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Neighbors,</div>
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Next Week is Sunshine Week and the DC Open Government Coalition is organizing an event on Wednesday, March 16, 6:30-8:00PM. around MPD transparency and accountability. </div>
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<b>We have invited recently appointed Chief Robert J. Contee III (confirmed)</b> to address concerns District residents, activists and journalists have raised about access to MPD information, including records, body-worn camera videos, and officer discipline
proceedings. We will also hear from nonprofit and private-sector experts and activists about their experiences seeking information from the MPD.</p>
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The 2022 Open Government Summit is co-sponsored by the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://dcogc.org/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(243, 40, 55);text-decoration:underline dotted">DC Open Government Coalition</a>, the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.open-dc.gov/office-open-government" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(243, 40, 55);text-decoration:underline dotted">DC
Office of Open Government</a>, the <a href="http://naacpdc.org/" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(243, 40, 55);text-decoration:underline dotted">NAACP Washington, DC Branch</a>, the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://spjdc.org/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(243, 40, 55);text-decoration:underline dotted">Society
of Professional Journalists DC Pro Chapter</a>, and<span> </span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.weareempowered.org/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(243, 40, 55);text-decoration:underline dotted">EmpowerEd</a>.</p>
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<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">When</strong>: Wednesday, March 16, 6:30-8:00pm via Zoom (Register<span> </span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://ropesgray.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5UbpndZUT-qlCVP_J2sscQ" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(243, 40, 55);text-decoration:underline dotted">HERE</a>)</p>
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<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Agenda</strong>: </p>
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<li style="box-sizing:border-box">6:30pm Conversation with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)
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<li style="box-sizing:border-box"><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://mpdc.dc.gov/biography/robert-contee1" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(243, 40, 55)">Chief Robert Contee</a>, MPD</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://dcogc.org/about/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(243, 40, 55)">Thomas Susman</a>, DCOGC President<br style="box-sizing:border-box">
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</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">7:00pm MPD Transparency Panel (moderated by<span> </span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://dcogc.org/about/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(243, 40, 55)">Ginger McCall</a>, DCOGC Board Member)
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<li style="box-sizing:border-box">Naïké Savain,<span> </span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://dcjusticelab.org/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(243, 40, 55)">DC Justice Lab</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Michael Perloff,<span> </span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.acludc.org/en/biographies/michael-perloff" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(243, 40, 55)">ACLU DC</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">James Berry Jr.,<span> </span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/citizens-advisory-councils-cac" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(243, 40, 55)">MPD’s Citizens Advisory Councils</a></li></ul>
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<li style="box-sizing:border-box">7:45pm Niquelle Allen, Director of Open Government,<span> </span><a href="https://www.open-dc.gov/office-open-government" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(243, 40, 55)">DC Office
of Open Government</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">7:50pm Emerging Open Government Issues (you!)</li></ul>
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