SOUTH BENDÂ â Aiming to reduce youth violence in South Bend, city leaders announced the recipients of the new South Bend Alive grant program Thursday, awarding nearly $350,000 in total to community organizations.
Out of 122 applications the city awarded 50 groups funding for 2021, with recipients getting anywhere between $5,000 and $25,000.
âThis program is really about building community because we know the solutions to this have to come from the community,â said South Bend Mayor James Mueller. âBut the city is going to be a willing and eager partner and assist in any way that we can.â
The program is managed by the Office of Community Initiatives, with director Maurice Scott saying Thursday he believes that providing funding to individuals and groups with good ideas is the best way to address the problem of violence.
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Women in Blue (PBS; Release Date: Feb. 8)
First Impressions: This doc, filmed from 2017-2020, “follows Minneapolis’ first female police chief Janeé Harteau, as she works to reform the Minneapolis Police Department by getting rid of bad cops, retraining the rest, diversifying the ranks and promoting women who statistically use less force than their male counterparts into every rank of leadership.” The doc will also chronicle the journey of four women working in Harteau’s department, including the moment Chief Harteu resigns (following the high-profile case of police officer Mohamed Noor shooting and killing bride-to-be Justine Diamond) and is replaced by a male chief who only picks men as his “top brass.”