Students from Peralta Elementary School in Oakland, Calif. perform an anti-bullying skit. This assembly launched their school-wide anti-bullying campaign.
Quality Auto Paint & Body owner Richard Henegar, hears that a local college student is the victim of an anti-gay hate attack and decides to help. Not only does Richard repair Jordan Addison's vandalized car, he brings his entire community together.
Diverse community engagement strategies in Redlands, CA
This article was originally published in the March 2014 COPS Community Policing Dispatch e-Newsletter. The original article can be found here.
Redlands is a city of just under 70,000 residents situated in San Bernardino County, California. Located in the valley of the San Bernardino Mountains it has a long history as being part of California's rich agricultural and citrus farming traditions. Known as the Jewel of the Inland Empire, Redlands is an emblematic Southern California city, lying 67 miles east of Los Angeles near the city of Riverside. It also happens to be doing an amazing job with community outreach and community policing.
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While on a coffee break during one of his shifts, Lt. Steve Bonini found himself fielding question from the community about issues they were dealing with in their neighborhood. This reminded of a program that he had heard of called Coffee with a Cop and he decided to start doing the same thing in El Cerrito.
In 1995, Azim Khamisa's 20-year-old son, Tariq, was delivering a pizza when he was shot to death by a 14-year-old gang member. Experiencing the pain, grief, frustration, and anger that a parent would, Azim decided that the only way he could better the situation was to use the tool of FORGIVE to ensure that this type of tragedy happens less frequently in the future.
As a former pro football player, Brian Cox understands the value of teamwork and community in achieving a goal. After retiring from the NFL, Cox came back to his native Los Angeles, witnessing the destruction that gang violence had wrought on his old neighborhood.
As an administrator for the Parks Department, Cox became the director of the South Park Recreation Center and began efforts to improve the park.
Palo Alto High School student Kevin Ward challenges the stereotype of African-Americans as "gangsters," and says that "smart is the new gangster." The 16-year-old is working to bridge the achievement gap for students of color, through the school's Unity Club and a program called Bridge, connecting students from affluent Palo Alto and East Palo Alto, a neighboring low-income community.
This lesson addresses the following SEL strategies. You can have students look for these issues and examine them in themselves.
Redlands is a city of just under 70,000 residents situated in San Bernardino County, California. Located in the valley of the San Bernardino Mountains it has a long history as being part of California's rich agricultural and citrus farming traditions. Known as the Jewel of the Inland Empire, Redlands is an emblematic Southern California city, lying 67 miles east of Los Angeles near the city of Riverside. It also happens to be doing an amazing job with community outreach and community policing.
