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Honoring Louisville's 2023 Victims of Violence
"Night of Remembrance" is a community-wide event that will give a solemn recognition to Louisville's 2023 victims of violence. Violence is a community issue because it is affecting everyone's public health, well-being, and sense of safety. Please save this date and join your community as we all remember.
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YES! Connection Special Event: Storytelling Your Own Way
Join us for an exciting and inspiring event where you can learn to tell stories in your own unique way and then take that skill back to the youth you serve. We'll gather at Metro United Way Inc, located at 334 East Broadway, Louisville, KY, USA. Bring an item for our special "show and tell" that will have us all practicing the art of storytelling to build community. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to connect with other youth-serving organizations and learn more about the Story Exchange program. See you there!
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When a teenager, Tracy Brown-Hobbs never intended to make history, but she did. She was the first Black student bused to Valley Elementary School in Valley Station during Louisville’s 1975-1976 school year. The court-issued order caused turbulent riots in Louisville, with proponents physically clashing with bus drivers, gas stations refusing to sell drivers gas and downtown Louisville being flooded with anti-busing protesters triggered because Black students were bussed to majority White schools. “It was scary” she said. “ I saw the protestors and heard the gunshots. I remember that they made us get down on the floor of the bus. And I remember my third-grade teacher just holding me and telling me ‘I will protect you with my life. Nothing is going to happen to you.’ That was something to me. She made me feel safe.”
Forty odd years later, Tracy has built a career centered in public-service, having worked administratively in the Jefferson County court system and then in municipal government. At OSHN, she is the administrative coordinator for department executives. “I’m the facilitator of everything. I help to hold a lot of moving parts together.”
Along the way, she housed and fed numerous children in her neighbor and four of her own. “I felt like I was hosting the Kool-aid house,” she said. “If a child needed someplace to just sleep or get away from stress at home for a while, they stayed with us. Sometimes there were kids coming and going.”
Of her work at OSHN, she says she is most proud of the assistance the office offers to at-risk individuals. “My community is important,” she said. “The resources that OSHN offers is important; it helps point people in a better direction.”
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BE THE ONE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE |
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Change Happens When People Get Involved
OSHN’s Reimagine Network is charged with ensuring that assistance and resources are available for concerned, engaged citizens involved in the fight against violence. The Reimagine Network is OSHN’s community mobilization division and is the city’s gateway for where civic-minded neighbors come together to share concerns, address problems, and then work TOGETHER as they take an active role against anything that brings violence to their neighborhood.
We need more citizens to get involved - NOW.
We encourage residents to join a coalition, especially those in the Shawnee, Parkhill, Smoketown, Russell, Newburg and Portland neighborhoods.
Coalitions are small groups of people with powerful reaches because they address issues and inequity through grassroots tactics, networking and ideas.
Such involvement is a strong, collective way to hold leaders accountable for community-driven change.
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The Reimagine Network division of The Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods continues to make an impact through wonderful partnerships! OSHN partnered with the Criminal Justice Department at Spalding University. Students learned about "Stop The Bleed" from UofL Health instructors. These students are scheduled to also learn about Domestic Violence Awareness, Mental Health 101, and The Public Health Approach To Violence.
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INFORMATION RELATED TO GUN VIOLENCE |
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Stable housing is a major crime fighter. In communities where individuals are stably housed, there are fewer recorded non-violent offenses. People commit fewer survival crimes like theft, robbery, trespassing, loitering. Louisville Metro has launched into this crisis as it relates to the environment and climate change.
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The 2024 presidential candidates have spoken about their policy ideas related to gun violence and gun regulations, as gun deaths remain a major problem in the country.
Over the last four years, 2,364 mass shootings have taken place in the U.S., with 506 occurring in 2023 alone as of Sept. 21, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
Here’s a brief look at where the major candidates stand on the issue.
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The Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods is always for looking community spaces to host our Ambassador Training and Network Nights events. If you know of a community space please email The Reimagine Network.
reimagine@louisvilleky.gov
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OSHN’s mission is to reduce the risk of violence in all of Louisville’s communities. If you have an event or festival that we can table and share what the city is doing to holistically reduce violence and how it affects you and our community - We Want to Come! Please fill out our tabling request form or go to the website at Office for Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods | LouisvilleKY.gov We’ll look forwarding to meeting you!
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There is great work happening here in the Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods, and most importantly, in our community. It is our goal to keep you engaged and co-leading our important work. Our vision for Louisville is a city of safe neighborhoods where everyone is supported, free of violence, and prepared for lifelong success. We can only achieve this together, so stay connected with our monthly newsletters, social media, and visit our website for more information and additional calls to action. |
View any past OSHN Newsletter!
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We would love your feedback. If you have questions or concerns regarding our newsletter, or have a related event that you would like to communicate with our networks, contact the Reimagine Network.
Take care of each other, The Reimagine Network
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Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods
908 W Broadway, 5th Floor, Louisville, KY 40203 | Phone: 502-574-6949
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