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Miami-Dade Project Safe Neighborhood
Collaborative
Thirty-five
agencies under the auspices of Weed & Seed
have combined efforts to address the gun
violence problem in Miami-Dade County. This
community outreach initiative is taking
place in phases, which include: (1) A
comprehensive, multi-cultural media
Campaign, (2) Memorial Wall Dedication, (3)
Youth Prevention Activities (4), Inter-Faith
Alliance, and (5) Assessment of Miami-Dade
PSN
Collaborative.
The key agencies spearheading this effort
include: Miami/Miami-Dade Weed & Seed, Inc.,
Homestead/Florida City Weed & Seed, North
Miami Beach Weed & Seed, State Attorney’s
Office, City of Miami Mayor’s Office, , SHED
Group Inc., Elijah Network Family and
Community Alliance, Hosanna Community
Foundation, Inc., and Institute for
Development, Inc. Together, these agencies
are addressing a myriad of issues that
manifest when gun violence becomes an
epidemic, as it has in Miami-Dade County.
Additionally, this Collaborative focuses on
a variety of activities designed to address
the gun violence reduction effort.
As part of
this the community outreach component,
targeted activities are being organized in
the North, Central and South sections of
Miami-Dade County via the Weed & Seed
county-wide network. The activities will
include best practices for gun safety and
gun violence prevention programs (i.e. life
skills, employability training, and other
effective prevention models). Through
sustainable partnership with key
governmental personnel, residents,
businesses, and the overall Miami-Dade
County community, a diverse multicultural
gun violence education and prevention
campaign has been developed. Strategies to
address ex-offender re-entry in the
community are currently underway and will be
launched in addition to other Weed and Seed
PSN initiatives. |
