CITY SHARE: “CRIME IN CONTEXT”
06.03.2010 // by: Phillip
The popular lunch series known as City Share has shifted its focus from providing a venue to hear innovative ideas from national voices to finding Chattanooga-based solutions to problems faced by the city.
On Wednesday, June 9 from 12:00-1:00 pm, City Share will present “Crime in Context,” a lunch conversation at Bessie Smith Hall designed to bring local law enforcement agencies, community initiatives, and individuals who deal with crime on a daily basis together to offer a context from which Chattanooga citizens can act in the civic process.
A panel of individuals culled from a variety of professions will join City Share on June 9 to shed light on local efforts based in the city’s communities, schools, families, faiths, policing, workforce training, and criminal justice systems.
The “Crime in Context” panel includes David Eichenthal, a prominent community expert in criminal justice policy; Tim Dempsey from Chattanooga Endeavors, a publicly supported charity with a mission to improve public safety by restoring former offenders to productive roles in society; Vivian Hixson, Site Director for East Chattanooga Weed and Seed; and Sgt. Toby Hewitt, President of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 22.
David Eichenthal joined “Vision to Action,” a previous City Share that recapped the results of the Stand Survey. He offered an address full of hopeful insight for the future of Chattanooga. “The ability of local governments around the nation to reduce crime rates is one of the truly great public policy success stories of the late 20th century,” Eichenthal said. He then offered a charge that reached far beyond the City Share audience to Chattanooga’s citizenry as a whole: “Don’t let anyone – anyone! – tell you that crime is just something you have to deal with in cities because we know that we have the right set of policies to combat crime.”
“Crime in Context” will be the first of three City Share luncheons focused on crime and safety, acting as the first part of Stand & Deliver: Safety, a series of events designed to connect Chattanooga citizens and entities through collaborative, community-building efforts aimed at reducing crime in our area.
As always, City Share is a free and open to everyone, but please RSVP to rsvp [at] createhere [dot] org because space is limited. For more information about City Share or Stand & Deliver and how to get involved, email participate [at] createhere [dot] org or call 423-648-2195.
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