[Concerned Citizens of the November 3rd Incident minutes]

              CONCERNED CITIZENS OF THE NOVEMBER 3rd INCIDENT
MINUTES
July 7, 1982 Trevi Fountain Restaurant
Present:  Joyce Johnson, John Erwin, Nelson Johnson, Steve Lipscomb, Rev. Wayne
Clapp, Katie Greene, Sol Jacobs, Anne Welsh, Gayle Korotkin
In the absence of Mr. Davis, Joyce Johnson chaired the meeting.  There
were two main items of business:  (1) discussion of the statement of moral and
ethical concerns, drafted by Gordon Chamberlin; and (2) plans for the July 15th
evening meeting of Concerned Citizens.
The group formally agreed to adopt the statement of moral and ethical concerns
drafted by Gordon Chamberlin as the statement of Concerned Citizens.  The group
did not feel any changes were necessary.  It was felt that the statement really
reflects the group's thinking, focuses the issues sharply, and and challenges
the thinking and conscience of the whole community.  One suggestion, however, was
that in addition to the statement, we will need an action agenda to propose to
people - that is, the statement calls for joint action for justice, and we should
have some ideas about what form this action could take.
There was discussion of different approaches for using the statement to reach
out to other groups and individuals.  Two basic approaches were discussed:  (1) to
do outreach on a 1-to-l basis with key people in the religious community who could
then reach other people; and (2) mailing to all local clergy asking for an endorsement which could be used publicly.  The two approaches were not seen as contradictory, but could be carried on almost simultaneously.  The mass mailing to
clergy would get it to more people more quickly, and could possibly result in
some immediate effect, in terms of generating action which could impact the
grand jury process while it's still going on.  The 1-to-l approach is a longer-term
one which relates to the larger question of the church role in relation to social
issues generally.
It was agreed that the mass appeal to the clergy would be most effective if
it came from within the religious community.  It was proposed to approach a few
clergy to be co-signers of a letter to the other clergy, asking the rest to endorse
the statement. When the statement is sent out on a broad scale, it should include
a request for suggestions, invitation to a meeting, a return envelope, etc.
A committee of people is to meet with Gordon to further develop the ideas
based particularly on his experience with the Justice Project.  Rev. Clapp also
suggested that Gordon, Sol Jacobs and Nelson Johnson go to the Pulpit Forum to
ask their support.
People felt the statement should probably not be distributed broadly to the
general public at this time, before there's some support from within the religious
community.
With regard to the evening meeting, Joyce reported that Rev. Hairston had
agreed that the meeting could be held on the evening of July 15th at Shiloh Baptist
Church, 1210 S. Eugene Street.  There are basically 3 things we want out of the