Season's Greetings 2020!
Season's Greetings 2020!
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December 12, 2020 NAACP General Meeting Minutes
The Supervisory Committee has sent ballots to emails. PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR EMAIL FOR YOUR BALLOT TO VOTE IN BRANCH ELECTION ! General Body Meeting Date: 12/12/2020 Meeting called to order: 5:34 Location: Attendees: Glenda Bubb, Sabrina Dolfinger, Vanessa Dolfinger, Claire Dowdy Ray Havey, Mary Kostenblatt, Melly Holloway I . Branch Elections National will subsidize ---Election Buddy Training was attended Dec.3 Voting Window Dec 17th 8am - Dec 23 8pm---Results would be tallied Dec. 24th Emails will be sent stating time and dates/details May 1st is the membership eligibility date---to be a candidate; 30days from the election to vote therefore anyone as of Nov 17th is allowed to vote Any position not filled ---Secretary, Assistant Sec. Assist. Treasurer, At Large Executive Committee; President can nominate someone Motion : Melly, Mary K. To have a process that members use to identify committee interest APPROVED Treasurer’s Report---------Glenda, Vaness
Newburgh police reform: committee pushes for broad change
Newburgh police reform: committee pushes for broad change Lana Bellamy Times Herald-Record CITY OF NEWBURGH - Systemic change within the agency should be at the heart of their work. That's what some members of the committee tasked with advising Newburgh's police department on reforms as part of a state mandate. But after months of working with the city's police chief and a senior police adviser, they said progress on addressing cultural issues within law enforcement appears to be moving slowly. And most of the work is resulting in recommendations to tweak general orders. "Policies have always been on the books, but it's about the culture, it's the systematic culture at the police department," said the committee's chair Ray Harvey, president of the Newburgh-Highland Falls NAACP. "If at the end of the day you change all these policies but the police department is still policing themselves