Public safety is a complicated issue that is exacerbated by the constraints and disparities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. While the CAN project team is interested i n understanding the public safety needs and priorities of the community, it is important that these public safety discussions come from an informed, innovative, and socially-just point of juncture.

This activation is the second in the Public Safety series of activations. The CAN project team, local direct services providers, and residents interested in addressing public safety concerns will participate in a day-long institute, the Public Safety Advocates Training, to understand transformative justice, resources and systems of healing/support, the ways the safety net isn’t working for the CAN community, and new methods for reducing harm and increasing support. Through a post-training evaluation activity, participants will express which alternatives feel most appropriate for the CAN community and which existing safety net services need to be improved, held accountable, or removed altogether. The results of the post-evaluation will provide supplemental data for required public safety data collection and will also afford the CAN planning team valuable insight into new pathways to personal and public safety in the neighborhood.

This event is one in a series of engagement activations designed get to the heart of a dignity-infused, resident-centered experience. The core desired outcomes among all the activations are to activate people to self-determine how they’d like to grow their environments/communities and to spark new ideas and action-oriented civic engagement and ways of being. 

Folks who attended the Public Safety Advocates Roundtable will receive this training. Contact info@thrivanceproject.com if you’d like more information.