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CHANDA SMITH BAKER, THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION <br />Chanda Smith Baker, who joined The Minneapolis Foundation in 2017, is a <br />results-driven leader with 25 years of nonprofit and community experience. <br />She oversees the Foundation’s Community Impact team and its competitive grant <br />making program, which distributes $5 million to $7 million every year to transform <br />education, foster economic vitality, and promote civic engagement in greater <br />Minneapolis-St. Paul. In addition, she provides strategic direction and leadership <br />to the Foundation’s community initiatives and partners with its donors, as well <br />as organizations and leaders across the city and state, to increase their alignment <br />and collective impact. Before joining the Foundation, Chanda spent 17 years at <br />Pillsbury United Communities, where she served in a variety of positions before assuming the role of President <br />and CEO in 2011. <br />CLARENCE CASTILE <br />Clarence D. Castile has been a resident of the Saint Paul Midway community <br />for over 40 years. He is passionate about assisting in developing policies and <br />procedures for the protection of our law enforcement communities, and most <br />especially the citizens. Mr. Castile lost his nephew, Philando Castile to gun <br />violence in July 2016. <br />ELIZER DARRIS, ACLU <br />After being sentenced to natural life in prison as a juvenile and violently <br />struggling for years in adult facilities, Elizer Eugene Darris fought to turn his life <br />around. Self-education became his vehicle of self-discovery and through it, his <br />life was redeemed. Currently, he serves on multiple Boards and advocates for <br />social justice and criminal justice reform. He is the Field Organizer with the <br />American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota (ACLU-MN) and leads the Smart <br />Justice Campaign. <br />27 <br />WORKING GROUP POLICE-INVOLVED DEADLY FORCE ENCOUNTERS RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTION STEPS <br />WORKING GROUP MEMBERS