Crime Survivors Speak

Society EN ↓ 28 episodes

At a time of increased consensus that American criminal justice needs reform, this show is about who victims of crime are, the safety solutions survivors want, and the model programs survivors support, programs that can get our country out of mass incarceration and into real safety -- a safety that is truly for all.

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Trauma Recovery Centers 15.10.2021 38:49

Trauma is one of the most devastating impacts for crime survivors and communities in the aftermath of violence. Tune in to hear from two professionals on the frontlines responding to trauma in different parts of the country, using the same innovative model that advances equity, healing, and safety. Leaders of trauma recovery centers – Stephen Massey of CitiLookout in Springfield, Ohio and Dr. Dori...

Introducing Crime Survivors Speak 20.09.2021 4:08

Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice has a new podcast! This is Crime Survivors Speak, a podcast of conversations with survivor leaders about the public safety solutions we all need. In this introduction, host Aswad Thomas shares his journey to becoming the national director of Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, the nation's largest network of crime victims organizing for change, and he pre...

The Founding of Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice 20.09.2021 32:40

Tune in to Episode 1 to hear Aswad Thomas chat with Lenore Anderson, President of Alliance for Safety and Justice, about the birth of Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice in 2013 and the changes that have emerged since. From winning new policies that both shrink incarceration and expand victim support to training new leaders across the country, Aswad and Lenore provide some of the history and ba...