Believe in Nevada Virtual Meeting Notes: 07-14-2020

MEETING DATE: 07-14-2020 START TIME: 5:30pm END TIME: 6:30pm PARTICIPANTS: Paula, Audrey, Lee, Kaitlin, Kyle

This was our first try at a digital meeting. Although the turn-out was low, the functionality of Jitsi has been confirmed to be secure and easy to use.

DEFUND THE POLICE: Look up Sparks Mayor and their re-election timeline.

Use social media, mail-in, and email to send letters to

Kyle to share article about Sparks City Council Meeting Look into fair vote // Nevadans for Fair Elections

LOCAL LAW/KEY PLAYERS:

Lee and Becky are working on compiling a list on who to contact locally to send letters to push for our communities to defund the police. Hawah Ahmad is working on this too and is focused on getting people to the protests in Carson City every Saturday.

PRESSURE POLICE UNIONS:

REMOVE ICE:

Project Unity Social Media Protest to continue

JUSTICE FOR MICIAH LEE:

Unreleased body cam footage available to review. Officer Hammerstone's Body Worn Camera footage - available to any Believe in Nevada member who requests it. The file is 432mb, so we will send it on an as-requested basis.

VISUAL PROTESTS: Community service + visual protest

Do a ride along with your local police department? Build rapport; try to influence positive behavior through personal engagement.

ART:

Natalie is hoping to meet this Friday at 5 p.m. to discuss the murals

COMMUNICATIONS:

Resources to share: Audrey will share protest events she’s seeing to include in the meeting notes.

Patriot Act: Eliminate Plurality Voting and Replace it with Rank-Choice Voting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MykMQfmLIro Sparks Mayor Comes Out Strong Against Defunding the Police https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2020/07/14/miciah-lee-shooting-police-defended-sparks-mayor-public-calls-reform/5432406002/

GENERAL DISCUSSION:

Try to connect with UNR (Health department, mental health ride-alongs and expand the social workers police ride-along program - MOST) and student clubs. Try to get funding to MOST program instead of police.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

NEXT STEPS/ACTION ITEMS: