Dear John, 

We need a positive agenda to advance community safety in the face of
efforts to roll back the gains we've already made. The Community Safety
Legislative Agenda for 2023 outlines substantive solutions agreed upon by
more than 70 organizations nationwide. It advances solutions that invest
in individuals, families, and communities — not in police and prisons — to
keep people safe. These are investments in community health, housing,
summer jobs and youth programs. Investing in the community also includes
supporting policies such as the Break The Cycle of Violence Act, which
would make significant recurring investments in violence intervention; the
Mental Health Justice Act, which would support local and state governments
in training and dispatching mental health professionals to respond to
people undergoing a mental health crisis; and the People’s Response Act,
which would fund robust investments in community safety through a new
Division of Community Safety within the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. We ask for your help in ensuring Congress and the
Biden-Harris Administration hear our collective voices. Demand passage of
the Community Safety Legislative Agenda.

[ [link removed] ]Join us today as we lift the demands of community voices nationwide!.

[ [link removed] ]Keep Communities Safe - Call on Congress to suport the Community Safety
Agenda.

We’ve seen the results of over-policing and punitive policies aimed at
locking up more and more people. We need support for policies that will
improve public safety on our communities' terms. Dozens of organizations
nationwide are signing on to support the Community Safety Legislative
Agenda, demanding solutions already proven to reduce violence in our
communities. We've allowed these proven solutions to be underfunded for
too long.

We must lift the Community Safety Legislative Agenda to demand real
safety.

 

[ [link removed] ]Keep Communities Safe - Call on Congress to suport the Community Safety
Agenda.

In the aftermath of the George Floyd protests in 2020, we’ve seen a
genuine outpouring for alternatives to policing that threatens Black
lives. The need for real solutions and genuine community safety has been
reinforced by the heinous police murders of Breonna Taylor in 2020 in
Louisville, Kentucky, and Tyre Nichols earlier this year in Memphis. In
communities across the country, people and organizations are crafting
innovative responses to the need for public safety solutions based on the
resources our communities must have to survive and thrive.

[ [link removed] ]We need you to make your voice heard! Sign now to tell your
congressional representatives to support the Community Safety Legislative
Agenda for 2023.

Until Justice Is Real,

Sakira Cook
Vice President of Campaigns, Policy and Government Affairs
Color Of Change

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 References:

 1. Horsford, S. (2021, June 24). H.R.4118 - Break The Cycle of Violence
Act - Congress. Congress.gov. Retrieved May 1, 2023, from
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 2. Porter, K. (2021, February 25). H.R.1368 - Mental Health Justice Act
of 2021 - congress. Congress.gov. Retrieved May 1, 2023, from
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 3. Clasen-Kelly, F. (2023, April 30). As us life expectancy falls,
experts cite the health impacts of incarceration. The Seattle Times.
Retrieved May 1, 2023, from
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