SCLC Jacksonville Florida
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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National SCLC Headquarters (click for more information) Nonviolence Is the Essential Idea Free Aqeel W. Baruti (click for more information) I urge all friends of SCLC to help support the effort to produce 904. Frank Goodin is a former student of mine. Both Dr. Gray and I will be part of the documentary, so the SCLC postion will be front and center. An ACLU report on the failure of the United States to comply with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
=== Current Issues 1) Violence in Jacksonville SCLC has repeatedly offered assistance to Mayor Peyton on the problems of violence in Jacksonville. To date he has refused our assistance. National SCLC has a global record of peace and reconciliation work. More information
2) SCLC Gas Boycott (click for YouTube video) 3) Martin Luther King Breakfast SCLC is still excluded from the Annual King Breakfast sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. We have had several conversations with the Chamber and a meeting is planned for mid-August to include SCLC, NAACP, the Urban League and the City of Jacksonville. We will keep you posted.
4) Candidacy of Dr. Regina Young for the Florida Legislature (click for Florida Times Union article) SCLC member Dr. Regina Young is fighting against traditional Florida politics of repression and exclusion to gain access to the ballot. More Information The Sentencing Project estimates that "5.3 million Americans are denied the right to vote because of laws that prohibit voting by people with felony convictions. This fundamental obstacle to participation in democratic life is exacerbated by racial disparities in the criminal justice system, resulting in an estimated 13% of Black men unable to vote." These ex-felons pay taxes, but cannot vote.
Gov. Charlie Crist signed an order last year that automatically restored the right to vote for some nonviolent offenders, individuals who have completed their sentences and probation and paid victim restitution. More than 150,000 former felons in Florida are eligible to cast ballots in this year's elections, but most of them may not even know their rights have been restored, according to state parole commission officials. More information SCLC has held discussions with a number of persons regarding the possibility of recalling the mayor. We will keep you posted.
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