For generations, black and brown parents have given their children ‘the talk’ — instructing them never to run down the street; always keep your hands where they can be seen; do not even think of talking back to a stranger— all out of fear of how an officer with a gun will react to them….We must not pretend that the countless people who are routinely targeted by police are ‘isolated.’ They are the canaries in the coal mine whose deaths, civil and literal, warn us that no one can breathe in this atmosphere. They are the ones who recognize that unlawful police stops corrode all our civil liberties and threaten all our lives. Until their voices matter too, our justice system will continue to be anything but.” ~ Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Please join concerned members of the community for a “Healing Discussion on Race and America” this Monday evening (6 to 8 pm) at United Church,

Topics of Conversation:

• Law Enforcement & “Protect & Serve”
• ‘Understanding Black Lives Matter
• Privilege & Power
• Data Matters (Examining NC Traffic Stops by Police)
• Solutions