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Combating Gun Violence
Take a look at how the Minneapolis Foundation is reimaging public safety at a systems level and supporting local gun violence prevention efforts.
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It's not too late for you to turn around and put nothing but good into your community moving forward.- K.J. Rolenc
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Reimagining Public Safety
The Policing Project at the NYU School of Law launched "Reimagining Public Safety," a new initiative that asks how people think about public safety, and how to achieve it. Through our Fund for Safe Communities, we are honored to be a partner and funder of this critical work.
We are committed to dismantling the pervasive racial inequities of our society’s criminal legal system. Explore the ways we are pursuing justice, equity, and healing.
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Safe Communities: Change Starts With Community
Change Starts With Community is working to eliminate hunger amongst children and adults in North Minneapolis and to use food as a violence prevention tool for gender-based violence.
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Hennepin County Attorney Forum – 2022
Check out this educational forum to learn more about the role of the county attorney and meet the candidates running for the office this fall.
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Hennepin County Attorney 101
Six people are currently running to be the next Hennepin County Attorney. For this nonpartisan office, there is one primary in August & the top two vote recipients go onto the general election in November. Learn more about the role.
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Hennepin County attorney candidates talk child protection, police accountability in forum
The Minnesota Justice Research Center and the Minneapolis Foundation hosted a virtual forum for the candidates running for Hennepin County attorney.
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Micro Grants Support Community Efforts to Promote Healing, Connection
Fund for Safe Communities grants will support local organizations that are hosting gatherings and activities for Minneapolis youth and adults.
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Philanthropy’s Role in Reimagining Criminal Justice
Our Chief Impact Officer and Senior Vice President, Chanda Smith Baker, contributed to this report featuring a broad ecosystem of nonprofits, coalitions, and leaders of color that are working across the United States to transform the criminal legal system to one that is just and equitable.
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Tracey Meares
This episode of Conversations with Chanda dives deep into policing with Tracey L. Meares, the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor and Founding Director of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School. Chanda and Tracey discuss the challenges police departments face as they work to ensure public safety while also building public trust.
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Bail and Pretrial Justice in the United States
In this review of bail and pretrial justice in the United States, the authors analyze how the field of bail operates and why it operates as it does, focusing on its official and unofficial objectives, core assumptions and values, power dynamics, and technologies.
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Safe Communities Grant Supports New Conviction Review Unit
The grant will enable the Conviction Review Unit to hire a paralegal, pay for services such as forensic testing and translation, and cover other expenses.
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Established in 2018, the Fund for Safe Communities supports meaningful actions to address and prevent violence, promote healing, and address systemic inequities. This fund emphasizes the importance of work led by young people and is advised by emerging leaders who have been personally affected by gun violence.
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