FERGUSON COMMISSION MEETING December 8, 2014 Public Polling & - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

FERGUSON COMMISSION MEETING December 8, 2014 Public Polling & Discussion Summary from December 1 Meeting

PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS Electronic Issues of Polling Concern Community Results: Community Concerns • First Hopes for about • Demographic Priorities Commission Commission Information • Areas of & its work • Community Disparity Priorities

ELECTRONIC POLLING RESULTS Nearly 5 of 10 Attendees Work in St. Louis County Other 22% St. Louis City, MO 23% Madison County, IL 3% St. Clair County, IL 1% St. Charles County, MO St. Louis County, MO 3% 48%

ELECTRONIC POLLING RESULTS Nearly 7 of 10 Attendees Reside in St. Louis County St. Clair County, IL 1% Other St. Charles County, MO 8% 1% St. Louis City, MO 21% St. Louis County, MO 69%

ELECTRONIC POLLING RESULTS Audience Almost Evenly Divided by Gender Other 1% Male 48% Female 51%

ELECTRONIC POLLING RESULTS Five of Ten Attendees Identified Themselves as African American Other 2% American Indian or Alaskan Native Decline 1% 6% Asian 1% White 38% Black, African American 52%

ELECTRONIC POLLING RESULTS Attendees' Age Almost Equally Divided Among All Age Groups Decline 21 and Under 2% 2% 22 to 34 years 65 and Over 15% 20% 35 to 44 years 20% 55 to 64 years 17% 45 to 54 years 24%

ELECTRONIC POLLING RESULTS Two of Three Attendees Desire the Commission Address Citizen/Law Enforcement Interactions and Relations First 68% 17% 15% Citizen/law enforcement interactions and Municipal Government Organization Municipal Court System relations

ELECTRONIC POLLING RESULTS Educational Disparities, Economic Opportunity Disparities and Ethnic/Racial Relations Are Additional Priorities for Attendees 63% 58% 53% 35% 23% 13% 12% 11% 8% Education Economic Race and Family & Business Health Care Housing Transportation Child Care Opportunity Ethnic Community Ownership Relations Stability

ISSUES OF CONCERN — Issues of Concern: Meeting attendees identified disparities in Education, Economic Opportunity and Race & Ethnic Relations as top priorities for the Ferguson Commission. For each of these areas, what underlying issues are most important for the Commission to address?

ISSUES OF CONCERN EDUCATION ECONOMIC RACIAL & GENERAL OPPORTUNITY ETHNIC ISSUES RELATIONS School Funding Employment Communication & Citizen / Law Interracial Enforcement Interactions Interactions Academic Rebuilding Racial Divisions & Commission Achievement Ferguson Discrimination Process & Practices Teachers & School Banking & Access African American’s Political Administration To Capital Lack of Political Recommendations Power Higher Education Housing Economic Justice Outreach Access Parental Housing Youth Engagement Involvement Segregation (race & class)

HOPES FOR COMMISSION & ITS WORK Greater Reform of Committed, Community Better Law Greater the Improved Bold, Accountability Enforcement Community Criminal Educational Transformational & Outcomes Practices Well-Being Justice Commission Transparency System

CONCERNS ABOUT COMMISSION & ITS WORK — Commission’s composition, commitment to real change and lack of power — Lack of fairness in criminal justice system — Racism and racial disparities — Difficult recovery for City of Ferguson — Law enforcement and policing — St. Louis County leadership & organization