NYCLU Annual Meeting: Candis Tollver on NYPD Reform

Candis Tolliver from the NYCLU & Communities United for Police Reform describes the campaign for reform of the NYC police department. This was taped on June 4, 2014 at the Downtown United Presbyterian Church in Rochester, NY.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Candis Tolliver
Assistant Advocacy Director of Organizing, NYCLU
"How We Changed the NYPD: Building a Coalition for Police Reform and Racial Justice"
Q&A to follow

BIO: As assistant advocacy director for organizing, Candis Tolliver oversees the NYCLU’s organizing efforts in New York City and manages the NYCLU’s statewide organizing portfolio, which includes supporting the work and professional development of the NYCLU’s organizers. With a special focus on racial justice and police reform campaigns, she helps to build and maintain coalitions with grassroots groups and advocacy organizations around civil liberties and civil rights issues. Tolliver leads the NYCLU’s police reform organizing efforts and is heavily involved in all public education and advocacy activities related to building support in New York City for a more just and humane policing paradigm. She also leads the NYCLU’s work with the Communities United for Police Reform campaign where she co-chairs both the policy working group and the executive committee. Tolliver is also the primary presenter of the NYCLU’s Know Your Rights with Police workshops.

SEE CANDIS SPEAK ON STOP-AND-FRISK:
http://bit.ly/candisarise