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 Walkin' in the Parade!
We had a walkin’ and talkin’ good time when - for the second straight year - OSHN and many of our wonderful community partners – collectively walked in the 2024 Derby Pegasus parade.
The point of our involvement is to illustrate that our city has a strong, working, collaborating ecosystem for gun violence reduction. Our partners included MOMS (Moms Demand Actions), OSHN Ambassadors, Maryhurst Renewal, Blossoms of Hope, Legal Aid, Cycle Breakers, Gloves Not Guns, The Louisville Metro Youth Cabinet and Amplify 502.
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 OSHN Reports to the Community
OSHN is well into a rare, summer-long presentation series that explains how OSHN works to reduce gun violence in our city’s most economically challenged neighborhoods. Next meeting in the Portland neighborhood - to find out more keep reading below.
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OSHN Budget Hearing FY 2024-2025 |
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 Watch OSHN's Budget Hearing FY 2024-2025. (OSHN Hearing begins 1:04:34)
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 Ulysses Gober is the community outreach coordinator for the YES! or Youth Engagement Services division at OSHN.
He spends a lot of time communicating with youth from all areas in Louisville. So, he needs the skill and personal aptitude to converse, relate and understand an array of youth with diverse economic and lifestyle experiences.
A large part of his job is developing youth boards in several Louisville neighborhoods. These neighborhood youth boards serve as a channel for youth to communicate their issues, needs and experiences to city government.
“I was interested in this work because this gives youth a way to express themselves, maybe in a way they haven’t had before.”
Self-expression is something he knows well. Still in his 30s, Ulysses expresses many personal interests: He pastors to a sizeable Louisville church congregation, played college sports at Kentucky State University, worked several years as a firefighter in Pleasure Ridge Park and Louisville, and he and his wife are raising seven children. “I’ve been busy,” he said.
He proudly says he was raised in a large, extended family rooted in the Newburg neighborhood. As an active youth, he admits he made decisions that were not always lawful nor rooted in his personal faith. “I was a kid. I was raised where there are a lot of kids in the neighborhood. I got into things.” But those experiences helped ready him for the diverse youth population he works with on behalf of the city.
“Everything is not the same for everybody,” he said “Youth are growing up differently. Sometimes in hard ways. Those experiences are important,” as they mature and become future community leaders.
“I think my work is important in letting them know their experiences count.”
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News Related to Violence Reduction |
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Mayor Craig Greenberg was joined today by Ryan Nichols, president of the River City FOP, Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) leadership and community members to celebrate the new proposed four-year contracts which include a 22% salary increase over four years and strengthen transparency and recruiting efforts. Currently, LMPD is 260 officers short of full strength.
If approved by the Metro Council, the contracts will guarantee a 22% salary increase over four years for all officers, sergeants, lieutenants, and captains, making LMPD’s salaries competitive and bringing them in line with other police departments in Louisville and the region. Members will receive an immediate 7% percent raise as part of the new contracts. The starting annual pay for LMPD officers will increase from $52,000 to nearly $67,000 by July 2026.
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 The Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhood's Reimagine Networking Night on May 29, 2024 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm at the Republic Bank Foundation YMCA, 1720 W Broadway, Louisville, KY.
This Networking Night will offer discussions on what the local Anti-Violence Coalitions are doing in neighborhoods experiencing a high rate of gun violence, an overview of OSHN's Community Sanctuary Project initiative, and a presentation from MOMS Demand Action. Become a part of the discussion - try to attend!
Registration is required - click the link below. For more information, email: Reimagine@louisvilleky.gov
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 Portland Neighborhood
The Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Reports to the Community on June 20, 2024 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm at Shawnee Baptist Church, 2214 Bank Street, Louisville, KY.
If you want to know what the city is doing to curve and treat violence in the Portland neighborhood, please register for this FREE event. Throughout the summer, OSHN will hold presentations in Louisville neighborhoods most impacted by gun violence. These one-hour presentations will cover efforts in direct trauma resources, intervention and prevention, violence interruptions, youth-focused engagement and community mobilization and training. Space is limited, so please reserve your seat.
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Where Gun Violence is Happening in Our City |
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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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