<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Greetings to  all on our local Champaign County ACLU
announce list </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We wanted to tell you of two immediately
upcoming Police and Court Reform sessions, one tonight on line and the other
tomorrow in person.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   
</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">HOW
DOES THE ACT TO END CASH BAIL STAND UNDER AN ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT CHALLENGE?  Virtual</span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tonight is an update to the status of these
trail-blazing reforms now in Illinois Supreme Court to stop it from going into
effect.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <span style="background:yellow">The virtual teach-in</span> starts at seven: “<b>The Legal Challenge to
the Pretrial Fairness Act.”</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Below is the reminder message we received, but
first it was suggested that the registration link is the best path:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehUALogJMiQ3F8RSOeTMLObQRg_hRmAciT_1I-DBlLvt-36Q/viewform" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehUALogJMiQ3F8RSOeTMLObQRg_hRmAciT_1I-DBlLvt-36Q/viewform</span></a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">You can watch the teach-in on either Facebook Live, </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1338159020372869" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">linked here </span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">or</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1338159020372869" style="color:blue">https://www.facebook.com/events/1338159020372869</a></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">OR  Youtube Live, </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmC_V7Kzyzg" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">linked here</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">.</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmC_V7Kzyzg" style="color:blue">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmC_V7Kzyzg</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">You can also </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://endmoneybond.org/2022/12/31/illinois-supreme-court-pauses-implementation-of-the-pretrial-fairness-act/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">read</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> about the pause to implementation by the Illinois Supreme Court. <br>
<a href="https://endmoneybond.org/2022/12/31/illinois-supreme-court-pauses-implementation-of-the-pretrial-fairness-act/" style="color:blue">https://endmoneybond.org/2022/12/31/illinois-supreme-court-pauses-implementation-of-the-pretrial-fairness-act/</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<br>
</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Additionally, as of last week, the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://endmoneybond.org/illinois-network-for-pretrial-justice/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Illinois Network
for Pretrial Justice</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> and more than 400
signers filed an </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://endmoneybond.org/2023/01/26/amicus-supporting-the-pretrial-fairness-act-filed-with-illinois-supreme-court-signed-by-more-than-400-organizations-elected-officials-and-faith-leaders/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">amicus brief</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> supporting the Pretrial Fairness Act (note that ACLU Illinois helped
spearhead this initiative). Throughout the amicus brief, the authors
highlighted the ways in which wealth-based incarceration has devastating
impacts on the people incarcerated and their families, leading to job loss,
housing instability, damage to family and community relationships, and lack of
physical and mental health care. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2. THE POLICE DATA PROJECT – <span style="background:yellow">In person</span> Wednesday Feb 1
7PM at the Independent Media Center in Urbana 202 S Broadway in the Post Office
Building</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Invisible Institute Team is a non-profit
journalism initiative in South Chicago.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://invisible.institute/" style="color:blue">https://invisible.institute/</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">On <b>Wednesday, February 1st at 7PM they
are hosting an event at the Independent Media Center</b> to unveil the data tool and provide space for you all to use it and ask questions. There will
be time allotted for a walk through of the tool and breakout groups with the
team to dig deep into the data.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This event will be family friendly and have
snacks and drinks provided. We would love for you all to come, and bring your
friends & others who may be interested in this work. If you plan to
invite other people, please let me know so that we can account for the proper
headcount. Please RSVP at this <a href="https://airtable.com/shrB3nRLUbTju4wwi" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">link</span></a> by the 30th if possible.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p></div>