After a nationwide search for a new director, we are thrilled to announce the appointment of Courtney Bryan. A former public defender and director of @MidtownCourt, she brings a lifelong commitment to justice reform and community change to the role. https://t.co/58F4Yuwc5E
.@nytimes editorial endorsing the plan to replace NYC's notorious #Rikers Island jail facility links to our analysis of how "sweeping" changes to evidence-sharing rules are helping to make closure possible: https://t.co/VnbmEX88AM
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay and we wanted to make sure you knew that Safe Horizon client advocates are available by chat to offer information, advocacy, and support to people who have been impacted by violence, crime, and abuse. Find the chat here: https://t.co/HVwxVWTvNE
Interested in PB? There’s still time to check out the last neighborhood assembly! Happening this Thursday October 10th, come get all your questions answered about how to apply! We look forward to seeing you… https://t.co/4DbkB8xwfL
.@CureViolence sites in New York, including our @SOS_Brooklyn and @SOS_Bronx, build positive relationships with young people at risk of engaging in violence—and may be the key to criminal justice reform, says this @NYDailyNews piece. https://t.co/uinhuWE51Q
Our city needs to drastically change the way it responds to mental health crises.
Today I joined with a coalition of advocates, who have been fighting for these reforms for years, to outline my proposals to do just that.
Read our report here: https://t.co/ctHFgJuw9B
$1 MILLION DOLLARS!! How would you spend it in your neighborhood?
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Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend a part of their… https://t.co/SwYvg8zyKG
Excited to see all of these #GunPoliciesThatWork on @PublicHealth today! Treating gun violence like a disease works, we've seen evidence of this throughout NYC.
Gun violence is an epidemic. It should get as much public health funding as other epidemics, like opioids or Ebola, says @Degutislc#GunPoliciesThatWork
Project Reset offers people charged with low-level crimes the chance to complete an arts-related program as a way of avoiding a conviction & criminal record. It suggests that art can & should play a role in easing incarceration rates. h/t @courtinnovation https://t.co/38w6SOd0a4
Two artists join host @didacticmatt on our podcast New Thinking to discuss how #art is being used as an alternative to the traditional justice system. Listen now: https://t.co/JkIgMQkF7l
Debuting our podcast's fall season, a special on-location New Thinking with artists Derek Fordjour and Shaun Leonardo: using art instead of the justice system and changing the narratives constraining young people of color. https://t.co/JkIgMQ34fN