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Part 2: Violence Intervention and Prevention Strategies

In Part 2 of our conversation with Sasha Cotton, we asked how her office is responding with violence prevention and intervention programs, and what Minneapolis's next steps are.

Part 1: A Public Health Approach to Violence

We spoke with Sasha Cotton about how prevention strategies in Minneapolis have been evolving and what a public health-oriented approach to violence entails.

Minneapolis City Council Pledges to Dismantle Police Department

“We’re not abolishing help. We’re abolishing police. That’s very different...We have to do the work to imagine something different and to listen to what people in different neighborhoods and communities want.”

Minneapolis City Council Approves Restraining Order for Police

Terms of a temporary restraining order outlines changes that must be implemented by the Minneapolis Police Department

Statements from Black Visions & Reclaim the Block press conference

Community safety comes from within.

MPR News: Spotlight on Black Trauma and Policing

What comes after police disband? Part 2 in an ongoing series about transformative justice.

‘There is No Reforming MPD’

Local Black activists and artists discussed police abolition in a forum hosted by Black Visions Collective and Reclaim the Block. Part 1 in an ongoing series about transformative justice.

Looking for Racial Justice : a 1992 Twin Cities Perspective on Protests

Where are the leaders who can understand and honor the experiences and hopes of people in this society who are left out of the justice equation.

Quaranzine #3: Inside Transformation

Insights from Stacey Abrams, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Bathsheba Demuth

My Communist Roots

Communism promised an equitable society with workers enjoying the fruits of their labors. Everyone would have housing, health care, education. There would be no discrimination against women, or religious minorities, or people of different ethnic backgrounds.

Turning Tragedy Into Action

I did not want anyone to forget about who [Philando] was and what he represented as a man — his devotion to his job and the children, always thinking about other people. I wanted to keep his legacy alive by doing the things that he held near and dear to his heart.

What I Learned About Restoration

“Restorative justice,” the social worker said, “allows those who commit crimes to meet with the victims to talk about what happened and how to repair the harm.”

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