<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Many of you may know Chuck Warpekowkis formerly of ICPJ and now one of the program directors of</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Michigan Collaboration to End Mass Incarceration (Mi-Cemi). Please see his flyers and information about the</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">event. Many of our wonderful criminal justice reform organizations will be there I hope some of you</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">might be able to come. But for now I would like to know if we'd be willing to be one of the</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">endorse the event. It would mean just putting our logo onto the flyer and I would then make sure</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">it gets into the newsletter of UUAA. And Danny Jones who is another of the coordinators of Mi-Cemi</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">will be coming to our congregation on October 17th to speak at a forum .... more on that later.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">Do you vote yes/no to endorse?</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Carolyn</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><i>Carolyn G. Madden</i><br><br><div><h1 style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(24,24,24);font-weight:normal;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif;line-height:21px">“People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do.” <i>Dorothy Day</i></h1></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:10pt"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:10pt"><br></div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Chuck Warpehoski</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:chuckw@mi-cemi.org">chuckw@mi-cemi.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 3:31 PM<br>Subject: Re: Rally October 14 END MASS INCARCERATION<br>To: Carolyn Madden <<a href="mailto:cgmadden@gmail.com">cgmadden@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Carolyn,<div><br></div><div>I will save you the back story on why getting a revised flyer took so long--you've been in enough coalition work to understand :)</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, here's the details of the Oct 14 rally. Would love to have LWV, the UUs, FORJ, etc endorse.</div><div><br></div><div>-Chuck</div><div><br></div><div><div>There's a rally planned for Lansing on October 14, and I'm hoping your organization is willing to endorse and help promote it.</div><div><br></div><div><b>When and Where is the Rally? </b>The rally is at the Michigan Capitol Building on the East Lawn on Thursday, October 14, 12-3pm.</div><div><br></div><div><b>What is the rally for? </b>The rally is to support 2nd look legislation (details here from The<a href="https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/a-second-look-at-injustice/" target="_blank"> Sentencing Project</a>). Prison sentences in Michigan have gotten longer and longer, even though even the <a href="https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/five-things-about-deterrence" target="_blank">Department of Justice</a> says these policies don't deter crime. </div><div><br></div><div>Second Look legislation creates a pathway for sentencing judges to review cases to evaluate if people who have been in prison for 10 years or longer are a danger to the community. </div><div><br></div><div><b>How do I endorse?</b> Endorse the rally at <a href="https://bit.ly/RallyEndorsement" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/RallyEndorsement</a> . Endorsing organizations are also welcome to table at the event--just let us know you're coming on the form and bring your own table.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Who is organizing the rally?</b> The rally is organized by a broad coalition of state and national organizations, including: </div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength (MOSES)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration (MI-CEMI)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Michigan Conference United Church of Christ</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Michigan Justice Advocacy (MJA)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Nation Outside (NO)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">National Lifers of America, Inc. (NLA)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Northridge Church</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Notes from the Village</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Open MI Door</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Safe & Just Michigan (SJM)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">State Appellate Defenders Office (SADO)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">The Adolescent Redemption Project (TARP)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">The Sentencing Project</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Voting Access for All Coalition (VAAC)</li></ul></div><div><b>Where can I find out more? </b></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Download the flier (<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-_pda0p2z2tzaO4yaIb61yBb-JPA-Q1H/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">PDF</a> | <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10RB1EZ3KZlGK_IHoJW4KP-ZFYaFZUA27/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">PNG front</a> | <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F6ZMJQVti26z3ANRgZDxYuGpmWlIAkuY/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">PNG back</a>)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Check out the <a href="https://bit.ly/SecondLookRally" target="_blank">web page</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/SecondLookRally" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/SecondLookRally</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Visit the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1257002084748167" target="_blank">Facebook Event</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Email <a href="mailto:mail@mi-cemi.org" target="_blank">mail@mi-cemi.org</a> for more information</li></ul><div><b>How can I spread the word:</b></div></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Announce the rally in your email newsletter (<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-_pda0p2z2tzaO4yaIb61yBb-JPA-Q1H/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">PDF</a> | <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10RB1EZ3KZlGK_IHoJW4KP-ZFYaFZUA27/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">PNG front</a> | <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F6ZMJQVti26z3ANRgZDxYuGpmWlIAkuY/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">PNG back</a>)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Share the event on your social media</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Tell your friends</li></ul><div>Thanks so much! I hope to see you in Lansing!</div></div><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>-Chuck</div></font></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 6:03 PM Chuck Warpehoski <<a href="mailto:chuckw@mi-cemi.org" target="_blank">chuckw@mi-cemi.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Carolyn,</div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br><br><div><h1 style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(24,24,24);font-weight:normal;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif;line-height:21px">“People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do.” <i>Dorothy Day</i></h1></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:10pt"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:10pt"><br></div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b>Chuck Warpehoski (he/him)</b><div>Program Director</div><div><a href="https://michigancollaborative.org/" target="_blank">Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration</a></div><div>c: 734-972-8304</div><div><a href="mailto:chuckw@mi-cemi.org" target="_blank">chuckw@mi-cemi.org</a></div><div>T: @mi_cemi @ChuckWarp</div><div>F: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/MICHCEMI/" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/MICHCEMI/</a></div><div><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=142-OcP8wkjGnN7lyPzhC50IoHQJwf4ev&export=download" width="96" height="96"><br></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b>Chuck Warpehoski (he/him)</b><div>Program Director</div><div><a href="https://michigancollaborative.org/" target="_blank">Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration</a></div><div>c: 734-972-8304</div><div><a href="mailto:chuckw@mi-cemi.org" target="_blank">chuckw@mi-cemi.org</a></div><div>T: @mi_cemi @ChuckWarp</div><div>F: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/MICHCEMI/" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/MICHCEMI/</a></div><div><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=142-OcP8wkjGnN7lyPzhC50IoHQJwf4ev&export=download" width="96" height="96"><br></div></div></div>
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