AEU Shared Platform - Understanding "Defund the Police" with Alex Vitale

You’ve likely heard the calls for defunding the police, during this summer’s demonstrations against police killings.  You may agree and wonder how we could get there, or you may think that defunding goes too far, or you may just wonder what it means.  Whatever your reaction, here’s a chance to find out more

Alex Vitale, Sociology Dept. Brooklyn College. Professor Vitale, who teaches in the Department of Sociology at Brooklyn College and has researched and written about the future of policing for 30 years, will explain the “defund the police” movement and its relationship to the long struggle for racial and economic justice.

Sponsored by Riverdale Yonkers Eth. Society

How to Participate

On Android, iOS, Windows, Mac

• Zoom login link:
•      go first to   https://www.rysec.org/event/defund-police/ 
•      then scroll down and find link that says "Join zoom meeting"
• Or start your app and enter the Meeting ID: 718 548 4445