[Concerned Citizens of the November 3rd Incident minutes]

              CONCERNED CITIZENS OF THE NOVEMBER THIRD INCIDENT
Minutes
March 10, 1982 Trevi Fountain Restaurant
Present: Mr. C. Davis, Mr. S. Lipscomb, Rev. G. Kloster, Rev. B. Smith, Ms. A. Welsh,
Mr. E. Burrows, Mr. J. Erwin, Ms. B. Keiser, Mr. L. Pitts, Ms. N. Westmoreland,
Dr. T. Young, Mr. J. Mitchell, Ms. G. Korotkin
Chairperson ,Mr. Charles Davis turned the meeting over to Steve Lipscomb,
chair of the mass meeting committee, to report on the committee's progress and
proposals for the mass meeting on March 22.
Lee Kinard Show
Mr. Davis reported that we can representatives on the Lee Kinard show on
March 22 to talk about the mass meeting. Beth Keiser and Rev. Cardes Brown were
suggested because of their excellent representation of the group on the program
in December. Beth, who was present, agreed. Rev. Brown was not present.
Speakers
Gayle Korotkin reported that many of the speakers we had wanted will not be
able to attend because of other commitments. This includes Julian Bond, Mr.
Michaux, Rev. Finlator, and Bobby Doctor. Mr. Doctor indicated he would be very
interesting in speaking at such a meeting but that the Civil Rights Commission
lacked the funds to send him. Dr. Tommye Young, chaiperson of the North Carolina
Advisory Committee to the Civil Rights Commission will be able to come, although
she will be delayed by a class that lasts until about 8:30 that night. A number
of people have committed themselves to be at the press conference earlier in the
day and would be able to speak at the mass meeting. This includes either Lyn
Wells or Rev. C. T. Vivian of the National Anti-Klan Network; Rev. Tyrone Pitts, head
of Racial Concerns for the National Council of Churches; Edith Tiger, head of the
National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee. Rep. Parren Mitchell and Rev.
Ben Chavis have not committed themselves yet. We have not yet received responses
to the letters to the Congressional Black Caucus.
Anne Welsh reported that Gordon Chamberlin would be willing to talk about the
ethics of working for justice in the community.
Purpose of the Mass Meeting
Several points were drawn out during this discussion. At first people were
reluctant to identify with the issues, or were not clear about them. We still
need to speak to and overcome fear and lethargy around the issues. We want justice
to be done, so that all will be protected under the law. Similar issues are being
raised by situations everywhere in the country, and we need to deal with them
here specifically while relating them to the overall situation. We need to talk
about what can be done, and what the barriers to action (such as the media, fear, etc.)
have been. There was agreement that we want to speak to the grand jury, the
community and the nation. We want to draw attention to the grand jury and to
our concern that it do a good job, and also we want to give people some information
about how it works. We want to remind the community that people are concerned
about this issue,    inform the community about our efforts and encourage their
involvement. We want to speak to the nation, since this is not an isolated