We need your support on March 17 to show the mayor and OPD what’s right for Oakland.
Join us for the LAST MEETING of the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force!
On the table are some of the most forward-thinking proposals in the country. Thanks to our organizing, the Task Force advisory boards have proposed a set of bold, smart, transformative recommendations that will completely reimagine public safety in the Town. These proposals are overwhelmingly popular across Oakland’s communities.
But opponents aligned with the Mayor and OPD are fighting tooth and nail to thwart the people’s will, even engaging in a series of coordinated attacks against APTP and other BIPOC-led organizations in our Defund Police Coalition.
We are on the cusp of victory for our communities and we need YOUR SOLIDARITY! Join us.
Where: bit.ly/reimaginefinalmtg
Typically we have our monthly general meetings on the third Wednesday of every month, but we need a groundswell of community members to make SO MUCH NOISE at this final Task Force meeting that we drown out those who have forgotten or rejected the mandate of the Task Force: to defund OPD by 50% and invest in community services that actually keep us safe.
Please urge the Task Force to adopt the recommendations from our Defund Coalition Report. Add a personal touch to your comments when possible, as unique comments tend to have a greater impact.
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Together, we forced the city to create this Task Force last summer to chart a course towards defunding OPD by 50% and refunding our communities. We hit the streets by the THOUSANDS. We gave HUNDREDS OF HOURS of public comment. Now we need EVERYONE to show out and push the Task Force over the finish line. Join us to DEMAND that the final recommendations they send on to City Council are as strong as possible. We will accept nothing less.
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