StreetPeace
A Southern Christian Leadership Conference: Stop The Violence Initiative
Life is a Journey that deserves to be traveled with dignity and honor. Acts of violence rob victims of a chance to choose part of their journey. We are taught "our past does not determine our future". Therefore, with education and activism, we have the ability to change the journey of many victims who might otherwise be forced into a life of situational fear.
“Streetpeace” is a strategy of the SCLC “stop the violence initiative” developed as an educational awareness initiative aimed at highlighting the growing predatory violence problem in our communities.
A 2007 special report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, reveals that approximately 8,000 — and, in certain years, as many as 9,000 African Americans are murdered annually in the United States. 93% of these murders are committed by other blacks.
To put these numbers in perspective, more African Americans die in a single year in the United States (8-9,000) than the total of all American servicemen (6,400) killed during ten years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and more than all African American servicemen (7,450) killed during the thirteen years of the Vietnam War.
Purpose: “Streetpeace” seeks to heighten awareness of predatory violence within communities, using education to empower individuals and groups to actively work to eradicate this public safety and community health issue.
Goals: Through seminars, workshops, public forums, roundtable discussions, and partnerships with other organizations, SCLC will educate and increase awareness of predatory violence on victims in the United States. Our plans include:
• Identifying and sharing information on how to recognize predatory violence victims
• Increasing knowledge on why and how people become predatory violence victims
• Educating communities on action steps to take when one suspects a person is a victim
• Educating communities on identifying where predatory violence occurs in neighborhoods
• Educating communities on ways to avoid criminalizing victims
• Providing trainer programs within communities to increase leadership around the issue
Partnerships: SCLC will form partnerships with corporations, churches, and local, state and national
organizations to achieve the outlined goals of “Streetpeace”.
Life is a Journey that deserves to be traveled with dignity and honor. Acts of violence rob victims of a chance to choose part of their journey. We are taught "our past does not determine our future". Therefore, with education and activism, we have the ability to change the journey of many victims who might otherwise be forced into a life of situational fear.
“Streetpeace” is a strategy of the SCLC “stop the violence initiative” developed as an educational awareness initiative aimed at highlighting the growing predatory violence problem in our communities.
A 2007 special report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, reveals that approximately 8,000 — and, in certain years, as many as 9,000 African Americans are murdered annually in the United States. 93% of these murders are committed by other blacks.
To put these numbers in perspective, more African Americans die in a single year in the United States (8-9,000) than the total of all American servicemen (6,400) killed during ten years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and more than all African American servicemen (7,450) killed during the thirteen years of the Vietnam War.
Purpose: “Streetpeace” seeks to heighten awareness of predatory violence within communities, using education to empower individuals and groups to actively work to eradicate this public safety and community health issue.
Goals: Through seminars, workshops, public forums, roundtable discussions, and partnerships with other organizations, SCLC will educate and increase awareness of predatory violence on victims in the United States. Our plans include:
• Identifying and sharing information on how to recognize predatory violence victims
• Increasing knowledge on why and how people become predatory violence victims
• Educating communities on action steps to take when one suspects a person is a victim
• Educating communities on identifying where predatory violence occurs in neighborhoods
• Educating communities on ways to avoid criminalizing victims
• Providing trainer programs within communities to increase leadership around the issue
Partnerships: SCLC will form partnerships with corporations, churches, and local, state and national
organizations to achieve the outlined goals of “Streetpeace”.
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