Training for civil rights defense

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Kim Brooks Wei <kimi () kimbwei com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:20:40 -0400
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Training for civil rights defense

Professor Farber,

I promised these people I'd send this information on to you.

I believe the NJ Civil Rights Defense Committee is doing important
work in empowering American residents at risk of being locked up in
DHS detention centers indefinitely, by teaching members of high-risk
communities how to protect the civil rights of people who have been
detained.

Kim

The purpose of the training is to teach individuals how to "Become a
Witness" to Defend Civil Rights.

This training may be of particular interest to members of the Arabic
and Latino communities. You may know people interested in
participating in this training workshop. It is free and no
registration is required.

The workshop is being offered by the NJ Civil Rights Defense Committee.
Their contact info is as follows:
website is <http://www.nj-civilrights.org>http://www.nj-civilrights.org
email:  njcrdc () nwunj org
cellphone: 646-247-3238

The training takes place at Rutgers Law School in Newark, NJ.

Arabic communities have received a great deal of negative attention
in the months following the WTC tragedy on September 11. However,
other communities have been affected as well.

Members of the NJ Civil Rights Defense Committee visit the DHS prison
population. The majority of people in DHS detention in New Jersey are
Hispanics.

Ashcroft made public a statement 3 weeks ago stating that any
immigrant without proper papers will be detained indefinitely. The
NJCRDC is concerned that the number of detainees will continue to
rise.

 From another source, I heard that in Miami yesterday, a large number
of residents were detained by the DHS.

Men of 25 countries were made to register with the INS recently,
which has been renamed to the Department of Homeland Security. The
DHS has stated that 13,000 of those people with legal documentation
to reside in the US who registered will soon be deported from the US.
They have been judged by the DHS to be linked with terrorist
activities.

Under the US Patriot Act, no evidence is required to accuse any
individual of terrorist activities, detentions are not open to public
scrutiny and trials deciding on the fate of individuals accused of
terrorism is not held in open courtrooms.

Directions to the Civil Rights Training Workshop:
Route 280 into Newark
Take exit 14 onto Martin Luther King Boulevard, heading south
Follow signs to Newark Rutgers
Turn left on Washington Street
Look for Law School

Saturday, June 21st
11 am - 1 pm
Newark Rutgers Law School
(123 Washington Street) Room 20


Please forward this notice to any interested persons.

All best,

Kimi




OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE ABOUT WORKSHOP:

Activist Training to become part of the Emergency Response System

  Stop the Disappearances by responding immediately to detentions and
harassment with legal and community support!
Document and record information about the FBI and DHS intervention in
immigrant communities.
Release information to the mainstream and alternative media to build
broad community awareness and support about the attacks on immigrants
and civil righs!

Saturday, June 21st at the Newark Rutgers Law School (123 Washington
Street) Room 20.
11 am - 1 pm

The last training was discussing the project with immigration,
criminal and civil rights attorneys.  Now we have an activist plan in
place and are ready to roll!

We will take you step-by-step through the Emergency Response System
both for people working the phones and going out into the community
as witnesses.  We will do role playing and provide you with legally
approved scripts to handle all the situations that might arise.

We will be setting up schedules and implementing the system.  You
will leave this meeting ready to become a member of the NJ Civil
Rights Defense Committee Emergency Response System.

Don't miss this meeting!!

The Emergency Response System is a project of the NJ Civil Rights
Defense Committee and Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) -
NJ.  For more information contact the NJ Civil Rights Defense
Committee at 646-247-3238 or
<mailto:njcrdc () nwunj org>njcrdc () nwunj org or go to our website at
<http://www.nj-civilrights.org>http://www.nj-civilrights.org



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Kim Brooks Wei
www.kimbwei.com
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P O Box 626
Fair Lawn
NJ  07410
V 201.475.1854
mailto:kimi () kimbwei com


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