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Setting Our Advocacy Agenda for 2019

Setting Our Affordable Housing Agenda for 2019 Judy Seldin-Cohen & Steve Cohen

2018 Accomplishments Affordable Housing Focus • City Council votes  Two items per meeting • Individual meetings  Mention third item + • Carolina Jews For Justice  HSN Advocacy Collaboration • Housing Justice Coalition  OneMECK • Council for Children’s Rights  DoGoodCLT = SUCCESS • $2.7MM rental subsidy  $50MM housing bond • 20% units <30% AMI  Community voice

2019 Housing Advocacy: Where to Focus? NEW

Setting Our Immigrant Justice Agenda for 2019 Barbara Randolph

2018 Accomplishments Immigrant Justice • Public awareness & education Focus • Truths, Myths, and realities + • Campaign against 287(g) contract Collaboration with ICE = • “New Sheriff in Town” rescinding SUCCESS 287(g)

2019 Immigrant Justice: Where to Focus?

Setting Our Criminal Justice Agenda for 2019 Robert Coppel & De’Angelo Dia

2018 Accomplishments Criminal Justice • Promote Public Awareness & Education Focus • Nurture Community Partnerships & Accountability + • Political Candidate Forums Collaboration • Voter Registration and Awareness = • New officials elected and greater SUCCESS awareness

Criminal Justice Congregational & Community Partnerships United Missionary Baptist Association • St. Paul Baptist Church – Friendship Missionary Baptist Church – Antioch Baptist Church – C.N. Jenkins Memorial Presbyterian Church • Little Rock A.M.E. Zion Church • Caldwell Presbyterian Church • St. Peter’s Episcopal Church • The Southern Coalition for Social Justice • The Exodus Foundation • Faith in Public Life • The Urban League of Central Carolinas •

2019 Criminal Justice Where to focus? ▪ Bail Reform ▪ Secured Bonds for Minor Non-Violent Offenses ▪ Juvenile Justice Awareness and Education: Restorative Justice or Community Safety – Collaborating with judges, district attorneys, juvenile defense attorneys, law enforcement agencies, schools and other youth service providers to determine and provide the right program for Mecklenburg County Expungement • Eliminate Solitary Confinement •

Setting Our Healthcare Justice Agenda for 2019 Dr. Susan Rucker

Health Care Justice Issues • 1 in 5 people are uninsured or underinsured – this number is increasing • Minorities are harder hit • Health care is unaffordable for most • Health care is the leading cause of bankruptcy • 1 Trillion health care dollars spent in bureaucracy

Health Care Justice Solution – Medicare 4 All A new and improved version for all • Cuts administrative costs in half • Negotiate contract savings • Savings can expand care • Cost less for 95% • Remains private health care with free choice of providers • Doctor – patient relationship • Change jobs and have coverage • Pro business

2019 Goals Health Care Justice • Education on Medicare 4 All Focus • Support HR 676 and S 1804 - Lobby • Voter Involvement and Engagement + • Student Groups • Faith Leaders Collaboration • Health Care Justice NC • Politicians • PNHP = • Number of Educational Programs Provided • New Members for Health Care Justice NC SUCCESS • Voter Registration/Voting assistance • Support from Legislators

Affordable Housing Breakout Group

Mecklenburg County BOCC Activities Goal Partners County, CMS • OneMECK • Meet w/9 • land for housing Carolina Jews • Commissioners – low cost, well- for Justice Show up at • located BOCC Meetings Diverse price • Meet with • point, integrated Team Leader developers communities Steve Cohen Social services • along w/housing

Faith in Housing Activities Partners Goal Inspire • Faith • Communicate to • congregations to organizations congregations create affordable Arts & • Create next • housing Advocacy event Developers? • Compile resource • guide? Peer group? Team Leader Judy Seldin-Cohen

Housing Justice Coalition Activities Goal Partners Hold Council • Review spending Housing Justice • • accountable to proposals against Coalition (leader) Housing Charlotte new scorecard Other members • Framework Evaluate past HTF include CJJ,, • Monitor changes in • projects WSCLT strategy affecting Show up at • affordable housing Coalition, HAND, Team Leader Council Meetings Needed

Displacement Activities Goal Partners Enable tenants to New partners – Listen to those at • • • risk of displacement remain in place people affected – QC Family Tree Create low-income by displacement, • Identify coalition • home ownership partners opportunities Team Leader Build common • Foster diverse Volunteer who is • platform connected to communities Advocate for • affected change (City? communities State?)

Charlotte City Council Activities Goal Partners Funding in 2019-20 TBD Develop platform • • • Meet with 11 City City Budget for • Council Members additional housing Show up at HAND, • for under 30% AMI Council Meetings Team Leader Volunteer needed

Federal Lobbying Activities Goal Partners Stop separation of Publish • • Raise public • children and Commentary/Blog awareness Reunification Research for • Build public • Pressure for publications • support increase to Pressure Senators • Reinforce views • refugees allowed & Representatives Solution to DACA • Team Leader

Advocacy Locally Activities Goal Partners Identify areas • Comunidad • Rapid • where our local Colectíva Response community Charlotte • needs support Women's March Action NC • Migrant • Assistant Project

Objectives for 2019 Objective II Objective I Objective III Advocate for Identify matters Encourage political constitutional affecting our local engagement and integrity, due communities and voter turnout by process, and fair build advocacy to the immigrant representation for all support. community for the immigrants residing future. in the US and for asylum seekers currently migrating to the US.