Join a panel of community activists, social justice practitioners, and legal experts to explore the deeper issues of what makes a safe community.
Go beyond suggesting more policing, harsher sentencing, or simple reforms to the criminal system. What are the unmet needs of people in communities that make them unsafe? How can harms that occur be resolved in a manner that heals rather than punishes? What does a community really need to be healthy and nourishing to its members?
The Indiana University South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center will convene a discussion meant to challenge how “public safety” is often defined, to ask questions about what a safe community must contain, and chart a path forward to provide them.
In the wake of ongoing and escalating gun violence in our local community, the painful regularity of mass shootings across the country, and the incessant killing of unarmed Black people by police and other state actors, it is clear that traditional measures of dealing with crime and violence are inadequate. The historical racial gap in wealth, disparities in healthcare and educational outcomes, and limited employment opportunities, all point to a need to reimagine what safety and wellbeing means in our society, especially for Black, Brown, and poor communities.
Join the discussion live on Zoom May 25, 2021. Registration for this free event required by visiting https://go.iu.edu/3LIK.
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 | 6-7:30PM
Learn more and register: https://events.iu.edu/iusbcivil/event/186279-1
Civil Rights Heritage Center
Indiana University South Bend