Episode 29 - Towards a safer community- Brattleboro Community Safety Review, Pt 1
Trigger Warning/Content Warning for this episode- issues and reference to suicidal ideation, police violence, involuntary restraint, and white supremacy are all mentioned in this episode.
Out in the Open Radio Hour, Episode 29, we talk with Kaz DeWolfe and Laura Stamas, two Brattleboro community members who were members on the Brattleboro Community Safety Review Team Committee. In this episode we hear more about the Brattleboro Community Safety Review Process, which is a process that begun in response to the 2020 Uprisings for Black Lives. Kaz and Laura talk about the process and recommendations made in the final Community Safety Review Report that was published at the end of 2020. Each share their experiences with in Brattleboro around safety and harm, including experiences as marginalized community members. In part two of this series, a number of community members read aloud the Key Findings and Recommendations put forth by the Brattleboro Community Safety Review Final Report.
Some acronyms and words that came up in the episode:
RFP, stands for Request for Proposals. There were several proposals submitted to the Brattleboro Selectboard on this process, and the proposal that was selected was one set forth by Shea Witzberger and Emily Megas-Russell, LICSW Mad- Mad is a term used often by psychiatrically labeled folks to [re]claim self determination
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