Wanna see a safer Bedstuy? So do we!
“On my way home from the last S.O.S. meeting I was verbally harassed on the Uptown C Train.”
“My wife and I always call each other when we reach our destination.
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That way we can make sure that we get home safe.”
Our Safe Neighborhood Campaign was started in 2007 by community members as a response to a number of devastating incidents of violence in Central Brooklyn. By working with local businesses, organizations, and community institutions we began creating strategies to intervene and prevent violence in our communities. Since then the campaign has grown to train 10 businesses, organizations, and community institutions in preventing and intervening in violence. As always, this year's Summit will focus on individual and community safety systems for LGBTSTGNC people of color without relying on the police. Instead we will promote creative community-based alternatives to violence.
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Contact Chelsea Johnson-Long at (718) 596-0342 ext. 11 or cjohnsonlong@alp.org for any questions or to find out how your organization can endorse the 3rd Annual Safe Neighborhood Summit.
About the S.O.S. Collective...The Safe OUTside the System (SOS) Collective is an anti-violence program led by and for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans, and Gender Non Conforming (LGBTSTGNC) people of color. We are devoted to challenging hate and police violence by using community based strategies rather than relying on the police. SOS is a program of the Audre Lorde Project. www.alp.org
