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Sherry Walker -Cowart, Past Presideni :) for CDS, is the primary author of this :udy. Editing assistance was provided by Tymon Cameron, postgraduate candidate at Georgia State University, and Frank Liberti, Current President & CEO of CDS. The author sincerely thanks Timothy Donaher, Patrick O'Flynn, Craig Doran, Cynthia Herriott, Frank Liberti, and James Lawrence for giving up their valuable time to sit for interviews for this project. Endnotes 1 James Lawrence, The long, hard work of uniting Rochester has begun, DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE (June 24, 2014), https://www.democrata ndchron icle.com/story/opin ion/2014/06/27/u n ite-roc hester-coming-sunday/11451325/ 2 Karen Magnuson, Diversity Can Bring Communities Together, NIEMAN REPORTS (June 11, 2015), http://niemanreports. org/articles/diversity-can-bring-communities-together/. APPENDIX — Summary of Draft CRT Bylaws Draft CRT bylaws were circulated in 2016, but are not publicly available. Mission: The Community Response Team (CRT) is a group of volunteers organized under the auspices of Unite Rochester that works in collaboration with law enforcement or other government entities and communities to promote communication, trust, community education, and a positive, non-violent response to events or issues of race and racism. The CRT will also en- gage in activities to raise awareness about race and racism, and inspire a more inclusive and creative approach to solving community problems. Specific activities summarized: • Responds to rumors and crisis in the community; • Provides direct intervenors between law enforcement and community; • Assists with educating the community and facilitating dialogues to enhance communication among and between com- munity, law enforcement and other governmental entities. Membership summarized: • Diversity based on age (18 years of age and older), race, gender, ethnicity, culture and socio-economic backgrounds; • Willingness to serve the community for at least 3 years, maintain confidentiality, remain objective and participate in meetings and activities of CRT. Advisory Board: • Sets policy and procedure, establishes guidelines, assesses operations, serves as resource • Not more than 5 members. CRT officers (it was important to the CRT that the team leader is a community member in good standing and not a political leader). Team coordinator (serves as presiding president), • Assistant team coordinator, • Secretary, • Training coordinator • Communication specialist. Training consisting of mediation, conciliation, crisis intervention, community issues, criminal justice system, police policies and community service. Three levels of activation: • Level 1 Civil disorder and/or unrest has occurred or is imminent. • After any activation a review will be conducted with advisory board and CRT members. Emphasis is placed on confidentiality and conflicts of interest. Level 2 - Utilized in situations where credible information suggests a concern may rise to the level of disorder. the focus would be on preventions: • Level 3 - Community concern raised, but not likely to result in civil unrest.