The New York City Police Department’s controversial ‘stop and frisk’ policy has brought national attention to policing practices which disproportionately affect people of color. The Sociology Department at SUNY New Paltz would like to invite faculty members, students, and community members to a:
Symposium on racial profiling and ‘stop and frisk’ policing
December 5th, 2012, 4.30pm, SUNY-New Paltz, CSB Auditorium
Reception to follow in CSB 54
Many AAUW members have joined the community read of the New Jim Crow. This symposium covers an important aspect of the Jim Crow policies. Speakers at the symposium 
will include:
will include:- Gabriel Sayegh, the State Director of Drug Policy Alliance, a national organization devoted to ending the War on Drugs.
- Chino Hardin, a community organizer from the Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives, based in Brooklyn, who have been active in fighting New York’s stop and frisk laws.
- Alfredo Carrasquillo, an organizer from VOCAL-NY, a statewide grassroots organization which builds power among low-income people affected by HIV/AIDS, the drug war and mass incarceration to create healthy and just communities.
- Andrew Kossover, the head of the Ulster County Public Defender’s Office, has also agreed to come to the event to speak about the local implications of stop and frisk.
This event is co-sponsored by the Black Studies department, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Department, the Student Association, the Black Student Union, the SUNY New Paltz Amnesty International chapter, and Students for a Sensible Drug Policy.