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CPR-DetroitMission Statement of the Committee for the Political Resurrection of Detroit CPR-Detroit Mission and Activities POB 44474/Detroit MI 48244 CPR-Detroit seeks to build a people's movement in the community that will create positive alternatives to present government and economic structures, putting people first, and that will improve the quality of life for all residents. CPR will take electoral politics beyond personality and big spending contests, to a higher level that will empower the communities to make decisions about the life of the city. CPR will work with neighborhood, justice and faith groups to develop policies and programs to create grassroots youth leadership. We will organize for a clean, healthy and safe environment, people's control of a professional police department, efficient, dependable and affordable public services such as fire department, trash pick up and a clean water system.
PROGRAM
ART, Joy and Community:
Communications/Education:
Elections: We will work for district voting and election monitoring, and work to limit campaign financing of elections. As an alternative, we will work to organize publicly financed and governed debates between candidates. We will sponsor and support community forums and town halls for all elections to provide residents the opportunity and criteria by which to evaluate the candidates. We will launch petitions for ballot initiatives to achieve some policy goals. CPR will not run candidates who accept corporate campaign funds. Community Building: We will place special emphasis on developing youth leadership from K-12 in the rebuilding of our communities. We support community control of neighborhood development and land use and long range planning to re-build the city from the ground up. We call for a moratorium on the destruction of housing and place emphasis on renovation, in-fill housing construction, and neighborhood preservation. CPR will develop a relationship with urban farmers, elders, youth and middlers, and promote the practice and benefits of urban agriculture as a means of expressing freedom, humanity and good nutrition. In recognition of conflicts among the people and within our organizations, we make available Conflict Resolution procedures and resources. Issues: We demand that residents in Graimark, Brush Park who desire to remain in their homes be allowed to stay, and we oppose the relocation of any or all casinos to the Riverfront. We will study the possibility of calling for a vote to stop all rent increases and condominium conversions. We will work for the realization of a guaranteed income for every person.
Transportation:
Seniors and Housing: With the exception of vacant lands adjacent to residential property, we demand that the sale of any city property or resources be conducted by the competitive bidding process. CPR demands that the City government rehabilitate and preserve all city-owned senior apartment complexes and that they be used to house current and future low and middle income seniors. We call for the preservation of all remaining public housing, and that they be rehabilitated for the exclusive rental or low and middle income residents. The city should not plan to build affluent housing on those sites. We call for the building of low-income, quality, affordable housing to meet the needs of the residents.
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