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Safety is more than just the absence of crime. We asked some people around New York City, including our staff and people they work with, questions about safety—how they define it, and how they’d improve it in the neighborhoods where they live. This short video was the opener for our recent panel on Building Neighborhood Safety and Well-being from the Ground Up. Read the about the panel takeaways here.

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  Brooklyn Youth Call for School and Community Changes to Build a Safer City

  • By Neighbors In Action
  • On February 14, 2019 In anti-gun violence, S.O.S., YO S.O.S., youth

  Neighbors in Action Youth Recommendations for a Safer City   About Us Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets (YO S.O.S.) is a program of Neighbors in Action (NIA) and the Center for Court Innovation. YO S.O.S. gathers young people from Central Brooklyn who have been impacted by community violence, and trains them to address issues […]

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  Re-framing Safety: Lessons from Brooklyn

  • By Neighbors In Action
  • On February 6, 2019 In anti-gun violence, anti-violence, Community Conversations, Cure Violence, health, media, Neighbors in Action, News, Photos, S.O.S.

      On January 30th, the Center for Court Innovation convened leading voices from Brooklyn to discuss neighborhood safety and well-being on a panel at the Robin Hood Foundation. The discussion, moderated by NY1’s Errol Louis, sought to re-frame the public discourse surrounding the definition and creation of safety and invited policymakers, city agencies, and […]

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• Celebrating Black History Month in Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy

  • By Neighbors In Action
  • On February 1, 2019 In Uncategorized

  February is Black History Month, and we’d like to take a moment to reflect on the rich histories of movements and leaders from Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy. Read on for some history about our community! In Crown Heights… Activists who came out of Crown Heights include Junius C. Morel, Susan Smith McKinney Steward, and Sarah […]

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  Music, Paint, and Sip– Peace Week Edition

  • By Neighbors In Action
  • On January 18, 2019 In anti-gun violence, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Neighbors in Action, peace work, S.O.S., S.O.S. Bed-Stuy, S.O.S. Crown Heights

  On Thursday January 17th, Save Our Streets Brooklyn hosted a Music, Paint and Sip community event “Peace Week” edition. The goal was to create a fun and safe event where community members could engage with each other as a way of acknowledging “Peace Week” and as a way of taking the Peace Week pledge. On […]

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