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Thanks everyone for coming!!!!!!!! #1twnforum
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Oberlin City Council VP Comments Oberlin College’s “No Trespass List”
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Library is closing! We are wrapping up! #1twnforum
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Facilitators asking people their feelings on a number of ways forward #1twnforum
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Keep this energy going! #1twnforum
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Maybe it’s worth it to bring a 3rd party, but you can’t put a dollars amount on the input of the community. #1twnforum
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“I haven’t seen this room this full ever.” #1twnforum
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You need to be told what you are being accused of! #1twnforum
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Was the right to a fair trial followed? #1twnforum
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“Frankly, I think all of us leaving tonight know exactly what the solutions needs to be.” #1twnforum
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The last thing we need to solve this problem is outside consultants! #1twnforum
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Moving on to the last section, after 2 more comments. #1twnforum
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We don’t need more money, we need to know when we can or can’t do things. #1twnforum
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Let people know what their opportunities are! Let people know what how they can better themselves. #1twnforum
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PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes), as a part of the tax solution #1twnforum
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Official: We plan to provide examples from other situations, how this is handed else where. Common goal of approriately policy. #1twnforum
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(Please not that our tweets are not our opinions necessarily we are summarizing forum comments.) #1twnforum
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College official thanks one town campaign for putting this forum together. #1twnforum
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Will move on to the third section soon. #1twnforum
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Skateboarding is not a trivial thing. #1twnforum
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“dont’ vote in Oberlin because it is the “right” thing to do. Know the issues!” #1twnforum
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Oberlin College doesn’t HAVE to provide resources, but it is the right thing to do. #1twnforum
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If there were different opportunities for young people, we could all come together, make a better town. #1twnforum
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Being told who you can be friends with. List creates unequal footing for different people. #1twnforum
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Double standard. College student skateboarding? Asked to stop. Townsperson skateboarding? Put on list, can now be arrested. #1twnforum
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People don’t know why they are on the list. Courts don’t even know why. Tell them why! Address it. Transparency. #1twnforum
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Needs to be a two way street. Go to community events on campus, when you can. #1twnforum
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College should educate people on the town. #1twnforum
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Students voting complicates relationship. #1twnforum
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Bringing Upward Bound back? #1twnforum
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Trespass list discourages townspeople from applying to the college. #1twnforum
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We’re trying to summarize as many remarks as possible, people excuse the typing/shortening. #1twnforum
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The fact that people are bored means the town is failing, can’t always be dependent on the college. #1twnforum
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No difference between village and off campus houses. You can’t tell if the house is on campus of off campus. Label them! #1twnforum
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People should be good guests. #1twnforum
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I was a beneficiary of this process, two students I know got injured by young townspeople. #1twnforum
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I am asking for 1 town! We should all interact a lot more. Speaks about mentor experience. #1twnforum
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3rd parties be a part of list review, in order to ensure process goes well. #1twnforum
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Go through the list, review everyone. #1twnforum
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Most punishments are not a lifetime thing, a more open process, how we handle young people? #1twnforum
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Legal issues should be turned over to police, not “quasi-police” #1twnforum
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As college expands, community loses property taxes. Obligation of college to provide resources that town can no longer afford. #1twnforum
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“I think there should be a process, but the college isn’t responsible for townspeople entertainment.” #1twnforum
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“Oberlin college is not responsible to provide all of these resources to the public” #1twnforum
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Why not college and community sports? music? Bottom line, we have a liberal college, let’s exercise the liberal muscle. #1twnforum
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What do people want to see? #1twnforum
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College official says that he is learning from the forum, and asks that it continue. #1twnforum
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Section 2 of the forum begins, what do we want moving forward? Encourages college to respond to people’s stories. #1twnforum
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“All I want is this town to be 1 town actually.” #1twnforum
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“I really want to know if we are 1 town. Don’t know if we’re allowed to use facilities.” #1twnforum
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The unspoken no trespass list, students are encouraged to stay on campus, not to go to SE quadrant. #1twnforum
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“In a town this large, how it is that there is no interaction with the towns people.” #1twnforum
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“We need more transparency! I think we can do it.” #1twnforum
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Community member: What are your demands? Facilitators: We are forming them based on this forum and other input. #1twnforum
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Student: I grew up in a college town. This is not a college town problem, this is an Oberlin problem. #1twnforum
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Youth mistakes should be learning experiences. #1twnforum
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Growing up here helped develop us as thinkers. Our children cannot access this once on the list. #1twnforum
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We are here to developed our children. Oberlin college provides education resources. #1twnforum
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Speaker’s boyfriend was caught “trespassing” on a public side walk asked “what are you doing on this side of town.” #1twnforum
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“This list changes your life. This place of all places, it should not happen.” #1twnforum
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“It’s not about getting a pass. It’s about justice for young people and making a permanent solution.” #1twnforum
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I know so many students that it’s hard to stay away from my friends. I don’t want to be arrested. But rugby season is starting. #1twnforum
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Wanted to attend Bible conference in the gym, play on rugby team, cheer team, kicked off of campus. #1twnforum
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Townsperson was in the pep band, was “swarmed” by security when visiting band friend. #1twnforum
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“Is here anyone from the college here?” Administrators stand up. Applause. #1twnforum
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“There is a due process issue.” #1twnforum
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Don’t let the conversation stop here! #1twnforum
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Philips gym was once open to everybody. Gym then opened down, worked at Philips gym which the athletic club. #1twnforum
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You’ve got to talk about the economics! I can’t work at the college. #1twnforum
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“I’m on the list twice. Once at 20, once for being on the list already.” #1twnforum
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Kids should be notified. They can shape up. #1twnforum
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“I do think that there are some offenses that should be on the list, but not skateboarding, playing pool, etc.” #1twnforum
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Pipeline from school to prison. This policy gets young people criminally prosecuted. #1twnforum
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Please note that all tweets in quotes are paraphrased. #1twnforum
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“I was jumped on campus. Safety and Security issues are not abstractions.” #1twnforum
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Highschool kids feel unwelcome in town. #1twnforum
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More transparent and more fair. #1twnforum
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Been working on the list of years. No process, no explanation for being put on the list. #1twnforum
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Speaker didn’t even know what was college property until her friends got on the list. #1twnforum
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“Half of my friends are on the list.” #1twnforum
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Another person on the list speaks, who cannot get a hearing to get off the list. #1twnforum
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Story of being stopped at the ‘sco when trying to go meet their bother. #1twnforum
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“It breaks my heart.” #1twnforum
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Arrested after speaking to the president, despite college bylaw saying that anyone can visit the president. #1twnforum
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Person who is on the list speaks of the feeling of being banned from campus. Didn’t hear what complaintes are. No way to defend. #1twnforum
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Asking to hear from people who have been directly effected by this policy. #1twnforum
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First section: personal experiences. #1twnforum
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Everyone has 3 minutes to talk! Trying to hear a lot of voices. #1twnforum
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Now doing ground rules. #1twnforum
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Facilitator brings up the discussion of the no trespass list that took place at the Treyvon Martin vigil. #1twnforum
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“I’m excited to here people discuss issues that effect them” – facilitator #1twnforum
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“We believe in standing as one. I just hope everyone can hear us out.” – facilitator #1twnforum
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One facilitator is a ‘Sco employee who has seen the policy in action. #1twnforum
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Facilitators share why they care about the trespass list. #1twnforum
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Apologies to the communities of faith who couldnt make it today on Ash Wednesday. We will work to include you int he future. #1twnforum
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There are many many stories that go unheard. #1twnforum
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We look to hear and share individual experience. #1twnforum
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We seek to open our forum to our the quieter voices of individuals. #1twnforum
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Out first moderator welcomes the group. #1twnforum
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People take their seats as we get ready to begin. #1twnforum
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We ask that people who can sit on the floor do so to accommodate people who are more comfortable in chairs. #1twnforum
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Room starting to fill up! #1twnforum
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Please join the conversation by using the hashtag #1twnforum
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We will be live tweeting tonight’s community forum at #1twnforum
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