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Press & Media

Featured Conversations

1/12/21 Wondery - This is Actually Happening - Episode 173 - This is America - What if your cry for help led to an unthinkable tragedy?

9/25/20 KCBS - I'm Listening, Bay Area 2020: Bay Area community groups provide mental health support during COVID-19 pandemic

6/9/20 Special Report with Areva Martin, Esq. - Policing and the Special Needs Community (at 46:00)

6/2/20 KPFA - Cat Brooks - One Year After Walnut Creek Police Killing of Miles Hall, Family Still Seeks Justice (at 34:00)

3/6/20 Mina Kim & Taun Hall - First Person: Taun Hall on Seeking Justice for the Mentally Ill

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Taun Hall

Click Taun's photo to listen as she shares Miles' story and her vision for change on KQED's Forum podcast.

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Click image above to hear a special conversation between friends speaking from the heart. 

From Pain to Purpose

Remembering Miles Tribute

Interviews & News Articles: 2019, 2020, 2021

9/3/21 CalMatters - Call 988: California Finds $20 Million to Help Pay for New Crisis Hotline

3/31/21 Guest Commentary by Taun Hall, Special to CalMatters: Professionals, not police, should respond to mental health crises

1/27/21 Insider: These mothers called 911 to seek help for their struggling sons. Their children ended up dead.

10/10/20 CNN: These mental health crises ended in fatal police encounters. Now, some communities are trying a new approach

9/22/20 CNN: Miles Hall: California City Announced $4M Settlement over Fatal Police Shooting of Mentally Ill Black Man

8/27/20 Walnut Creek Police Chief Tom Chaplin Announces Retirement

8/23/20 Budget Woes, Social Justice 'Active' City Council Campaign

8/19/20 Justice for Miles Hall KPFA Interview with Vivian McHenry, Sevgi Fernandez, Maria Babar

7/4/20 Who Responds to Nonviolent Crises? New Urgency to Remove Police from the Equation

7/23/20 Walnut Creek Residents Continue Calls to Rethink Policing

6/8/20 Defund the Police? CRISES Act Plots Possible Course

6/3/20 Family, Friends Call for Reform on Anniversary of East Bay Man's Shooting Death

4/26/20 Newsone - 77 Black Men and Boys Killed by Policy

3/6/20 Mina Kim & Taun Hall - First Person: Taun Hall on Seeking Justice for the Mentally Ill

9/29/19 Shaun King - If You Are Black and in a Mental Health Crisis, 911 Can Be a Death Sentence

9/26/19 Cat Brooks & Taun Hall - First Response to Mental Health Crisis Should Be Compassion, Not Cops

9/12/19 Cat Brooks Interview with Taun Hall (at 1:08:00)

7/17/19 Family, Friends of Man Killed by Police in Walnut Creek Call for Accountability

7/17/19 Family of 23-year-old Walnut Creek Man Fatally Shot by Police Demand Reform

6/9/19 Mother of Walnut Creek Police Shooting Victim Calls for Changes in the Way Cops Handle Mental Illness

Proclamations

Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors Resolution Declaring Racism as a Public Health Crisis.

Walnut Creek City Council Proclaims May 2020 National Mental Health Awareness Month

Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors Proclaims February 16-22, 2020 as African American Mental Health Awareness Week and February 15, 2020 as Miles Hall Day of Remembrance

News

5/7/21 - WARNING! Body Cam Footage - Graphic Content - Contra Costa DA Won't Charge Walnut Creek Officers in Fatal Shooting of Miles Hall; Civil Rights Attorneys ask AG for Help

9/12/19 - WARNING! Body Cam Footage - Graphic Content -Walnut Creek Police Facing Lawsuit Over Fatal Shooting Of Mentally Ill Man

FOSATH Newsletter Archives

10/5/20 - Response to City of Walnut Creek - Volunteers Needed

8/17/20 - Upcoming Events and Updates!

5/27/20 - Upcoming Events and Updates!

3/2/20 - Participation, Planning, and Progress!

2/10/20 - Upcoming Remembrance Events this Week!

1/29/20 - FOSATH Winter Update

12/3/19 - Announcing Foundation

12/2/19 - The Latest from FOSATH

10/28/19 Community Meeting Reminder

10/27/19 Upcoming Community Events

10/18/19 Community Meeting Invite

9/30/19 Subcommittees

9/17/19 City Council

7/29/19 Correspondence to City

7/27/19 Subcommittees Forming

City Council Meetings

To view, select a meeting and #3 for public communications. 

1/26/21 Special City Council Meeting re Community Listening Sessions

1/19/21 City Council Meeting

12/15/20 City Council Meeting

12/1/20 City Council Meeting

11/17/20 City Council Meeting

10/20/20 City Council Meeting

10/6/20 City Council Meeting

9/15/20 City Council Meeting

9/1/20 City Council Meeting

7/21/20 City Council Meeting

7/6/20 City Council Meeting

6/30/20 City Council Meeting

6/16/20 City Council Meeting

6/9/20 City Council Meeting

6/2/20 City Council Meeting

5/19/20 City Council Meeting

5/5/20 City Council Meeting

4/21/20 City Council Meeting (at 1:51:25)

4/7/20 City Council Meeting (at 2:58:40 and 3:03:20)

3/3/20 City Council Meeting

2/18/20 City Council Meeting

2/4/20 City Council Meeting

1/21/20 City Council Meeting (at 46:25)

12/17/19 City Council Meeting

12/3/19 City Council Meeting

11/19/19 City Council Meeting

11/5/19 City Council Meeting

10/15/19 City Council Meeting

10/1/19 City Council Meeting  

9/17/19 City Council Meeting  

7/16/19 City Council Meeting  

Press Release & Conferences

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