baltimore email template

[poochiepee]

email: eric.costello@baltimorecity.gov

template:

[Dear Eric T. Costello,

My name is (NAME) and I am a Baltimore resident. In the midst of this pandemic and public outcry against police brutality, it feels more inappropriate than ever to propose increases to the BPD budget from $530 Million to $545 million. I urge you to ethically reallocate the Baltimore City Expense Budget, divesting interest in the BPD, and investing social services and education programs, effective at the beginning of FY 2021. Investment in programs such as the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, Baltimore Children and Youth Fund, Safe Streets Baltimore, the Office of Employment and Development, or the Department of Health, shows our commitment to communities and the vision that all Baltimore residents deserve to thrive. Historically, the city government has spent far more on police than on public health, homeless services, youth services, and other vital agencies. It’s time to defund the BPD’s harmful expansion into homeless services, schools, youth services, mental health, and other social services where police don’t belong. It’s time to protect investments in human services, the social safety net, and racial and economic justice. I am writing to insist that the upcoming BBMR budget hearings for FY 2021 reflect the voices and needs of Baltimore’s citizens. I am asking that city officials lobby intense care, attention and effort towards finding sustainable, longterm change.

Thank you, (Name) June 4, 2020]

[emilyhuntsman]

on it! Do you mind if we also add in the city council as recipients? PR #283

[poochiepee]

no not at all here is a page with all their contact.

http://www.baltimorecitycouncil.com/council-members

also important to not i did not make this template, anna krooks (@annay2k) made it.

Thank you for all the work you are doing.

Patrick

On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 2:42 PM emilyhuntsman notifications@github.com wrote:

on it! Do you mind if we also add in the city council as recipients?

— You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub https://github.com/teddywilson/defund12.org/issues/273#issuecomment-639698735, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AP3JB2EPUS3KY46H3Q3RZ2DRVE4ALANCNFSM4NUY3NDA .

[rianciela]

Hi, could you also add a second template that is specifically for State Senators and State Delegates? Some of the City Council members have said that even the Mayor has limited capacity to make transformational changes to BPD because it is a State Agency. They've urged us to contact State reps and urge them to support transformational change as well as give local control of the BPD.

Here is a website that helps people quickly find who their state senators and reps are: http://mdelect.net/

And here is a template for emailing them:

Subject: Support Local Control of the Baltimore Police Department

Dear [STATE SENATOR OR DELEGATE],

My name is [YOUR NAME] and I am a Baltimore resident. I am one of many Baltimore City residents urging our City Council members and Mayor Jack Young to ethically reallocate the Baltimore City Expense Budget. We are asking our elected officials to divest interest in the BPD, and invest in social services and education programs, effective at the beginning of FY 2021. We have seen clearly from experience, and from all current research, that armed police do not reduce crime and poverty, and in many instances increase crime and violence by perpetuating cycles and perpetrating violence themselves. Several City Council members have already made it clear that they stand with the residents of Baltimore City on this and plan to vote in favor of these types of changes in next week's budget hearings. They have also made us aware of the fact that the Baltimore Police Department is not locally controlled by the City Council as it is a State Agency. Because of this, Baltimore City Government only has so much ability to implement change.

So I am reaching out to you today to urge you to support the residents of Baltimore City in our efforts. We have had enough of the violent approach to "controlling" poverty and crime and are ready to completely re-imagine what community safety looks like. Investment in programs such as the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, Baltimore Children and Youth Fund, Safe Streets Baltimore, the Office of Employment and Development, or the Department of Health, shows our commitment to communities and the vision that all Baltimore residents deserve to thrive. It’s time to defund the BPD’s harmful expansion into homeless services, schools, youth services, mental health, and other social services where police don’t belong. It’s time to increase investments in human services, the social safety net, and racial and economic justice.

We ask that you support us in our effort towards finding sustainable, long term change by giving control of BPD to Baltimore's local government and in any other ways you can. It is time for change and we know we can build a better future based on restorative justice and healing.

Thank you, [YOUR NAME] [YOU ADDRESS] [YOUR PHONE #] [DATE]

[emilyhuntsman]

Do you only want this sent to the two MD senators? If not, who else would you want to see it sent to? It would be helpful if you could compile a list. I can input the rest of it in the meantime!

[rianciela]

This is written for State Senators and Delegates of the MD State Legislature -- so people could use the link I gave above to figure out who their state senator and delegates are for their particular district -- or could just do all of them together. Here is the list of them all together, thanks!

antonio.hayes@senate.state.md.us, jill.carter@senate.state.md.us, mary.washington@senate.state.md.us, cory.mccray@senate.state.md.us, bill.ferguson@senate.state.md.us, charles.sydnor@senate.state.md.us, frank.conaway@house.state.md.us, nick.mosby@house.state.md.us, melissa.wells@house.state.md.us, dalya.attar@house.state.md.us, tony.bridges@house.state.md.us, samuel.rosenberg@house.state.md.us, curt.anderson@house.state.md.us, regina.boyce@house.state.md.us, maggie.mcintosh@house.state.md.us, keith.haynes@house.state.md.us, chanel.branch@house.state.md.us, talmadge.branch@house.state.md.us, stephanie.smith@house.state.md.us, luke.clippinger@house.state.md.us, robbyn.lewis@house.state.md.us, brooke.lierman@house.state.md.us,