In 2018, eight police officers with the City of Columbia were trained in crisis intervention. The interfaith organization MORE Justice credits their work in getting that number close to 200. This April, the group will ask local leaders to act on solving the area's affordable housing and gun violence issues.
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Sandra Averhart reports on JUST Pensacola s continued efforts to increase the number of civil citations issued to juvenile misdemeanor offenders, as an alternative to arrest.
The faith-based organization JUST Pensacola has renewed its call for increased use of the Civil Citation program to reduce juvenile arrests in Escambia County.
For the second year in a row, hundreds of community members from a coalition of Pensacola-area congregations assembled to urge local leaders to take action regarding the high number of youth arrests. The meeting was held Monday via Zoom
Rev. Dr. Rick Branch, minister of music at First United Methodist Church and member of the JUST Pensacola executive committee, says they picked up where the inaugural event left off.
Faith-based organization hosts event with Knoxville mayor to make positive changes
Dozens of people gathered in downtown Knoxville Monday with a shared goal making positive changes for the entire community. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 10:18 PM EDT May 3, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. A crowd gathered in downtown Knoxville Monday night with a shared goal improving the community.
The event was hosted by Justice Knox, a faith-based organization that works to develop impactful relationships between community members and cultivate a deeper understanding of the community s issues to better solve them.
They hosted the Nehemiah Action Assembly which began at 7 p.m. both in-person and virtually. Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon also participated in the event, along with other city leaders.