WILD Conversations: Addressing Systemic Racism in Community Safety with Truth Maze from Reclaim the Block

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. 

This first WILD Conversation 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! Our WILD Conversation series is open to the public.

February 26, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Sheila Nezhad, MPD 150 and Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate

Sheila Nezhad is a local organizer and political educator. Sheila's work focuses on safety beyond policing and the radical possibilities of municipal budgets! Sheila came into community organizing as a young queer fighting for LGBTQ rights, and in the decade since has been active in fights for racial, social, and economic justice. She is a core member of MPD150, policy organizer at Reclaim the Block, minister of the interior at Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio and candidate for Mayor of Minneapolis.

MPD150 is a community-based initiative challenging the narrative that police exist to protect and serve. MPD150 is a participatory, horizontally-organized effort by local organizers, researchers, artists, and activists to shift the discussion around police and policing in Minneapolis from one of procedural reforms to one of meaningful structural change.