Police Forum: Profiling, Contact and Force

City officials are expected to be in attendance

WHAT: Public Forum: "Police Interaction with Communities of Color: Profiling, Contact and Force."

WHEN: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 13.

WHERE: Jane Addams Hull House Association, 1030 W. Van Buren, Chicago.

WHO:
* Clyde Murphy, Executive Director of the Chicago Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.
* Author David Harris, University of Toledo School of Law Professor.

CHICAGO - Recent media reports have highlighted the complex issues and tensions between police and communities with large populations of people of color. Problems have existed for years with mistrust on both sides.

Jane Addams Hull House Association's Center for Civil Society will host a panel discussion Thursday, December 13, 2007 regarding this delicate subject and what can be done to ease concerns.

David Harris, Balk Professor of Law and Values at the University of Toledo and the author of Good Cops: The Case for Preventive Policing and Profiles in Injustice: Why Racial Profiling Cannot Work and Clyde Murphy, Executive Director of the Chicago Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law will discuss the subject.

For more information or to RSVP, email advocacy@hullhouse.org or call 312/235-5391.

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About the Jane Addams Hull House Association
Founded in 1889, the Association is one of Chicago's largest not-for-profit social welfare organizations. Its mission is to improve social conditions for underserved people and communities by providing creative, innovative programs and by advocating for related public policy reforms. The Association has 70 programs at 43 sites throughout Chicago and serves approximately 60,000 individuals, families and community members every year. Additional information can be found at www.hullhouse.org.

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