that prevent militarized equipment from flowing into local law enforcement. As witnessed at the most recent council sessions, the community has rallied around these goals and SCRAM! has successfully worked to return these issues to the Council Agenda for a full public hearing.
SCRAM! agrees that keeping first responders and potential victims safe is vitally important. But that does not mean we need the BEARCAT. SCRAM! urges citizens to join us on Tuesday, March 24th for a 6:00 Rally at City Hall and at 7:00 pm at the Civic Auditorium, corner of Church and Center Streets in downtown Santa Cruz to voice their concerns.
SCRAM! is a coalition of more than twenty social justice and political action groups. More information about SCRAM! can be found at (831) 687-9118, scram911 [at] gmail.com or Santa Cruz Resistance Against Militarization on Facebook.
Now Let's Send It Back!
On Tuesday, March 24th, an extraordinary event will be taking place in Santa Cruz. In response to pressure brought to bear by SCRAM! (Santa Cruz Resistance Against Militarization!) and hundreds of citizens who are concerned about the purchase of a BEARCAT armored personnel carrier and militarization of law enforcement, a City Council session to revisit these issues will be held at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium starting at 7pm. SCRAM! urges the entire community to attend and voice their individual concerns.
SCRAM! has been organizing grassroots action to compel the City Council to rescind approval for the BEARCAT purchase and to develop policies that prevent militarized equipment from flowing into local law enforcement. As witnessed at the most recent council sessions, the community has rallied around these goals and SCRAM! has successfully worked to return these issues to the Council Agenda for a full public hearing.
SCRAM! agrees that keeping first responders and potential victims safe is vitally important. But that does not mean we need the BEARCAT. SCRAM! urges citizens to join us on Tuesday, March 24th for a 6:00 Rally at City Hall and at 7:00 pm at the Civic Auditorium, corner of Church and Center Streets in downtown Santa Cruz to voice their concerns.
SCRAM! is a coalition of more than twenty social justice and political action groups. More information about SCRAM! can be found at (831) 687-9118, scram911 [at] gmail.com or Santa Cruz Resistance Against Militarization on Facebook.
For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1420842104...
Added to the calendar on Thu, Mar 12, 2015 4:57PM
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