A few picks from AFSC staff this week:
Will The Ferguson Commission’s Final Report Just Collect Dust On A Shelf? via Huffington Post
On Sept. 9, a 16-member group is having its final meeting, and it will turn in its final report to Nixon by the end of the year. But if history proves true, it’s likely the report will go relatively unnoticed and not effect any major change in the community.
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration via The Atlantic
American Politicians are now eager to disown a failed criminal-justice system that’s left the U.S. with the largest incarcerated population in the world. But they’ve failed to reckon with history. Fifty years after Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s report “The Negro Family” tragically helped create this system, it’s time to reclaim his original intent.
Community Groups Work to Provide Emergency Medical Alternatives, Separate From Police via Truthout
US communities are experimenting with alternative emergency, first-response models that aim to minimize contact with the police.
