Everybody deserves to be and feel safe.
And we know that the safest communities are the ones with the most resources. When we ensure people have a stable place to live, a dignified job that provides economic security, and the resources they need to care for themselves and their loved ones, we are building communities where we are safe and have everything we need to thrive.
It is a long road to realize our vision of truly safe communities, but we are energized everyday by the community wins across the LP network. After years of organizing, Chicago is reopening three mental health clinics in Black and Brown communities. This achievement is due in large part to Chicago Alderperson and Local Progress Public Safety Steering Committee member Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez’s steadfast leadership and demonstrates what’s possible when we organize and step into our power as local elected leaders.
To support our collective work and continue building the world we want to see, we have a variety of communications, budgeting, and policy resources available to our members and partners.
Let’s Talk Real Safety: Public Safety Messaging Guide – Our messaging guide includes data-backed messaging rooted in our theory that real public safety is all the things that meet people’s basic needs including housing, healthcare, and good schools.
Investing in Real Safety: A How-To Guide For Policymakers – Use our budget toolkit to explore the functions of your police department and identify opportunities to reallocate funding in an effort to create real safety.
Reform/Transform: A Policing Policy Toolkit – Our policing policy toolkit includes a set of 12 policy areas for which you can review best practices, look at model legislation from around the country, and use an in depth assessment guide to review how your locality compares.
We also have issue-specific resources to support you in creating community responder programs, including key programmatic recommendations and strategies to fund your program. And our traffic safety memo outlines tangible policy solutions to keep everyone safer on the roads while reducing our reliance on police enforcement.
Trying to create real safety in this political moment is not easy. But know that you are not alone.
