WILD Conversations: Addressing Systemic Racism in Community Safety with Andrea Brown, former Police Conduct Oversight Commission Chair

In May, following the tragic killing of George Floyd, TCDIP’s Emerging Leaders Group launched WILD, the Wanton Injustice Legal Detail. Focused on six areas of systemic racial inequality, WILD's mission is to harness the collective power of TCDIP’s membership to remedy systemic anti-Black racism in the Twin Cities by partnering with and amplifying the work of existing community organizations. Through our WILD Conversations series, TCDIP will provide opportunities for you to learn more about WILD’s six focus areas. 

Join us for the first WILD Conversations series! Starting in November, this first series will focus on how to address systemic racism in community safety and policing. We will host diverse voices on the issue to allow our community to learn more about the issues and proposed solutions. Currently, the series will feature voices from the Minnesota ACLU, Communities United Against Police Brutality, and government officials who have held positions enforcing anti-discrimination laws and policies and providing oversight of police departments. Additional speakers and dates will be added on an ongoing basis.

Interested in more events like this? Visit our full calendar and search for “WILD Conversations” to find more events in this series!

December 11, 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Andrea Brown

Andrea Brown is the former Chair of the Police Conduct Oversight Commission (PCOC) of Minneapolis where the commission focused on shaping and creating police policy, auditing police misconduct cases, and engaging the community in discussions of police procedure. Some of their work includes the MPD Body Worn Camera Policy and the Co-Responder Mental Health Crisis Program. Since leaving the PCOC Andrea has worked on legalizing marijuana legislation and consulting on police policy. Andrea received her Juris Doctor from William Mitchell College of Law . Currently Andrea is an Assistant Public Defender, in Ramsey County prior to that she was the judicial law clerk for the Honorable Judge George T. Stephenson.