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🙌 In a recent podcast, Jared Wallace, Assistant Chief of Police at the City of Waco, TX Police Department, reflected on how community engagement has contributed to fostering a positive culture within the police department post-Faith & Blue Week. "Through our Faith & Blue events, we've connected with many community members who are passionate about creating a safe and healthy environment," Jared shared. "These interactions have allowed us to share stories, break down misconceptions, and build stronger bonds. As a result, we're now more engaged with community initiatives like violence prevention, community cleanups, and back-to-school events—activities we weren't involved in before." 💪 This insight underscores the power of community engagement. While Faith & Blue may start as a week of activities, the relationships and trust built during that time have had lasting impacts. These efforts have not only enhanced the department's resources and partnerships but also helped shift perceptions about law enforcement's role and mission. For those looking to amplify their community engagement strategies, the Law Enforcement Community Engagement Network (LECEN) offers invaluable resources. LECEN provides best practices, peer support, industry expertise, and current research for both sworn and non-sworn personnel in community engagement roles across the nation. Join us in building safer and stronger communities through impactful community engagement. Discover valuable resources at Law Enforcement Community Engagement Network (LECEN) to elevate your strategies: https://lnkd.in/edzN4B4a #lawenforcement #buildingsafercommunities #lecen #faithandblue

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Well that was brilliant. Here are three key takeaways from our webinar ‘’Unlocking Community Justice Solutions: Scaling up for National Impact.’’ 1. Let's give Community Justice Systems the recognition they deserve. They need support, status, and the jurisdiction to build relevant partnerships. 2. It's time for formal justice systems and personnel to learn from customary and community justice systems. Judges can lead transformative change as system improvers and connectors between communities and the formal system. 3. Scaling up programmes will make them more effective, less expensive in the long run - and will shrink the Justice Gap. A huge thank you to all our amazing speakers: 🗣 Ms Jhoana Delgado Gaitán, Meg Satterthwaite, Tatyana Teplova, PhD, Annette Mbogoh, Hon. Justice Joel Ngugi, Hon. Justice Olugboyega Ogunfowora, Milkii Mekuria, and Sam Muller; as well as our very engaged audience. Stay tuned - we will be sharing an outcomes agenda for action on scaling community justice soon! And we hope to see you all again at the next webinar. #BetterJusticeBetterWorld  

A few days ago, HiiL | User-friendly Justice organized a very interesting event on community justice solutions. As my dear former professor Meg Satterthwaite, current UN Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, noted, 1.5 billion people lack meaningful access to justice for pressing everyday problems. Usually, this justice gap impacts the most those who are economically and socially disadvantaged. There are not enough judges and lawyers to close this gap, and often, a legal avenue is not even the best strategy to solve numerous issues. As many panellists stressed, instead in focusing only in lawyers and formal judicial systems, we should put people, communities, and their needs at the heart of the justice debate. It is crucial to democratise access to justice and empower communities to lead justice initiatives that can address issues better and strengthen the social fabric.

We need multi-door justice delivery. Courts, connected with other mechanisms, that solve justice problems. Community justice mechanisms are a key component. In my conversations with leaders from ministries of justice and judiciaries there are 3 main challenges: scale, ensuring quality, and sustainable funding. In this webinar very valueable insights were shared.

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What is community justice? A community- first, person-centred approach tackling the root cause of behaviour. It teaches skills and increases self-worth, resulting in less crime being committed. By keeping people in the community and not isolated from society, they learn, they integrate, and they contribute. 👇

📢 Attention, DC community! This DC Emancipation Day, let's honor the spirit of freedom and equality by supporting access to justice for all. As we commemorate this historic day, join us in supporting funding for DC's Access to Justice program, ensuring that every resident can exercise their rights and seek justice. For 18 years, D.C. Access to Justice Commission has been tirelessly working to ensure that low- and moderate-income residents have access to the civil justice system. In D.C., these residents are majority Black and brown individuals. Right now, they need our support more than ever. The Access to Justice Initiative, administered by the D.C. Bar Foundation, provides crucial funding to over 30 community-based organizations each year, offering free legal help to those in need. However, funding cuts have put this essential program at risk. We urge the D.C. Council to restore necessary funding to the Access to Justice Initiative. Civil legal services are not a luxury—they're a necessity for the safety, economic stability, and community health of our district. Let's stand together to ensure that all residents have the access to justice they deserve in our Nation’s capital. Spread the word and support funding for DC's Access to Justice program: https://lnkd.in/daygkneg #AccesstoJustice #AccesstoJusticeCommission #DCEmancipation #DCEmancipationDay #SupportJustice #DCCommunity