2024-2026 What is Safety? CampaignWhat is Safety?
When Akronites or Americans think about safety we often think about it in the sense of our safety services like police and fire and not in the sense of community. We have learned through police brutality cases, deaths at the hands of law enforcement and mass incarceration which has led to more people being locked up currently than there were slaves in the 1800s that the traditional way of thinking about safety is not working for the average American.
The Freedom BLOC will spend the next two years working with the community to truly define what safety is. Municipalities like Akron can no longer afford to funnel tax dollars into a system that has never kept our community safe. We look to define "safety " and "crime" what is crime? Is crime working 40 hours a week and stealing from Family Dollar to feed your family or is the crime the fact that you worked 40hrs and still can't feed your family. How does this current model keep us safe.
Goals
20 community conversation
1800 surveys
Safety plan/legislation for Akron
WHAT’S ONE WORD THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF SAFETY?
Safety Meetings Every 3rd Wednesday of the Month beginning Mar 20, 2024
PURPOSE: The purpose of our monthly safety meeting is to develop a base to shift the narrative around public safety, defining what safety is for people who live in Akron.
Goals (OUTCOMES)
Change Pro-Police narrative around safety (BLOC U- Safety Political Education during meetings) (SMART GOAL FORMAT) RACE CLASS NARRATIVE (https://www.demos.org/campaign/race-class-narrative-project)
SOCIAL MEDIA PLAN
FIELD PLAN
DEEP CANVASS PLAN
HOW WILL WE UTILIZE SURVEYS TO CAPTURE DATA?
WILL SURVEYS BE ON DOORS/VIRTUAL?
WHEN/WHERE ARE THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HAPPENING? (10 WARDS)
HOW WE WILL UTILIZE CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT REVIEW BOARD?
Invest in community safety programs -
What programs? New or Exisiting? (discussion question for breakouts)
Passing a city or county community wellness response resolution within the 2024 local legislative session*
What does this look like?
Federal advocacy for the People’s Response Act including but not limited to lobby days, town halls and engaging your representatives.
What does this look like?
Implementing a 2024 voter engagement strategy
What this look like?
Short Term Goals:
Monthly Meetings: 2-HOUR FORMAT
AGENDA:
WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS
WHAT IS SAFETY CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW
30 MIN POLITICAL EDUCATION: (DIFFERENT POLITICAL EDUCATION AROUND SAFETY)
SHOWING HOW POLICING DOESN’T WORK
JAYLAND WALKER
TAMIR RICE
JOHN CRAWFORD
EXAMPLES WHERE PEOPLE THINK POLICE WERE IN THE RIGHT
COMMUNITY-LED EXAMPLES OF SAFETY
BLACK PANTHERS
Long-term objectives of our campaign.
TO DEFINE SAFETY OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS (24-26)
CAMPAIGN: “WHAT IS SAFETY?”
Intermediate goals for the issue campaign.
OVER THE COURSE OF 2024 - 2026 WE WILL:
CONVENE 20 COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
COLLECT 18,000 SURVEYS
DEVELOP 7 LEADERS