The city of Minneapolis has opportunity to have Federal Mediation Between its Police Department and the community. Two different groups of community representatives have had contact with the city regarding Federal Mediation.
One group called the Ministerial Alliance contacted the city back in February of this year about Mediation. Their efforts for various reasons were not carried out and they are currently not recognized by the federal government as the communities' mediation team. The other group named the Community Negotiating Team was formed at a community meeting. 80 community members attended this meeting; they elected the CNT to represent the community in Federal Mediation. This left the community with two legitimate groups of representatives. The ministerial Alliance is willing to merge with the CNT and become a mediation team that is respected and recognized by the community as a whole. The CNT however has declined to merge. This action by the CNT has mediation for the city of Minneapolis in serious jeopardy. The process is voluntary and the city may pull out at any time. The city has said that it is committed to assuring that the entire community respects and recognizes the community negotiating team. If they are not, mediation will not happen. The merged team of representatives would be comprised of the African American, Somali, Latino/Hispanic, Asian, Native American, GLBT, African Immigrant, Community Service Organizations and Clergy. The total number of this team would be 18. My question is this, who thinks that the two mediation teams should merge and become one team that the Federal mediator recognizes as the communities negotiating team? Who supports such a merger? Zachary Metoyer 8th ward Minneapolis Resident _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
