At a time in this country where the number one cause of death for children is gun violence, let us use #GunViolnceAwarenessMonth to honor the memory of those we lost, and to find ways to prevent gun violence in the future. National Network for Safe Communities.

Yesterday we welcomed public safety & social services professionals from Copenhagen, Denmark and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to join us for a week long peer exchange. 1st stop: Walking One Stop @ North Park at Scott Carver apartments. @nnscommunities @walkingonestop @miamidadepd

On Monday, the Miami-Dade GVI Program welcomed Denmark Police Department, the Group Violence Intervention Philadelphia and National Network for Safe Communities for a Walking One Stop in North Park at the Scott Carver apartments along with our Northside District officers and members of our community.

Yesterday, our Miami-Dade GVI program along w/ the Communications Bureau & Real Time Crime Center, gave a behind-the-scene tour to the Denmark Police Department, the Group Violence Intervention Philadelphia & National Network for Safe Communities where they got a first-hand look at their operations.

Chief Cecilia Ashe joined a recent National Institute of Justice podcast to discuss collaborative, evidence-based gun violence reduction, GVI, and Wilmington’s successful partnership with NNSC. nij.ojp.gov/topics/article…

📢UPCOMING WEBINAR: Interested in learning how courts can improve court attendance and avoid needless warrants & pretrial detention? ➡️Register for our September 14 webinar in partnership with ideas42: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Executive Director, David Kennedy is quoted in this article about our new partnership with Pine Bluff

Sasha Cotton, NNSC's Senior Strategy Director responds to the development of a federal Office of Gun Violence Prevention in this Washington Post opinion. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

Every October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month , an opportunity to talk and learn about this important issue and show those impacted by DV that they are not alone. To learn some ways to be an ally our partners at NYS OPDV have some great resources opdv.ny.gov/start-conversa…

NNSC staff goes purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. To learn more about our intimate partner violence work, visit nnscommunities.org/strategies/int…

David Kennedy presented on the NNSC’s violence prevention work at the Cumbre Internacional de Seguridad y Defensa in the Dominican Republic. The conference also featured Newburgh, New York’s Commissioner José Gomérez (pictured). More on GVI in Newburgh nytimes.com/2018/04/03/opi…

Intimate partner violence has potential to be lethal. The presence of guns in relationships increases that likelihood. To learn more about what your state is doing to address firearms in intimate partner violence situations, check out: disarmdv.org

For those attending #ASCriminology2023, we hope you’ll join @nnscommunities roundtable discussion: Applying Focused Deterrence to Police Misconduct. Wed, Nov 15, 3:30 to 4:50pm, Conference Suite I, 3rd Floor#ASCPhilly23 Amer Soc of Crim John Jay Research

Donate today to strengthen the national community of practice around NNSC's important work to stop gun violence. donorbox.org/nnsc #givingtuesday

NNSC is pleased to announce our new Executive Director, Sasha R. Cotton. nnscommunities.org/announcement/

NNSC Executive Director, Sasha Cotton at the White House for an important conversation with President Biden and police chiefs from across America to highlight the importance of community & law enforcement partnerships to address and prevent gun violence.

NNSC was proud to participate in the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives Conference. Pictured: Rebecca Atkinson ExternalAffairs@JJAY, Sasha Cotton National Network for Safe Communities, Karol Mason ExternalAffairs@JJAY, Anthony Smith Cities United, and Monique Williams CureViolence.