Stamford request to reallocate funds

[shyman97]

cwinterle@stamfordct.gov MLRinaldi@stamfordct.gov tadams@stamfordct.gov maquila@stamfordCT.gov ecoleman@stamfordct.gov mcottrell@stamfordCT.gov jcurtis@stamfordct.gov vdelacruz@stamfordct.gov gdepina@stamfordCT.gov mdicostanzo@stamfordCT.gov mfedeli@stamfordCT.gov afigueroa@stamfordCT.gov cflorio@stamfordCT.gov pgiordano@stamfordCT.gov agraziosi@stamfordCT.gov jjacobson@stamfordCT.gov blee@stamfordCT.gov aliebson@stamfordct.gov blion@stamfordCT.gov dlutz@stamfordCT.gov dmahoney@stamfordCT.gov rmatherne@stamfordCT.gov jmcmullen@stamfordCT.gov bmichelson1@stamfordCT.gov lmiller1@stamfordCT.gov mmoore@stamfordCT.gov emorson@stamfordCT.gov snabel@stamfordCT.gov gpalomba@stamfordct.gov dpatterson@stamfordCT.gov tpendell@stamfordCT.gov spolicar@stamfordct.gov rpratt@stamfordCT.gov mquinones@stamfordCT.gov rroqueta@stamfordCT.gov isaftic@stamfordCT.gov nsherwood@stamfordCT.gov jstella@stamfordCT.gov asummerville@stamfordCT.gov lwallace@stamfordCT.gov dwatkins1@stamfordct.gov jzelinsky@stamfordCT.gov

My name is [YOUR NAME] and I am a resident and constituent of Stamford. I am writing to demand that Stamford City reduce the Stamford Police Department's budget. Stamford's needs must be addressed by the provision of care and not the threat of violence. We must invest in public and social services that build towards a "free and fair society" rather than an armed force that endangers citizens.

Our city faces racial inequalities, borne from historical injustice and brought into the spotlight by the COVID-19 pandemic, that can't be solved by policing. Stamford is intensely segregated and maintains extreme income inequality between downtown and suburbs like North Stamford. Members of our community live without necessary services, in tight-quarters, and on lean budgets - this before a pandemic stole four months of wages, and counting. Thousands of us are becoming food-insecure and are at risk of eventual eviction. Essential educators are living on starvation pay while repeated and overwhelming community demands to right these glaring injustices are ignored.

The city of Stamford spends 43.42% of its Public Safety, Health, and Welfare budget [https://www.stamfordct.gov/sites/stamfordct/files/pages/fy20-21_mayors_proposed_detail_budget-v7.pdf] on Police, and reportedly only 0.0067% of its Public Safety, Health, and Welfare budget on "Social Services". the money spent on the Police Department could be better reallocated toward improving addiction and mental health services, providing permanent housing for our unhoused neighbors, and improving city infrastructure.

Now especially, the Board of Representatives, the Mayor, and the Board of Finance can take a stand for racial justice by supporting a significant defunding of policing and investment of these funds into black and brown communities - starting with cutting the least transparent and most harmful parts of the Stamford Police Department budget.

Racist police violence does not just happen in other cities - it happens right here in Stamford. We see it in the disproportionate imprisonment of black people, and in the racialized inequity that is prevalent in Stamford. The City Council must stop investing in targeted criminalization and surveillance, and fund what black and brown communities need to be safe and healthy: COVID-19 relief, housing, healthcare, healthcare services, healing, community centers, and community-led organizations and projects.

I am looking forward to seeing the changes you make to the annual budget and the citizens of Stamford unequivocally say, black lives matter.

Thank you, [YOUR NAME] [YOUR ADDRESS] [YOUR EMAIL] [YOUR PHONE NUMBER]

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[erinb223]

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1. Stamford City -> the City of Stamford
2. towards --> toward
3. like --> such as
4. tight-quarters --> tight quarters
5. • this before a pandemic --> even before the pandemic
6. Public Safety, Health, and Welfare budget repetition replaced with demonstrative pronoun
7. period moved inside quotation marks
8. Capitalized "The"
9. "could be better reallocated" --> "should be reallocated"
10. hyphen changed to em dash
11. Black capitalized
12. black lives matter --> Black Lives Matter

Edited Email Copy

cwinterle@stamfordct.gov MLRinaldi@stamfordct.gov tadams@stamfordct.gov maquila@stamfordCT.gov ecoleman@stamfordct.gov mcottrell@stamfordCT.gov jcurtis@stamfordct.gov vdelacruz@stamfordct.gov gdepina@stamfordCT.gov mdicostanzo@stamfordCT.gov mfedeli@stamfordCT.gov afigueroa@stamfordCT.gov cflorio@stamfordCT.gov pgiordano@stamfordCT.gov agraziosi@stamfordCT.gov jjacobson@stamfordCT.gov blee@stamfordCT.gov aliebson@stamfordct.gov blion@stamfordCT.gov dlutz@stamfordCT.gov dmahoney@stamfordCT.gov rmatherne@stamfordCT.gov jmcmullen@stamfordCT.gov bmichelson1@stamfordCT.gov lmiller1@stamfordCT.gov mmoore@stamfordCT.gov emorson@stamfordCT.gov snabel@stamfordCT.gov gpalomba@stamfordct.gov dpatterson@stamfordCT.gov tpendell@stamfordCT.gov spolicar@stamfordct.gov rpratt@stamfordCT.gov mquinones@stamfordCT.gov rroqueta@stamfordCT.gov isaftic@stamfordCT.gov nsherwood@stamfordCT.gov jstella@stamfordCT.gov asummerville@stamfordCT.gov lwallace@stamfordCT.gov dwatkins1@stamfordct.gov jzelinsky@stamfordCT.gov

My name is [YOUR NAME] and I am a resident and constituent of Stamford. I am writing to demand that the City of Stamford reduce the Stamford Police Department's budget. Stamford's needs must be addressed by the provision of care and not the threat of violence. We must invest in public and social services that build toward a "free and fair society" rather than an armed force that endangers citizens.

Our city faces racial inequalities, borne from historical injustice and brought into the spotlight by the COVID-19 pandemic, that can't be solved by policing. Stamford is intensely segregated and maintains extreme income inequality between downtown and suburbs such as North Stamford. Members of our community live without necessary services, in tight quarters, and on lean budgets, even before the pandemic stole four months of wages and counting. Thousands of us are becoming food-insecure and are at risk of eventual eviction. Essential educators are living on starvation pay while repeated and overwhelming community demands to right these glaring injustices are ignored.

The city of Stamford spends 43.42% of its Public Safety, Health, and Welfare budget [https://www.stamfordct.gov/sites/stamfordct/files/pages/fy20-21_mayors_proposed_detail_budget-v7.pdf] on Police, and reportedly only 0.0067% of the same budget on "Social Services." The money spent on the Police Department should be reallocated toward improving addiction and mental health services, providing permanent housing for our unhoused neighbors, and improving city infrastructure.

Now especially, the Board of Representatives, the Mayor, and the Board of Finance can take a stand for racial justice by supporting a significant defunding of policing and investment of these funds into black and brown communities - starting with cutting the least transparent and most harmful parts of the Stamford Police Department budget.

Racist police violence does not just happen in other cities — it happens right here in Stamford. We see it in the disproportionate imprisonment of Black people, and in the racialized inequity that is prevalent in Stamford. The City Council must stop investing in targeted criminalization and surveillance, and fund what Black and Brown communities need to be safe and healthy: COVID-19 relief, housing, healthcare, healthcare services, healing, community centers, and community-led organizations and projects.

I am looking forward to seeing the changes you make to the annual budget and the citizens of Stamford unequivocally say, Black Lives Matter.

Thank you, [YOUR NAME] [YOUR ADDRESS] [YOUR EMAIL] [YOUR PHONE NUMBER]

[shyman97]

thanks for doing this! is this ready to send out?

Le mer. 24 juin 2020 à 21:55, erinb223 notifications@github.com a écrit :

Changelog

1. Stamford City -> the City of Stamford
2. towards --> toward
3. like --> such as
4. tight-quarters --> tight quarters
5. • this before a pandemic --> even before the pandemic
6. Public Safety, Health, and Welfare budget repetition replaced with demonstrative pronoun
7. period moved inside quotation marks
8. Capitalized "The"
9. "could be better reallocated" --> "should be reallocated"
10. hyphen changed to em dash
11. Black capitalized
12. black lives matter --> Black Lives Matter

Edited Email Copy

cwinterle@stamfordct.gov MLRinaldi@stamfordct.gov tadams@stamfordct.gov maquila@stamfordCT.gov ecoleman@stamfordct.gov mcottrell@stamfordCT.gov jcurtis@stamfordct.gov vdelacruz@stamfordct.gov gdepina@stamfordCT.gov mdicostanzo@stamfordCT.gov mfedeli@stamfordCT.gov afigueroa@stamfordCT.gov cflorio@stamfordCT.gov pgiordano@stamfordCT.gov agraziosi@stamfordCT.gov jjacobson@stamfordCT.gov blee@stamfordCT.gov aliebson@stamfordct.gov blion@stamfordCT.gov dlutz@stamfordCT.gov dmahoney@stamfordCT.gov rmatherne@stamfordCT.gov jmcmullen@stamfordCT.gov bmichelson1@stamfordCT.gov lmiller1@stamfordCT.gov mmoore@stamfordCT.gov emorson@stamfordCT.gov snabel@stamfordCT.gov gpalomba@stamfordct.gov dpatterson@stamfordCT.gov tpendell@stamfordCT.gov spolicar@stamfordct.gov rpratt@stamfordCT.gov mquinones@stamfordCT.gov rroqueta@stamfordCT.gov isaftic@stamfordCT.gov nsherwood@stamfordCT.gov jstella@stamfordCT.gov asummerville@stamfordCT.gov lwallace@stamfordCT.gov dwatkins1@stamfordct.gov jzelinsky@stamfordCT.gov

My name is [YOUR NAME] and I am a resident and constituent of Stamford. I am writing to demand that the City of Stamford reduce the Stamford Police Department's budget. Stamford's needs must be addressed by the provision of care and not the threat of violence. We must invest in public and social services that build toward a "free and fair society" rather than an armed force that endangers citizens.

Our city faces racial inequalities, borne from historical injustice and brought into the spotlight by the COVID-19 pandemic, that can't be solved by policing. Stamford is intensely segregated and maintains extreme income inequality between downtown and suburbs such as North Stamford. Members of our community live without necessary services, in tight quarters, and on lean budgets, even before the pandemic stole four months of wages and counting. Thousands of us are becoming food-insecure and are at risk of eventual eviction. Essential educators are living on starvation pay while repeated and overwhelming community demands to right these glaring injustices are ignored.

The city of Stamford spends 43.42% of its Public Safety, Health, and Welfare budget [ https://www.stamfordct.gov/sites/stamfordct/files/pages/fy20-21_mayors_proposed_detail_budget-v7.pdf] on Police, and reportedly only 0.0067% of the same budget on "Social Services." The money spent on the Police Department should be reallocated toward improving addiction and mental health services, providing permanent housing for our unhoused neighbors, and improving city infrastructure.

Now especially, the Board of Representatives, the Mayor, and the Board of Finance can take a stand for racial justice by supporting a significant defunding of policing and investment of these funds into black and brown communities - starting with cutting the least transparent and most harmful parts of the Stamford Police Department budget.

Racist police violence does not just happen in other cities — it happens right here in Stamford. We see it in the disproportionate imprisonment of Black people, and in the racialized inequity that is prevalent in Stamford. The City Council must stop investing in targeted criminalization and surveillance, and fund what Black and Brown communities need to be safe and healthy: COVID-19 relief, housing, healthcare, healthcare services, healing, community centers, and community-led organizations and projects.

I am looking forward to seeing the changes you make to the annual budget and the citizens of Stamford unequivocally say, Black Lives Matter.

Thank you, [YOUR NAME] [YOUR ADDRESS] [YOUR EMAIL] [YOUR PHONE NUMBER]

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Sara Hyman

Pronouns: She/Her

Email: Sara.hyman@richmond.edu

Cell Phone: (914) 330-7557

[erinb223]

Yes, please!

On Jun 24, 2020, at 10:18 PM, shyman97 notifications@github.com wrote:

thanks for doing this! is this ready to send out?

Le mer. 24 juin 2020 à 21:55, erinb223 notifications@github.com a écrit :

Changelog

1. Stamford City -> the City of Stamford
2. towards --> toward
3. like --> such as
4. tight-quarters --> tight quarters
5. • this before a pandemic --> even before the pandemic
6. Public Safety, Health, and Welfare budget repetition replaced with demonstrative pronoun
7. period moved inside quotation marks
8. Capitalized "The"
9. "could be better reallocated" --> "should be reallocated"
10. hyphen changed to em dash
11. Black capitalized
12. black lives matter --> Black Lives Matter

Edited Email Copy

cwinterle@stamfordct.gov MLRinaldi@stamfordct.gov tadams@stamfordct.gov maquila@stamfordCT.gov ecoleman@stamfordct.gov mcottrell@stamfordCT.gov jcurtis@stamfordct.gov vdelacruz@stamfordct.gov gdepina@stamfordCT.gov mdicostanzo@stamfordCT.gov mfedeli@stamfordCT.gov afigueroa@stamfordCT.gov cflorio@stamfordCT.gov pgiordano@stamfordCT.gov agraziosi@stamfordCT.gov jjacobson@stamfordCT.gov blee@stamfordCT.gov aliebson@stamfordct.gov blion@stamfordCT.gov dlutz@stamfordCT.gov dmahoney@stamfordCT.gov rmatherne@stamfordCT.gov jmcmullen@stamfordCT.gov bmichelson1@stamfordCT.gov lmiller1@stamfordCT.gov mmoore@stamfordCT.gov emorson@stamfordCT.gov snabel@stamfordCT.gov gpalomba@stamfordct.gov dpatterson@stamfordCT.gov tpendell@stamfordCT.gov spolicar@stamfordct.gov rpratt@stamfordCT.gov mquinones@stamfordCT.gov rroqueta@stamfordCT.gov isaftic@stamfordCT.gov nsherwood@stamfordCT.gov jstella@stamfordCT.gov asummerville@stamfordCT.gov lwallace@stamfordCT.gov dwatkins1@stamfordct.gov jzelinsky@stamfordCT.gov

My name is [YOUR NAME] and I am a resident and constituent of Stamford. I am writing to demand that the City of Stamford reduce the Stamford Police Department's budget. Stamford's needs must be addressed by the provision of care and not the threat of violence. We must invest in public and social services that build toward a "free and fair society" rather than an armed force that endangers citizens.

Our city faces racial inequalities, borne from historical injustice and brought into the spotlight by the COVID-19 pandemic, that can't be solved by policing. Stamford is intensely segregated and maintains extreme income inequality between downtown and suburbs such as North Stamford. Members of our community live without necessary services, in tight quarters, and on lean budgets, even before the pandemic stole four months of wages and counting. Thousands of us are becoming food-insecure and are at risk of eventual eviction. Essential educators are living on starvation pay while repeated and overwhelming community demands to right these glaring injustices are ignored.

The city of Stamford spends 43.42% of its Public Safety, Health, and Welfare budget [ https://www.stamfordct.gov/sites/stamfordct/files/pages/fy20-21_mayors_proposed_detail_budget-v7.pdf] on Police, and reportedly only 0.0067% of the same budget on "Social Services." The money spent on the Police Department should be reallocated toward improving addiction and mental health services, providing permanent housing for our unhoused neighbors, and improving city infrastructure.

Now especially, the Board of Representatives, the Mayor, and the Board of Finance can take a stand for racial justice by supporting a significant defunding of policing and investment of these funds into black and brown communities - starting with cutting the least transparent and most harmful parts of the Stamford Police Department budget.

Racist police violence does not just happen in other cities — it happens right here in Stamford. We see it in the disproportionate imprisonment of Black people, and in the racialized inequity that is prevalent in Stamford. The City Council must stop investing in targeted criminalization and surveillance, and fund what Black and Brown communities need to be safe and healthy: COVID-19 relief, housing, healthcare, healthcare services, healing, community centers, and community-led organizations and projects.

I am looking forward to seeing the changes you make to the annual budget and the citizens of Stamford unequivocally say, Black Lives Matter.

Thank you, [YOUR NAME] [YOUR ADDRESS] [YOUR EMAIL] [YOUR PHONE NUMBER]

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Email: Sara.hyman@richmond.edu

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[Ceshion]

@shyman97 we will still need to add a template for it, but that's the last step before it's on the site and shareable :heart:

[emilyhuntsman]

on it!

[shyman97]

thanks guys!

Le sam. 27 juin 2020 à 17:25, Ceshion notifications@github.com a écrit :

Closed #1530 https://github.com/defund12/defund12.org/issues/1530 via

1726 https://github.com/defund12/defund12.org/pull/1726.

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Sara Hyman

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Email: Sara.hyman@richmond.edu

Cell Phone: (914) 330-7557