we actually did it, the councils and the county board finally committed to the budget freeze weve been fighting for since day one. none of this happens without all 407 of you stepping up to demand better for our community. take a minute to celebrate this win but keep your …
August 28, 2020
Final supporters
We work locally to share stories, hold our elected officials accountable, and demand justice in the systems that uphold racism right here in Bloomington-Normal. We are encouraged and inspired by the amount of people we’ve seen come out to stand up for Black lives in the past few weeks. Dismantling systemic racism isn’t something that can be done in a matter of days, but requires sustained and continued work. We’ve created these demands to guide us and our collective as we continue to fight for justice and equity in Blono. Sign on to the 5 local Black Lives Matter demands created for our community, by our community:
- Defund policing
- Black Lives Matter Blono calls on the Bloomington City Council, Normal Town Council, and the McLean County Board to publicly commit to never again increasing policing budgets.
- Decrease the overall policing budgets by 50% by 2023.
- Black Lives Matter Blono calls on the Bloomington Police Department, Normal Police Department, and the McLean Sheriff’s Department to publicly commit to not offering paid leave for misconduct.
- BLM Blono calls on all public and private institutions, including all governing bodies and universities, as well as State Farm and other businesses, to completely divest, both financially and politically, from any connection to the prison industrial complex.
- Black Lives Matter Blono calls on the Bloomington City Council, Normal Town Council, and the McLean County Board to publicly commit to never again increasing policing budgets.
- Invest in initiatives to ensure the survival and success of black people
- Black Lives Matter Blono calls for the reinvestment of funds into preventive, supportive, and restorative social services. For example, create a re-entry program for incarcerated people in McLean County, support substance abuse programs, and invest in mental health.
- The use of these funds should be transparent and include input from a diverse group of community members.
- Police free and anti-racist schools
- K12
- Black Lives Matter Blono calls on District 87, Unit 5, and the Regional Alternative School to sever contracts with BPD, NPD, and ISU PD and eliminate police officers from our schools and invest that money into Black counselors and to incentivize Black educators.
- We call on District 87 and Unit 5 to require a Black history class that focuses on the intersection of underrepresented, marginalized, and oppressed groups.
- Require cultural sensitivity/diversity/equity training for all employees.
- Higher Education
- Black Lives Matter Blono calls on Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University, and Heartland Community College to sever ties and contracts with BPD, NPD, ISU PD, and the McLean County Sheriff’s Department.
- Require cultural sensitivity/diversity/equity training for all incoming faculty and staff at ISU, IWU, and HCC.
- K12
- End profiteering from incarceration
- End cash bail
- BLM Blono calls on the State’s Attorney to eliminate the use of cash bond in McLean County.
- We call on the Sheriff and all public officials to denounce the use of cash bail.
- We call on the McLean County Board to stop profiting off of the McLean County jail.
- Sever contracts that make profit off of people who are incarcerated.
- End cash bail
- Expand access to vote
- BLM Blono calls on the County Clerk to expand access to voting with more access to early voting options, mail in options, and voter education.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 20, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
June 19, 2020
June 18, 2020
we are getting so close to that first hundred mark and honestly it feels great to see this momentum building. keep pushing this out to everyone you know so we can hit that number and really get their attention at the next council meeting.
June 18, 2020
we are almost at 250 signatures and it would be huge to cross that mark today. please send this link to a few people who might not have seen it yet so we can keep the momentum going.
50 Comments
I support everything on this list, with the hope that a thorough review of police budgets by a civilian committee would result in a line-item budget defunding process. A 50% defunding goal feels symbolic--I would rather carefully choose items that would achieve our goals even if that resulted in a 35% reduction instead of a 50%.
Reimagine policing! We don't need to be paying all these cops. Let's provide training and support to the many officers who will need to find a different line of work.
I support the defunding of police in Bloomington to allocate funds to other vital programs, resources, and organizations in the community that fairly treat and benefit BIPOC, the socioeconomically disadvantaged, and other diverse populations.
Not sure about the 50% cut or some other percentage due to lack of knowlwedge of BloNo PDs budgets and what they are spent on. But a valid reivew and assessment that we all can trust must be made. I suggest that BLM BloNo consider
That anyone profits off people being incarcerated is nothing less than a new Jim Crow, and at worst is the continuation of slavery. I demand these changes happen.
ACAB + BLM
Good luck, Hope you Remember Presidential candidate Joe Biden’s famous quote "If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you Ain't Black," translation, If You Don’t Vote for Me, ‘You Ain’t Black’, So you “Ain’t” Black if you Vote for Trump? That’s embarrassing and a slap in the face to all Black voters. Think about that Before You Vote, and again Joe continues with another racist quote, “The reason I was able to stay sequestered in my home was because some Black woman was able to stock the grocery shelf.” What a shame. Then he also said, in 1977, that non-"orderly" racial integration policies would cause his children to "grow up in a Racial Jungle." Question: Why are Black Americans giving the Bigoted, Racist Joe Biden a pass, and accepting his racist comments? Why?
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we actually did it, the councils and the county board finally committed to the budget freeze weve been fighting for since day one. none of this happens without all 407 of you stepping up to demand better for our community. take a minute to celebrate this win but keep your …
August 28, 2020
Final supporters
We work locally to share stories, hold our elected officials accountable, and demand justice in the systems that uphold racism right here in Bloomington-Normal. We are encouraged and inspired by the amount of people we’ve seen come out to stand up for Black lives in the past few weeks. Dismantling systemic racism isn’t something that can be done in a matter of days, but requires sustained and continued work. We’ve created these demands to guide us and our collective as we continue to fight for justice and equity in Blono. Sign on to the 5 local Black Lives Matter demands created for our community, by our community:
- Defund policing
- Black Lives Matter Blono calls on the Bloomington City Council, Normal Town Council, and the McLean County Board to publicly commit to never again increasing policing budgets.
- Decrease the overall policing budgets by 50% by 2023.
- Black Lives Matter Blono calls on the Bloomington Police Department, Normal Police Department, and the McLean Sheriff’s Department to publicly commit to not offering paid leave for misconduct.
- BLM Blono calls on all public and private institutions, including all governing bodies and universities, as well as State Farm and other businesses, to completely divest, both financially and politically, from any connection to the prison industrial complex.
- Black Lives Matter Blono calls on the Bloomington City Council, Normal Town Council, and the McLean County Board to publicly commit to never again increasing policing budgets.
- Invest in initiatives to ensure the survival and success of black people
- Black Lives Matter Blono calls for the reinvestment of funds into preventive, supportive, and restorative social services. For example, create a re-entry program for incarcerated people in McLean County, support substance abuse programs, and invest in mental health.
- The use of these funds should be transparent and include input from a diverse group of community members.
- Police free and anti-racist schools
- K12
- Black Lives Matter Blono calls on District 87, Unit 5, and the Regional Alternative School to sever contracts with BPD, NPD, and ISU PD and eliminate police officers from our schools and invest that money into Black counselors and to incentivize Black educators.
- We call on District 87 and Unit 5 to require a Black history class that focuses on the intersection of underrepresented, marginalized, and oppressed groups.
- Require cultural sensitivity/diversity/equity training for all employees.
- Higher Education
- Black Lives Matter Blono calls on Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University, and Heartland Community College to sever ties and contracts with BPD, NPD, ISU PD, and the McLean County Sheriff’s Department.
- Require cultural sensitivity/diversity/equity training for all incoming faculty and staff at ISU, IWU, and HCC.
- K12
- End profiteering from incarceration
- End cash bail
- BLM Blono calls on the State’s Attorney to eliminate the use of cash bond in McLean County.
- We call on the Sheriff and all public officials to denounce the use of cash bail.
- We call on the McLean County Board to stop profiting off of the McLean County jail.
- Sever contracts that make profit off of people who are incarcerated.
- End cash bail
- Expand access to vote
- BLM Blono calls on the County Clerk to expand access to voting with more access to early voting options, mail in options, and voter education.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 20, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
June 19, 2020
June 18, 2020
we are getting so close to that first hundred mark and honestly it feels great to see this momentum building. keep pushing this out to everyone you know so we can hit that number and really get their attention at the next council meeting.
June 18, 2020
we are almost at 250 signatures and it would be huge to cross that mark today. please send this link to a few people who might not have seen it yet so we can keep the momentum going.
50 Comments
Literally so many cops out there for no reason. Paid over a thousand dollars on police in my one semester at Illinois state university for only speeding and a little weed.
I support everything on this list, with the hope that a thorough review of police budgets by a civilian committee would result in a line-item budget defunding process. A 50% defunding goal feels symbolic--I would rather carefully choose items that would achieve our goals even if that resulted in a 35% reduction instead of a 50%.
Reimagine policing! We don't need to be paying all these cops. Let's provide training and support to the many officers who will need to find a different line of work.
I support the defunding of police in Bloomington to allocate funds to other vital programs, resources, and organizations in the community that fairly treat and benefit BIPOC, the socioeconomically disadvantaged, and other diverse populations.
Not sure about the 50% cut or some other percentage due to lack of knowlwedge of BloNo PDs budgets and what they are spent on. But a valid reivew and assessment that we all can trust must be made. I suggest that BLM BloNo consider
That anyone profits off people being incarcerated is nothing less than a new Jim Crow, and at worst is the continuation of slavery. I demand these changes happen.
ACAB + BLM
Good luck, Hope you Remember Presidential candidate Joe Biden’s famous quote "If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you Ain't Black," translation, If You Don’t Vote for Me, ‘You Ain’t Black’, So you “Ain’t” Black if you Vote for Trump? That’s embarrassing and a slap in the face to all Black voters. Think about that Before You Vote, and again Joe continues with another racist quote, “The reason I was able to stay sequestered in my home was because some Black woman was able to stock the grocery shelf.” What a shame. Then he also said, in 1977, that non-"orderly" racial integration policies would cause his children to "grow up in a Racial Jungle." Question: Why are Black Americans giving the Bigoted, Racist Joe Biden a pass, and accepting his racist comments? Why?
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Literally so many cops out there for no reason. Paid over a thousand dollars on police in my one semester at Illinois state university for only speeding and a little weed.