Dear John ,

With your help, in 2016, we launched Trauma to Trust (T2T), a groundbreaking program in Newark, NJ, that brings community members and police officers together to explore trauma, especially when it results from police interactions. Since then, over 1,000 community members and police officers have completed our two-day workshop.

The program reduces the harm of police violence: Newark PD saw a dramatic decline in citizen complaints from officers who completed the program, and T2T has become a critical component of the city’s thriving community-centered public safety model.

Representatives from Baton Rouge, LA, visited Newark several times over the years to see T2T in action and asked us to bring the program to their city.

After extensive community listening and input, plus pilot sessions, T2T launched in Baton Rouge in the spring!

As the director of Trauma to Trust, I get to see firsthand the narratives that shift throughout this program. Just weeks ago, in fact, a community member shared his experience of being targeted and eventually brutalized by the police. An officer who had not been involved heard him, offered true empathy and compassion. She used language directly from that session. The exchange ended with a hug and the entire room was moved by that progress.

This is what happens at T2T…all the time.

Give today — You can help us make more of these stories possible.

With gratitude,

Lionel Latouche

Director, Trauma to Trust

Equal Justice USA
44 Court St
#1217 #1001
Brooklyn, NY 11201
United States

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