Hello Sabhaites and Friends,

Please do make it for this very important meeting.

Dolphy D'souza

 

Dear Friends,

Please consider this as a personal mail from me with a very sepecial request to forward the same to all your friends especially those in Bandra, Khar and Santa Cruz. It is my belief that if we get involved in TAKING CHARGE and BEING THE CHANGE we will BE THE DIFFERNECE. 

Fr Warner D'Souza

Mt Carmel Church

 

 Have you had enough of “Enough is enough”? All the talk following 26/11 has been around this phrase and focused on pointing fingers, about how our system has failed us, how our politicians are inept and so on. But this is just talk. Our greatest fear isn’t another terror attack, it’s the indifference that threatens to return as soon as the fiery speeches are done. While many have gone back to their business, some are channelizing their anger and concern into action – filing PILs, starting political parties, planning accountability measures, etc.

 

Similarly, some of us from the H-West ward of Mumbai (Bandra, Khar, Santacruz) and Juhu have come together to join a movement called Citizens Take Charge - a group of ordinary citizens wanting to convert passive concern into active involvement. And in this effort, we have the guidance and support of many eminent citizens along with the energy of the youth.

 

Citizens Take Charge wants to extend this opportunity for action to all concerned in these areas. To this end, we’ve organized a forum where some experts will share with us what we as citizens can do to build a better and safer Mumbai. If you want to turn your concern into action, please participate and bring with you likeminded friends and family.

 

VENUE ; ST JOSEHPS HIGH SCHOOL HALL, HILL ROAD, BANDRA

DATE: 21ST DECEMBER 2008

TIME: 10.30 AM

 

The agenda:

 

1. Overview to the public gathering – Brian Tellis

• Awareness of citizens’ rights – Surendra Srivastava, Loksatta

• Police – An informed citizen is an empowered citizen – Y P Singh

 

2. Be the change: Some practical initiatives

• Citizens Take Charge – Shyama Kulkarni

• Civil Defence and us – D Y Kamble

• MumbaiVotes.com: The Informed Mumbai Voter Project - Vivek Gilani

• PRAJA: Transparency & Accountability in Governance

• Reactivating Advanced Locality Management (ALM) – Naresh Karmarkar

 

3. Question & Answer Forum