Through the VCRIME program, NCPI created a national awareness campaign called My Voice. Our Community. to provide local leaders and public safety professionals with communications tools and messaging resources they can use in their existing violence reduction efforts.
The campaign was developed over several years through grant funding and involved the contributions of the Community Safety Collaborative, dozens of community-based leaders and public safety practitioners who we convened to be part of the program research.
National advisory board
NCPI convened a national advisory board to provide program guidance to ensure that the messaging was based on real-world experiences and would resonate effectively with a diverse cross-section of American communities.
The Community Safety Collaborative consists of community leaders, activists, law enforcement professionals, policymakers, and academics dedicated to reducing violence and who offered their experience, expertise, and insight to make this campaign possible.
NCPI would like to thank each of them for their contributions to the program.
Ako Abdul-Samad
Creative Visions Human Development Institute
Aquil Basher
Professional Community Intervention Training Institute
Greg Berman
Center for Court Innovation
Greg Boyle
Homeboy Industries
Ed Bryant
United Way of Greater St. Louis
Robert Bryant
Penobscot Nation Police Department
Chandra Clark
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City
Julian Deshazier
University Church, Chicago
Mohammad Dukuly
Masjid Al-Ansar Islamic Community Center
Bill Gibbons
Public Safety Institute
Stuart Greer
Morristown New Jersey Bureau of Police
Alison Grodzinksi
Prevention Research Center of Michigan
Rodolfo Gutierrez
Hispanic Advocacy & Community Empowerment Through Research
Charles Harrison
Barnes United Methodist Church
Tamara Jackson
Silence Is Violence
Brandon Johnson
City of Birmingham, Alabama
David Kennedy
National Network For Safe Communities at John Jay College
Nancy La Vigne
Council on Criminal Justice
Chris Magnus
Tucson, AZ Police Department
Evan Mintz
Arnold Ventures
Leon Morgan
Alaska Department of Public Safety
Jennifer Oxborrow
Utah Domestic Violence Coalition
Suzi Pearson
Abused Women’s Aid in Crisis
Anthony Peguero
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Jennifer Pierce-Weeks
International Association of Forensic Nurses
Mark Putnam
YMCA of Greater Seattle
Amber Roman
Dallas Police Department
John Skinner
Towson University
David Squires
Wrightsville Beach Police Department
James Timpson
ROCA, Inc.
Rachel Tolber
Redlands Police Department
Trevor Velinor
Virgin Islands Police Department
Randy Wesley
Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police Department
Paul Yang
San Diego Police Department
Campaign resources
The My Voice. Our Community. community campaign guide and toolkit of resources are available at no cost. The materials are downloadable and customizable, including public awareness videos, apparel templates, posters/fliers, and social media assets.
Community leaders and public safety professionals can use them in any way that supports their community engagement efforts around violence reduction.
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