Support DBP in Creating A World With Less Policing and More Community Based Solutions

By looking at the data alone, there is no question that policing does NOT lower crime or keep us safe. Communities that are in need of social services and support in having their basic needs met are over-policed and under-cared for. The ripple effect of policing in neighborhoods that desperately need CARE is endless and can be seen everywhere. 

Abolition is a cause I believe in, and one that requires community creativity. It involves having conversations with people, collecting data, creating solutions backed by the PEOPLE - not organizations that are committed to filling prisons and keeping people in the system. A commitment to abolition requires a deep belief in and reverence for people’s abilities to name their own problems and create their own solutions when provided the necessary resources.

Durham Beyond Policing is committed to building alternatives to policing by mobilizing the abundant resources and vibrant networks that already bind our communities together. We create participatory, creative, culturally rooted processes where people most impacted by policing in our city can imagine different conditions and figure out the best ways to attain them together.

**** I've been a member of Durham Beyond Policing for the last year or so and it has been such a great experience. There's a sense of peace and hopefullness about being in a room filled with people who share the same commitment to community care and alternative solutions. I'm currently focused on the East Durham Community Design Project where I, along with 30 or so community members, meet monthly to have conversations about alternative resources with the goal to create a community backed tool that will lower crime (specifically gun violence) in East Durham.

If you can do so, please support Durham Beyond Policing by donating, or becoming a monthly contributor. Any amount makes a difference. Visit durhambeyondpolicing.org for more information.