<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear ACLU supporters,</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We need your help! The Urbana
School Board will vote September 15 on its 2020-21 budget.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The ACLU and NAACP have urged the
school board not to continue funding two school resource officers (SROs). The
national ACLU opposes this use of limited school funds especially because research
shows that armed police in schools do not make schools safer and do create a
school-to-prison pipeline that can have especially serious consequences for
students of color. Over $300,000 is budgeted for this Urbana program at a time when needs are great.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Board is concerned because
there was an outpouring of public support for the SROs back when they were
hired. But the world has evolved and we need to let the school board know our community
does not want armed police in schools. Help us diminish structural racism in
our educational system by writing the school board right NOW at <a href="mailto:board@usd116.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">board@usd116.org</a>  to let them know you oppose SROs in Urbana
schools.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thanks!</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Champaign County ACLU</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Current research on SROs:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.endzerotolerance.org/impact-of-school-policing?fbclid=IwAR3vmUYe020ADu0kU3MniQTpnahFFBHdcw5ups8haLdZds9pa7kO">https://www.endzerotolerance.org/impact-of-school-policing?fbclid=IwAR3vmUYe020ADu0kU3MniQTpnahFFBHdcw5ups8haLdZds9pa7kO</a><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p>

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