Live reporting by
Monique Petty-Ashmeade
Task Force members met to talk about the timeline and process for putting together the report detailing the work they’ve done and their recommendations. They have until December 2024 to present their report before the Governor and General Assembly.
Good afternoon everyone! I’m Monique Petty & I’ll be live-tweeting for @CHIdocumenters #CHIDocumenters covering today’s Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJA) Missing & Murdered Women Task Force Meeting. It is set to begin at 12:30PM
12:06 PM Jul 22, 2024 CDT
Below you will find today’s meeting agenda: documenters.org/documents/agen…
documenters.org/documents/agen…
Roll call has began at 12:35PM and a quorum is reached for the meeting to proceed
Report presented by Rep. Kam Buckner is currently happening. Legislation reports that ICJA Taskforce must present to the governor their report by end of December 2024
Motion to approve ICJA Taskforce May 29,2024 meeting minutes has been approved
Rep. Buckner is presenting new business for ICJA where the Taskforce must present their reports annually on or before the end December to the governor and generally assembly
Mary Ratliff is presenting the ICJA meeting timeline with their August 22 meeting being cancelled as they begin preparing their report with content created by September 23,2024 with review on October 22, 2024 and final report review being completed by December 19th
The report will include ICJA’s priorities, research, and analysis on murdered and missing women in Illinois
CORRECTION: This report will focus on murdered and missing women in Chicago
This will be the first report done by ICJA’s Missing and Murdered Women in Chicago’s Taskforce
Preparation on how to conduct the report writing process is currently taking place
Recommendation has been given for research report on the top causes of violence that is faced for women in Chicago
1 and 5 every missing case is sex trafficking in Chicago. For Black women domestic violence is the highest cause.
A suggestion for equal weight to be provided towards both human and sec trafficking as well as domestic violence that is the leading cause of death for Black women in Chicago
There are hopes to collaborate with the Trevor Project to further this research and best practices
An ask for both financial and legislative support for the task-force and human trafficking service providers. However only $100,000 is set aside for these service providers
More funding would be helpful for survivors who may not feel comfortable speaking with police
Meeting has been adjourned at 2PM. The next meeting will be held on September 23, 2024. This has been my coverage on ICJA’s Missing & Murdered Women for @CHIdocumenters #CHIDocumenters to stay up to date follow documenters.org
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