Community Forum Regarding the Death of Sean Arlt

A Community Conversation for Healing and Change

Social Justice Alliance to Host a Community Forum Regarding the Death of Sean Arlt
November 1, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.

The recent death of community member Sean Arlt has left our community with feelings of grief, dismay,
confusion, and anger. Leaders of local social justice organizations have joined together to address the
issues of police violence, training, accountability and transparency. The Social Justice Alliance of Santa
Cruz (SJA) seeks to engage in the process of improving the procedures law enforcement will implement
around its interaction with people of color, people suffering from mental illness and other vulnerable
populations.

The SJA will hold a community forum to give community members an opportunity to voice concerns and
raise questions regarding Sean's death. SCPD Chief Kevin Vogel and Deputy Chief Rick Martinez will be in
attendance as part of the community.

The forum is free and will take place at Peace United Church, 900 High Street, Santa Cruz.

The Social Justice Alliance is a coalition of organizations including the Santa Cruz County Branch of the
NAACP, the Santa Cruz Chapter of the ACLU of Northern California, Barrios Unidos, the Resource Center
for Nonviolence, Showing Up for Racial Justice Santa Cruz affiliate, Santa Cruz County Community
Coalition to Overcome Racism, Sin Barras and others.