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We are an alliance of survivors and formerly incarcerated individuals calling for healing, an end to mass incarceration and investment in our communities.

[VOYCE @VOYCEProject]

After three years of collective work among students, parents, community members, and CPS, the Whole School Safety steering committee is proud to announce CPS will invest an additional $3.9 million into systems of safety beyond School Resource Officers in accordance with the... 👇

[VOYCE @VOYCEProject]

Whole School Safety Plan. Our efforts are only just beginning as we continue to demand a shift from police in schools towards restorative justice and systems of safety beyond SROs. #WholeSchoolSafety #RethinkingSafety

[Sarah Karp @SSKedreporter]

Chi Board of Ed is back in session at presentations. Chief of Safety and Security Jadine Chou is presenting on whole school safety plans and which schools have voted to remove School Resource Officers.

[VOYCE @VOYCEProject]

NOW: Tune into the @ChiPubSchools BOE meeting now to hear the #WholeSchoolSafety planning process results! Watch Live 👉🏽: https://t.co/EGQ2kdjMl3

[VOYCE @VOYCEProject]

For over three years, we have been a part of the District’s Whole School Safety steering committee advocating for the implementation of the Whole School Safety Plan.
#RethinkingSafety
#WholeSchoolSafety

Read more below! 👇

[VOYCE @VOYCEProject]

This year, we were able to work with individual high schools to deepen their engagement with students, parents, and the community on issues of safety in search of systems of safety beyond School Resource Officers.

Read more below! 👇

#WholeSchoolSafety #RethinkingSafety

[VOYCE @VOYCEProject]

With the support of the community, students, and CPS we continue to reimagine what alternative systems of safety look like through the Whole School Safety Plan in one of the nation’s largest public school districts! 

#WholeSchoolSafety
#Rethinkingsafety

[VOYCE @VOYCEProject]

In 2022, a total of 32 schools opted to use alternative strategies to school safety resulting in the reinvestment of over $3.8 million from police in schools into holistic approaches to school safety.

#WholeSchoolSafety #RethinkingSafety

[VOYCE @VOYCEProject]

Back in 2021, in the 3rd largest school district in the country, 31 schools across the district voted to remove SROs and reinvested close to $3.2 million dollars as a direct result of students, parents, and community efforts (More below). 👇
#WholeSchoolSafety #RethinkingSafety

[VOYCE @VOYCEProject]

This shift from relying on police to holistic approaches addresses safety through comprehensive ways that include restorative justice, mental health, and other alternatives.

#WholeSchoolSafety #RethinkingSafety

[VOYCE @VOYCEProject]

In 2020, when the #WholeSchoolSafety Committee was formed, 17 schools voted to remove School Resource Officers, cutting $15 million from the SRO program by half! Join the #CPS BOE meeting today at 10:30am!

Meeting: https://t.co/Agz7MttQZQ
#WholeSchoolSafety #RethinkingSafety

[VOYCE @VOYCEProject]

@ARKofStSabina @buildchicago @COFIOnline @MikvaChallenge

[VOYCE @VOYCEProject]

TODAY: Students, parents, and our communities will speak about the impact of #WholeSchoolSafety and alternative systems of safety. The #CPS Board of Education meeting starts at 10:30 a.m.

Join virtually at: https://t.co/Agz7MttQZQ

#WholeSchoolSafety #RethinkingSafety

[Communities United @CommsUnited]

Over 300 youth & families from across the city of Chicago are in Springfield calling on state legislators to address drug use through treatment and investment in #mentalhealth and shift away from mass incarceration! #AdvocacyDay #HealingThroughJustice

[Communities United @CommsUnited]

May is #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth, and for far too long young people, community leaders, and individuals who have experienced first-hand the impact of the mass criminalization system are in Springfield to educate officials & call for more investment in #mentalhealth supports!

[Communities United @CommsUnited]

🚀 We're #hiring! CU is looking for individuals who are passionate and highly motivated to transform our communities collectively! if you or someone you know wants to build collective power to achieve racial justice & transformative social change,
visit👉🏽https://t.co/eBCsN50gig

[Communities United @CommsUnited]

Read the full report at: https://t.co/WEOBype4Oh
#criminalizationvscare #reimaginecommunitycare #healingthroughjustice

[Communities United @CommsUnited]

The report that we released w/@movimientopoder, @ReimagineRich & @SocialMovementSupportLab shows that our tax-paying $$ are being misused. Chicago ranks #2 in funding disparities b/w policing & systems social services, spending $1.9 bil on the Mass Criminalization System in 2022!

[Communities United @CommsUnited]

DYK: In 2022, the local investment per city household in Chicago towards Systems of Mass Criminalization was $1,745 while only $245 was spent on Systems of Community Care?

Read the full report at: https://t.co/WEOByoX1Mh @movimiento_poder @reimaginerichmond

[Communities United @CommsUnited]

Yesterday @movimientopoder, @ReimagineRich, @SocialMovementSupportLab, and @CommsUnited released a report showing the 20 largest US cities & their counties, have spent a total of $37.9 billion on the #MassCriminalization System in 2022! https://t.co/WEOByoWtWJ