Message from the President · and your families a blessed and safe holiday season and all the best for the coming year! ... President Chicago Metropolitan Chapter NOBLE Chicago Metropolitan

Dear NOBLE Family and Friends, 2015 has been a productive and rewarding year for the Chicago Metropolitan Chapter. Our chapter’s efforts and engagement have been deep and far reaching. Our members have given of themselves in incredible selflessness, dedication, and passion for the mission of our chapter and National NOBLE. And for that stellar effort, I am extremely grateful. I would be remiss not to acknowledge all of our friends, partners, and supporters without whom we would not have accomplished what we did this year. It indeed requires the community and all of us to be part of the conversation, the building, and improvements of our communities. And as law enforcement continues its transition from a “warrior mentality” to a “guardian mentality,” remember what the Lord requires of us: To do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God (Micah 6:8). Lastly, let our values reflect a quote that has most often been attributed to John Wesley: “Do all the good you can, by all the means that you can, in all the ways that you can, in all the places that you can, at all the times that you can, to all the people that you can, for as long as ever you can.” On behalf of our chapter and our Executive Board, I would like to wish you and your families a blessed and safe holiday season and all the best for the coming year! Chief Eugene E. Williams President Chicago Metropolitan Chapter

NOBLE Chicago Metropolitan Chapter - Annual Newsletter

Message from the President

NOBLE Chicago Metropolitan Chapter – Annual Newsletter

2015 Activity Summary JANUARY

Sigma Gamma Rho “Golden Alert” Chicago Town Hall (January 17) South Shore Methodist Church/Windy City Chapter of Jack & Jill of America “Social Justice in the African-American Community” Martin Luther King Day (January 19) NOBLE Safe Teen Driving Program (January 29) “Selma” Viewing & Youth Forum (January 31)

FEBRUARY

NOBLE Safe Teen Driving Program (February 3, 4, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 19, 22, 26)

MARCH

NOBLE William R. Bracey CEO Symposium (March 12-14) Iota Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho 2015 Youth Symposium (March 14) Theta Chi Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho 18th Annual Youth Symposium (March 14)

APRIL

2015 11th District CAPS Office Youth Spring Break Event (April 7) 2015 NOBLE Region IV Training Conference (April 9-11) 2015 NOBLE Chicago Metropolitan Chapter Networking Summit (April 22) 2015 University of Chicago Youth-Police Conference (April 24-25)

MAY

2015 Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Run to Remember (May 2) 2015 St. Jude Police Memorial March (May 3) “Stronger Together” Roseland Neighborhood Walk & Clean-Up (May 9) 2nd Annual West Point Baptist Church Youth Legal Summit (May 16) 2015 CPD/NOBLE Annual Father-Daughter Dance (May 22) “Stronger Together” West Garfield Neighborhood Walk & Clean-Up (May 30)

JUNE

Englewood Urban Garden Project Eco House Collaboration “The Law & Your Community” on Windy City Jazz/WSRB (multiple dates) Lindblom Math & Science Academy Youth-Police Relations Panel & Group Discussion (June 10) 16th Annual Commencement of Chicago Police & Firefighter Training Academy (June 10) 2015 Greater Institutional A.M.E. Church Interactive Youth Workshop (June 13) The Black Star Project USA’s “The Great Black Male Read-Off” Contest (June 13) NOBLE/Solid Rock Mission Outreach Father’s Day Community Event (June 17) 6th CPD District Annual Block Club Convention, Job, Health & Resource Fair (June 20) Mayor Rahm Emanuel Commission for a Safer Chicago (June 24) 2015 Annual Chicago Metropolitan Chapter Golf Outing (June 26) “Stronger Together” Englewood Neighborhood Walk & Clean-up (June 27) CPD/Kennedy-King College Anti-Violence Youth Summer Program (June 30)


2015 Activity Summary JULY

“The Law & Your Community” at Ryder Elementary (multiple dates) “The Law & Your Community” at Spencer Academy (multiple dates) “The Law & Your Community” at Sherwood Elementary (multiple dates) 39th Annual National NOBLE Training Conference (July 11-15) 2015 Ray McElroy Pro Football Youth Camp (July 23-25)

AUGUST

Chicago Youth “Long Walk to Freedom: Making Peace Starts With Me” Peace Walk (August 1) 2015 Annual Bud Billiken Parade WBNA Chicago Sky v. Phoenix Mercury Game (August 9) “Stronger Together” Gamer Training Day 1 (August 15) and Day 2 (August 22) NOBLE Back-to-School Immunization & Dental Check-ups (August 24) Annual Chapter Meeting & Jazz on the Grass Barbeque (August 26) White Sox Game Community Night (August 27) “Stronger Together” Gamer Tournament (August 29)

OCTOBER

“The Law & Your Community” at Citizen School – Woodson Elementary site (through December) 14th Annual Family Rescue Anti-Domestic Violence March (October 2) “The Law & Your Community” at By The Hand – Austin site (October 3) Annual Illinois Association of Black Law Enforcement Training Conference (October 9) Black Women for Positive Change’s 2015 National Week of Non-Violence (October 17 - 25) 2015 Illinois Partners For Traffic Safety’s Teen Driver Safety Fair (October 21 & 22) NOBLE/CPD Chicago Tech Academy Podcast Interviews (October 22) Advocate United Church of Christ “Stopped by a Cop” Q&A (October 24) Trinity United Church of Christ #Mylifematters Event (October 29)

NOVEMBER

“The Law & Your Community” at Aunt Martha’s (through December) “The Law & Your Community” at Ellington, Spencer, Leland, Austin Multiplex, Holmes, Sherwood, Burke Chicago Public Schools (through Spring 2016) “The Law & Your Community” at Family Focus – Evanston site (through Spring 2016) 2015 Annual Chicago Metropolitan Chapter Dinner Dance (November 6) Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Law Enforcement Roundtable (November 8) Chicago Police Athletic League/NOBLE Youth Basketball & Mentoring Camp (November 8)

DECEMBER

7th IL Congressional District Anti-Violence/Public Safety Leadership Constituent Public Policy Working Advisory Group Meeting (December 7) Columbia College Chicago NOBLE-Student Q&A (December 9) Chicago Police Department/Chicago Public Schools Community Safety App Development Hackathon (December 12) Edgar Allan Poe Elementary Classical School Parent Teacher Association NOBLE-Parents Q&A Meeting (December 16)


2015 Networking Event

Chief Williams’ vision for the April Networking Event was to bring law enforcement and other stakeholders together in order to share the various initiatives that NOBLE had undertaken. Chief Williams shared the following message: “This is a crucial time in our nation and our communities and the Chicago Chapter of NOBLE (National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives) is seeking new members and partners as we leverage current relationships to carry out our core mission. NOBLE’s Mission Statement is: “To ensure equity in the administration of justice in the provision of public service to all communities, and to serve as the conscience of law enforcement by being committed to Justice by Action.” In light of recent events around the nation, our chapter seeks to: • Provide positive mentoring opportunities for youth • To facilitate frank, honest and transparent discussions between law enforcement

and citizens to build, maintain and sustain public trust in policing • To reduce domestic violence and violence associated with illegal firearms, gangs

and drugs • To safeguard against terrorist threats (home grown), nationally and around the

world We welcome your input as a member and as a partner in this most important endeavor. Please join us on April 22, 2015 as we showcase what we have accomplished and more importantly, what we can do in partnership going forward.” In addition to law enforcement personnel, the event was attended by governmental agencies, businesses, educators, community-based organizations, elected officials as well as members of the bar and bench. In order to regain, maintain and sustain the public’s trust, it is imperative that everyone’s voice is represented. The conversation started this year will continue and must in fact continue.


Community Building

From our January “Selma” Screening & Youth Forum in collaboration with the Chicago Area Alumni Association of Morehouse with over 400 young people in attendance to the town halls and interactive youth workshops at various churches and numerous Q&A sessions with different groups in our community, our chapter answered the call to participate and lead community building conversations in the context of law enforcement and community interaction, working towards peace, unity, and collaboration. In 2015, our chapter organized or participated in over twenty events of various sizes, reaching over a thousand young people. Through our new “Stronger Together” initiative, our chapter sought to rebuild the bonds between the community and law enforcement through its neighborhood walks & clean-ups in the Roseland, West Garfield, and Englewood communities as well as the first youth “Gamer Tournament” which brought young people from the south and west side of Chicago together with Chicago police officers in fierce but friendly competition in a video game tournament. Students who participated in “The Law & Your Community” program this year were invited to submit a spoken word piece, a poem, a rap, a song, or pictures centered around the theme of peace in our streets for our “We Need Peace Now” campaign which will run until the end of the 2015-2016 school year and culminate in a showcase right before summer break in 2016. The goal of these efforts was to have both sides see each other as human beings, as neighbors, as members of the same community. Our community conversations this year also resulted in the creation of a palm card with “Tips to Stay Safe in Any Neighborhood.” These palm cards have been in high demand from churches, educational entities and community organizations and has been adapted by the Chicago Police Department.


Teen Driver Safety Program

Through the generous support and sponsorship of State Farm Insurance, our chapter was able to provide numerous sessions of its “Teen Driver Safety Program” in the Chicago metropolitan area. Through this program, participants learn responsible driving as well as how to interact with law enforcement during traffic stops. The program’s centerpiece is an innovative driving simulator which tests the “Driver’s” reaction and attention amidst the common distractions we all face on the road. In 2015 our chapter offered this program approximately twelve times in locations as far north as Evanston and the city’s south side reaching approximately 1,935


NOBLE’s “The Law & Your Community”

National NOBLE’s launch of its “The Law & Your Community” law literacy and community-building program could not have come at a more fitting time. Right before the events in Ferguson and in other parts of the country, including Chicago, unfolded this crucial and comprehensive program made its debut. While our chapter has run the program since January, the program reached a new level of attention when Mayor Emanuel announced the expansion of the program within the Chicago Public School system at the June meeting of his Commission for a Safer Chicago. At that point, “The Law & Your Community” had been at the Ryder, Spencer, and Sherwood Elementary Schools during the summer months. The expansion of this 12-session program took place this fall to include Ellington, Leland, Wendell Holmes, Burke Elementary Schools as well as the Austin Multi-Plex. NOBLE also partnered up with Citizen Schools, which provides after-school programs to public schools in the inner cities across the nation, and provided the program at Woodson South Elementary this fall. The program has also been introduced in the Evanston area by NOBLE members who are part of the Evanston Police Department. There are plans to introduce the program in South Holland and Thornton Township in the coming months. Director of Community Relations Carla Kupe-Arion has trained 280 individuals, half of them Chicago Police Department members, since the program was first launched in January of this year. NOBLE and “The Law & Your Community” has received some media attention. NBC5 visited the program at Spencer while the Chicago Tribune interviewed students and NOBLE members at Woodson Elementary. NOBLE members have also appeared on WGN as well as radio stations such as WKKC and WSRB to talk about these issues. Our chapter receives requests for this program or Q&A sessions centered around law enforcement-community interaction every week and our members have responded to that need generously in their time, passion, and dedication since January. To read some of the coverage, click the links below:

http://dailynorthwestern.com/2015/09/23/city/epd-seeks-to-improve-community-relations-through-law-literacy-program/

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-police-youths-safe-interactions-20151120-story.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtI_1QsTw2g


Community Support

Our chapter was able to provide several events in support of our communities this year. Most notable was this year’s first Annual Father-Daughter Dance NOBLE organized in collaboration with the 5th, 7th, and 9th Districts’ CAPS offices of the Chicago Police Department. The event’s impact was as far-reaching as Greensboro, North Carolina, where the police department there followed suit with a similar event. Our event even drew media attention, including that of Al Sharpton on MSNBC.

Through our partnerships, our chapter was able to take approximately 100 children to a WNBA Chicago Sky Game at the Allstate Arena and about 20 young people to a White Sox game right before the start of the school year. In collaboration with the Chicago Police Athletic League, NOBLE organized a Youth Basketball & Mentoring Camp at the Chicago Police Academy facility with retired NBA players. NOBLE was also able to lend assistance to the Ray McElroy Pro Football Youth Camp again this summer. Our chapter provided scholarships to two graduates of the Chicago Police & Firefighter Training Academy. NOBLE provided community building and care packages for the residents of the Washington Park Manor at a Father’s Day event with Solid Rock Outreach Mission. Our chapter also provided back-to-school readiness in the form of free immunization and dental check-up vans. Thank you to all community supporters and corporate sponsors for making these special events possible!


Annual Fundraisers

Thank you to all of our members and friends who attended our chapter’s annual fundraisers: the Annual Golf Outing and the Annual Dinner Dance! We also would like to thank our sponsors and benefactors for their continuing support and contributions. Your generosity enabled us to add to our scholarship assistance funding goals.


Celebration of Career Milestones

Joining the Ranks Caeana Sanders (Chicago Police Department) Detectives Cornelius Downey (Chicago Police Department) Sergeants Yolanda Banks (Chicago Police Department) Danielle Barnes (Chicago Police Department) Philoniese McCray (Chicago Police Department) Bryant Neely (Chicago Police Department) Tanyshia Porter (Chicago Police Department) Lieutenants Joe Barnes Jr. (Chicago Police Department) William Bradley (Chicago Police Department) James Crawford (Chicago Police Department) Levester Denham (Chicago Police Department) Roderick Robinson (Chicago Police Department Captains Crystal King-Smith (Chicago Police Department) Genessa Lewis (Chicago Police Department) Commanders Dwayne Betts (Chicago Police Department) Rodney Blisset (Chicago Police Department) Darren Doss (Chicago Police Department) Kevin R. Johnson (Chicago Police Department) Cornelia Lott (Chicago Police Department)


Celebration of Career Milestones

Deputy Chiefs James Jones (Chicago Police Department) James Pickett (Evanston Police Department) Barbara West (Chicago Police Department) Fred Waller (Chicago Police Department) Chiefs Eddie Johnson (Chicago Police Department) Eddie L. Welch III (Chicago Police Department) Retirements First Deputy Superintendent Alfonza Wysinger (Chicago Police Department) Appointments Chief Edward Gilmore (U.S. Marshall, Northern District of Illinois) Jeffery Magee (Special-Agent-in-Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives Chris Hebron (Internal Revenue Service, G13) Marlon C. Lynch (Associate Vice-President for Safety, Security, and Civic Affairs, University of Chicago) Fountain L. Walker (Chief of Police, University of Chicago Police Department) Kevin Booker (Chief of Police, University of Illinois-Chicago Police Department) Tommye Sutton (Deputy Chief of Police, Northwestern University Police Department) Shelby Dennis (Regional Manager, Combined Insurance)

Congratulations and best wishes to all of you!


Looking Ahead

Chicago Police Department Recruitment The Chicago Police Department announced that it will hold an Entry Exam in April of 2016. The deadline for any application submissions is January 31, 2016. To that end, our chapter will offer preparatory workshops to members of our community in February and March which will cover a comprehensive overview of the entire application process including having participants take a written exam as well as the POWER test. If you or someone you know is interested in attending these workshops, please email our Director of Community Relations, Carla Kupe-Arion, at [email protected]. “The Law & Your Community” Development The COPS Office of the Department of Justice will conduct a field visit of one of our “The Law & Your Community” sites towards the end of January in order to evaluate the benefits and effectiveness of the program for possible support by the DOJ. Next Chapter Meeting We look forward to seeing you at our next chapter meeting on January 27, 2016, at 6 p.m. at the Chicago Public Safety Headquarters, Press Room, at 3510 South Michigan.

From all of us to

you and your loved ones


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Message from the President · and your families a blessed and safe holiday season and all the best for the coming year! ... President Chicago Metropolitan Chapter NOBLE Chicago Metropolitan