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Call to Justice: A Response to New York Shootings

The New York City Council of Mennonite Churches, in cooperation with Mennonite Central Committee East Coast and Peace and Justice Support Network of Mennonite Church USA , is calling for a response from our people. On Saturday, November 25 Saturday, November 25, 2006 NY Police shot Sean Bell, Joseph Guzman, and Trent Benefield, 23 outside a club in New York City. Twenty-three year old Bell, who was killed, was to be married the same day.

	We can stand in solidarity with the victim’s families and the New York City Council of Mennonite Churches by signing and sending a letter originally sent to Mayor Bloomberg by the New York City Council of Mennonite Churches calling for an independent investigation. Call, fax, e-mail, or download a cover letter and the letter to Mayor Bloomberg below and send to: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City Hall, New York, NY 10007. Phone: 311 (or 212-NEW-YORK outside NYC), Fax: (212) 788-2460, e-mail: http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html
	Also, below you will find a downloadable sheet that can be used as a handout, flyer, bulletin insert for your congregation.
	The families of these victims will need counseling and rehabilitation. Donations for an assistance fund can be sent to MCC East Coast: New York City Council of Mennonite Churches Peace-Building Fund, c/o MCC East Coast, 21 S. 12th Street, P.O. Box500, Akron, PA, 17501-0500 or donate on line at www.mcc.org/donate.
	Cards expressing sympathy to Sean Bell’s family and get well wishes for Trent Benefield and Joseph Guzman can be sent. Cards for Sean Bell can be sent to Community Church of Christ, 167-04 108th Avenue, Jamaica, NY, 11433. Cards for Trent Benefield and for Joseph Guzman can be sent to New York City Council of Mennonite Churches, 64 Fulton Street, Room 901, New York, NY 10038-2750; Phone: 212-737-3700 voice mail; Cell: 917-903-8781. Also, cards and letters of encouragement can be sent to the police officers: Seventh Precinct, Club Enforcement Initiative,19 1/2 Pitt Street, N.Y. N.Y. 10002.

For further information, contact:

Leo Hartshorn, Minister of Peace and Justice, http://mennonitemission.net

717-399-8363

Download

Original letter to Mayor Bloomberg from New York City Council of Mennonite Churches (7k PDF)

Cover letter to Mayor Bloomberg (4k PDF)

Call for Justice handout/bulletin insert (80k PDF)