The PRSC Community Listening Tour is an opportunity for community members to share their opinions and thoughts on the city's violence prevention efforts and learn more about the Roadmap to Safer Communities.
Inside the Transfiguration Baptist Church in West Philadelphia, the Office of Policy & Strategic Initiatives for Criminal Justice & Public Safety continued its Philadelphia Roadmap to Safer Communities 2022 Community Listening Tour Series.
The listening tour is an opportunity for community members to share their opinions and thoughts on the city's violence prevention efforts and learn more about the Roadmap to Safer Communities, all while building community connections with leaders, residents, and city agencies alike. "When we think about community meetings, we have this traditional mindset of panel and then Q&A. I think what we're doing differently this time is we're actually in conversation with community members," said Erica Atwood, senior director of criminal justice and public safety for the City of Philadelphia.There was food and members of the community were able to interact with city leaders, including those who pitch and create policy.
Stacy Phillips is the CEO of West Philadelphia Achievement Charter Elementary School. Just a few weeks ago anNo students were shot but one student was taken by ambulance to the hospital after suffering a panic attack. The incident shows the layers and different types of trauma being faced by the youngest in the community."It's better than the lecture style in small groups. You get a chance to hear and be heard, and those things in a small group setting can be put into a bigger format to see what's good coming out of this," said Phillips.
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