KAPPAS IN THE COMMUNITY
Kappa Alpha Psi ® Launches a Signature National Initiative: "Learn 2 Live" A pproximately 500 middle and high school students poured into the church sanctuary of The First Cathe- dral in the Greater Hartford Area of Connecticut a year ago for the launch 60 chapters and represents over 4,000 members worldwide comprised of chief executive officers and command-level law enforcement officials from federal, state, county, municipal law enforcement agencies and criminal justice practitioners. The mission of the organization 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 com- mitted to JUSTICE BY ACTION.” Equipping America's Youth With a Set of Rules of Engagement
of Kappa Alpha Psi’s “Learn 2 Live” national initia- tive. Since that date, 20 Learn 2 Live forums have taken place in various cities across the country, providing grass roots training that equip current and future generations of young persons of color with information, education and instruction that may literally save their lives when forced into inter- action with law enforcement. The forums target young persons of color who stand in harms way as potential victims of tragic outcomes resulting from encounters with law enforcement personnel. More specifically, the target age span includes middle school; high school, college-aged students as well as persons of color in their twenties. The Learn 2 Live initiative will feature a total of 100 forums in various cities across the country, from the initia- tive’s launch through the end of the 33 rd Adminis- tration. “Learn 2 Live” is a collaborative effort with the National Organization of Black Law Enforce- ment Executives (NOBLE). NOBLE has nearly
Each Learn 2 Live forum is divided into three parts. Part one is NOBLE’s recently developed presentation, “The Law & Your Community,” which is designed to provide insight and understanding into three key subject matters. Law enforcement and community policing is the first. The second subject matter is an individual’s legal rights. The third subject equips attendants with a set of law enforcement rules of engagement, which includes recommended legal steps to follow in the event that an individual feels as though his or her rights have been violated in a police encounter. The rules of engagement provide a strategic game plan when forced to deal with law enforcement personnel during a traffic stop, in the community or if they are called to one's home setting. An experienced
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