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Opinion: SLC police reform plan fails to address issues, needs, says NYS Poor Peoples Campaign


Friday, February 26, 2021 - 6:35 am
To the Editor:
The following letter was submitted to the St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators, regarding police reform.
In June 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order #203, which required local governments that operate police forces to submit a plan which describes how they will reform how their police operate in the community:
In St. Lawrence County, the Sheriff’s Office began to work on a police reform plan. The sheriff held two public meetings: Oct. 14 in the afternoon, and Oct. 21 in the evening. On Dec. 21, 2020, the Board of Legislators approved a police reform resolution.
The Leadership Team of the NYS Poor Peoples Campaign: North Country Committee believes that St. Lawrence County’s effort to conduct police reform does not meet the standards of Gov. Cuomo’s Executive Order #203 because: ....

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KUOW - At The National Prayer Service, A Plea To Avoid 'Simplistic Calls For Unity'


President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden attended the virtual presidential inaugural prayer service from the State Dining Room of the White House.
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At The National Prayer Service, A Plea To Avoid Simplistic Calls For Unity
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Gone were the conservative evangelical leaders who had been invited in the past. No Catholic bishops or priests took part.
This year s National Prayer Service, a longstanding inauguration tradition to welcome an incoming presidential administration, instead featured two transgender faith leaders, the president of the Navajo Nation, and a host of speakers with urgent calls for national transformation. ....

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At The National Prayer Service, A Plea To Avoid 'Simplistic Calls For Unity'


At The National Prayer Service, A Plea To Avoid Simplistic Calls For Unity
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden attended the virtual presidential inaugural prayer service from the State Dining Room of the White House.
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Gone were the conservative evangelical leaders who had been invited in the past. No Catholic bishops or priests took part.
This year s National Prayer Service, a longstanding inauguration tradition to welcome an incoming presidential administration, instead featured two transgender faith leaders, the president of the Navajo Nation, and a host of speakers with urgent calls for national transformation. ....

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Mainers honor Dr. King's legacy


Mainers honor Dr. King s legacy
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The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is a day of remembrance and community service events across Maine. However, the coronavirus outbreak has pushed many of these ceremonies online.
Portland s 40th annual King Day observance was a virtual teach-in with some called for Mainers to take the Black Business Pledge. Sign up for our Newsletters
We re asking you to look at the money you spend every month and allocate 10% of that money toward Black businesses, said Black Owned Maine co-founder Rose Barboza.
Other activists picked up the mantle of King s Poor Peoples Campaign. ....

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