Panel Discussion: Getting Real on Police Reform

Our 2017 Annual Dinner featured an engaging discussion among a diverse panel of experts on what it will take to achieve meaningful police reform in Chicago.  Thanks to Steve Edwards, Executive Director of the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics, for moderating the discussion, and to panelists Lori Lightfoot, Chicago Police Board President and Chair of the Mayor’s Task Force on Police Accountability; Theron Bowman, former Police Chief of Arlington, TX; and Tanya Watkins, Acting Executive Director and Lead Organizer of Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL), for sharing their frank and informed insights.