2A — Monday, January 13, 2020
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DESIGN BY CHRISTINE JEGARL
“The entire process has been
designed to be iterative, failure-
positive,
because
we’re
not
going to get this right. No one
has figured out exactly how to
do this,” Stults said. “There isn’t
a handbook. We’re just going
to learn. And we’re going to do
things better the next round. We
just have to. Technologies will
change, people’s sentiment will
change, so we have to be iterative.”
The A2Zero planning process
relies
on
input
from
Ann
Arbor community members by
encouraging people to fill out
surveys or host events, according
to Stults. She explained the first
survey’s goal was to understand
community priorities and specific
actions
community
members
wished to see.
“I want to point out that we
really are being authentic and true
to that public engagement process
we are in right now,” Stults said.
“That said, I suspect there are
certain things that will have to be
part of that strategy, but there are
many things that the public will
tell us what they want to see in
that strategy.”
The
second
survey,
which
opened
on
Jan.
7,
explores
community
priorities
and
perceptions
of
climate
risks.
The final survey will allow
community members to provide
explicit feedback on what should
be included in the final carbon
neutrality
plan,
according
to
A2Zero’s website.
Rackham
student
Matt
Sehrsweeney, a member of the
Climate Action Movement who
is studying environment and
sustainability, commended Ann
Arbor for setting a 2030 target
for carbon neutrality, urging the
University of Michigan to follow
suit.
“It’s a really exciting and
ambitious
plan,”
Sehrsweeney
said. “CAM, as an organization,
really likes that they have set a
target date for carbon neutrality in
2030, which is something that our
own University has not done. And
that’s one of the big problems we
see in the planning process here
at U of M. So that’s really cool to
see that the town is really ready to
pull its weight and is very serious
about taking steps that we need
to take to respond to the climate
crisis.”
Sehrsweeney emphasized the
importance of the University
contributing to efforts made by
the city.
“Something
that
we
think
is really important is that we
hope that this can influence
U-M’s
efforts,”
Sehrsweeney
said. “That’s going to be really
critical, especially because U of
M accounts for 32 percent of the
town’s emissions. So, necessarily,
for the town to get to net zero
carbon emissions, U of M is going
to do some heavy lifting as well.”
LSA senior Kristen Hayden,
member of CAM and intern for the
Ann Arbor Office of Sustainability
and Innovations, said students as
a demographic in Ann Arbor are
heavily involved in the carbon
emissions to the city, making the
important for this initiative.
“This 2030 date is super
ambitious, and it’s really exciting
and a great opportunity to see
what we’re made of,” Hayden said.
“And if the University claimed
this date as well, there could be a
lot of push between the immense
knowledge that’s built at this
University — all the researchers
and students who are super
passionate — and getting solutions
that help both the University and
the city reach an equitable and
sustainable future.”
CARBON
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Staff photographer Julia Schachinger takes a break from classes and photographs wildlife on campus, like the Cooper’s Hawk that is commonly seen on campus.
Savit’s second point is to
address racial inequity in
Washtenaw County. People
of color are more likely to
be held on cash bail than are
white people, Savit said. Savit
also spoke about his disdain
for cash bail, a system where
someone awaiting a trial is
placed in a holding cell unless
a sum of cash is paid.
“I’m
committed
to
not
seeking
cash
bail,”
Savit
said. “If you pose a danger
to society, there’s no way to
make sure you won’t threaten
society, we are going to hold
you. But the same standards
are going to be applied to
everyone,
wealthy
or
not
wealthy. And if you don’t pose
a threat … you’re not going to
be held.”
Savit said his plan would
work
with
organizations
involved
with
criminal
justice reform.
“We are going to partner
with a third-party research
institution
or
a
criminal
justice reform organization,
we’re going to turn over all
of our files and we are going
to ask, ‘Where, from arrests
to charging to sentencing
to
the
plea
offers
that
people are getting, where
are we seeing Black people
and people of color being
treated differently?’” Savit
said. “As soon as we do that,
we’re going to take action to
eliminate them.”
His
final
point
was
transparency. Savit said this
point is integral to holding
local officials accountable.
“We have no idea how
the
prosecutor’s
office
is
spending their money, we
have no idea if they’re getting
results, we have no idea if
they’re
promoting
equity,
and we have no idea if they’re
getting people the treatment
they need,” Savit said.
As prosecutor, Savit said he
will make information about
his
office’s
expenditures
available online to the public.
Savit spent his remaining
time telling students how
they can help out. Savit
said his campaign is “youth
driven” and depends on young
voters. Since the election is in
August, Savit told students
they needed to take action
now.
“We can’t rely on a huge
student turnout unless we
organize now,” Savit said.
“Part of that is going to be
getting
the
message
out
there, getting folks at the
University to commit to vote
absentee. You can register
now and the same day, vote
absentee for any reason, and
get those votes in that could
really swing the election.”
Savit wrapped up the event
by expressing his hope for
the prosecutor’s office to
utilize expungement more.
Expungement is the process
by which a criminal record
is erased or sealed from the
public if an individual has not
committed another offense.
Savit said this would help
rebuild trust between the
community and the county
government.
Policy
for
the
People
members Alyshia Dyer and
Mike Hegeman spoke with
The Daily after the event
about their organization.
“It’s
a
relatively
new
student organization,” Dyer
said.
“Criminal
justice
reform was something that
we wanted to focus on as well
as local activism and helping
out the community.”
Dyer grew up in Ypsilanti
and was a police officer
for seven years. She plans
on doing more police and
criminal justice reform work
in the future, hence why she
supports Savit for prosecutor.
“It was really interesting to
me because I’ve worked with
a lot of prosecutors in my
law enforcement career and
he was a more progressive
candidate that we don’t really
see
much
in
Washtenaw
County,” Dyer said. “Part of it
that motivated me to get some
of our students involved is
just the progressive platform
and the fact that he is really
interested in criminal justice
reform and ending cash bail.”
Hegeman
said
the
organization is starting to
take a more active role in
promoting progressive ideals.
“We’re
really
interested
in equity,” Hegeman said.
“We’re trying to do more
action,
such
as
(helping
with) the Savit campaign
and gearing up for the GEO
negotiations coming up and
finding more ways to get
involved in the community.”
LSA
freshman
Grace
Stephan said she sees racial
inequity
as
one
of
the
“grossest injustices” faced by
the community.
“I sort of got into it because
issues regarding people who
were wrongfully incarcerated
is something that really came
to my attention a couple of
years ago,” Stephan said. “It’s
one of the grossest injustices
I think exists. I really wanted
to get involved in something
that would be actually helpful
towards that and towards
criminal justice reform.”
SAVIT
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