Beginning next week, your walk home can be a little safer, thanks to Safe Slope. The newly-organized group is launching its Safe Walk initiative on Thursday, September 29, and will be piloting the program through Saturday, October 1.
Volunteers will be available between 8pm and 3am to offer free walks home to women and LGBTQ-identified community members. To arrange a Safe Walk, call 347-709-8852, and a pair of volunteers will meet you at a location in the neighborhood and will walk you anywhere in their designated area (see the map above, which also includes the locations of all the reported attacks).
This is a neighborhood-based program that needs neighbor participation for it to work. If you are interested in becoming a Safe Walk volunteer, email safeslope@gmail.com.
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