Welcome to the Community Wellness and Solidarity page. This group is a project of the UC-IMC which aims to convene the community to discuss problems and recommend solutions to increase community safety and wellness in ways that center on impacted residents, are trauma-informed and are guided by race, gender, and class equity.

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Check out the Community Solidarity Blog - www.ucimc.org/commsol_blog

City of Urbana Alternative Response Taskforce will be run by LEAP (Law Enforcement Action Partnership) 

Community Solidarity and otheres have advocated for an alternative response to non-criminal/non-violent emergency calls for service. In response, the City of Urbana has convened a Taskforce of local experts facilitated by a consultant with expertise in this area. They are exploring what types of calls (conflict resolution/mental health/etc) are the highest need and designing an approach to implementing a program. City of Urbana's page about alternative response.  

Surveillance Oversight Ordinance

The City of Urbana has passed an ordinance that would require surveillance technology to go through a public review process and approval by City Council. Community Solidarity members have consistently supported this legislation and encourage other local jurisdictions to pass similar measures. 

Here are a few reasons this is especially critical: 

ALPRs are Being Used to Track Women Receiving Healthcare in Illinois

ALPRs are Being Used to Help ICE in Illinois

The University of Illinois Real Time Information Center proposes to leverage 3,000 cameras, artificial intelligence, a wide array of surveillance tools, and social media monitoring of “public sentiment” to undertake warrant-less mass surveillance in our community. 

By bringing our voices together we can shape the decisions that affect our lives.