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New Focus On Committee Of Champaign Police and African-Americans After Teen Shooting
Story air date: Thursday, November 19, 2009
A committee working for better relations between the Champaign police and the African-American community is scheduled to meet Thursday (November 19th) at 3 PM, at the Douglass Community Center. After a decade of regular meetings, the Champaign Community and Police Partnership is getting more attention, following last month’s shooting death of 15 year old Kiwane Carrington during a police confrontation. AM 580’s Jim Meadows reports on the group, known as “C-Cap” for short:
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government • Champaign • race/ethnicityCitizens Demand Answers, Action after Champaign Police Shooting
Story air date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
It wasn’t on the agenda, but the October 9th shooting death of Kiwane Carrington in a confrontation with police was the major topic at Tuesday night’s Champaign City Council meeting. Council members heard some three hours of comments from a skeptical and sometimes angry public. AM 580’s Jim Meadows reports.
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civil rights • crime • government • Champaign • race/ethnicityTent City Supporters Look for a New Home; Champaign's Not So Sure
Story air date: Monday, July 27, 2009
The Safe Haven Tent Community will leave the back yard of the St. Jude Catholic Worker House by the end of July. But Safe Haven and its supporters hope to convince Champaign city officials that semi-permanent housing is better than no housing at all --- and that they should be allowed to stay somewhere in the city. AM 580’s Jim Meadows reports.
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civil rights • community life • government • Champaign • Urbana • urban planningWork Begins at Former Goal Gasification Site in Champaign
Story air date: Tuesday, June 09, 2009
A neighborhood in east Champaign is about see the long-awaited cleanup of a former manufactured gas plant get underway. Residents in the area contend that that work will not only stop short of what’s necessary… but say part of the problem is the city’s fault.
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environment • government • Champaign • healthAfter the Gateway Studios Evictions: What About Next Time?
Story air date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Last week’s sudden closure of a residential hotel in Champaign forced dozens of people to look for a place to live on short notice. It also forced the City of Champaign into action – not just to condemn the Gateway Studios for lack of utilities, but to help arrange housing for those residents, most of them low-income. Housing advocates see the evictions – and a similar incident at the Autumn Glen apartment Complex in Rantoul – to call for changes in housing policy in Champaign and Urbana. Former Urbana alderman Danielle Chynoweth has brought a proposal to the Champaign and Urbana city councils to offer cash assistance for relocation to people left homeless by condemnation – the landlord would be held responsible for that money. She spoke with AM 580's Tom Rogers.
The head of Champaign’s Neighborhood Services department, Kevin Jackson, told AM 580’s Jim Meadows last week that while rental help is available from agencies, some of it is based on the applicant’s background. Jackson says the city is open to discussion on permanent policy changes.
