Safe Streets Campaign

Join TPD tomorrow afternoon from 3pm-5pm at the 19th Street Fred Meyer for Coffee & Conversations. These informal gatherings provide an opportunity for residents to meet with police leadership and share their experiences in the community.

Join us tomorrow evening in Parkland for a TownHall on Fentanyl.

A recent update to Apple iPhone and Apple Watch iOS could pose a security threat. Personal security is important to us here at Safe Streets Campaign and we wanted to ensure the information got passed on.

Please take a moment to inform yourself and decide how to move forward.

Join us in celebrating Connor Schultz's 4th workiversary with Safe Streets!

Today is Yolanda Benton's first work-iversary! Thank you, Yolanda, for all that you do for youth in our community. You're an important part of the Safe Streets team!

Liza Vega, Administrative Assistant and Data Coordinator, joined Safe Streets' staff on November 1st, 2022. Join us in celebrating her first work anniversary with the organization!

Today we honor two employee anniversaries! Jamica Tatum and Peter Chase joined the Safe Streets team two years ago on October 25, 2021. Jamica works as a Community Mobilization Specialist in South Tacoma and Peter works as a Youth Program Specialist with our Health is Wealth program and other initiatives. Thank you both for your contributions to our community!

Show your support for Safe Streets in Pierce County and purchase a T-shirt or Hoodie! This fundraiser will be open through this FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6th--so get your order in today: tinyurl.com/SSC-Tee

Join us in ONE WEEK for The Power of Community Luncheon to support Safe Streets! Our featured speaker is local youth development professional and community advocate, Alecia Cunningham. Reserve your spot today!

Tacoma's Community Police Advisory Committee needs YOU! There are currently five vacancies on this committee that directly impacts police policy and community relations. Get involved today

📣 Join the Tacoma City Council's Community Police Advisory Committee (CPAC) and directly impact police policy and community relations! We are currently accepting applications for five positions, including one youth position, one At-Large position, and one position each for Council Districts 1, 2, and 3 residents. Applications must be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office by the end of the day on Sunday, September 24, 2023. To learn more about what these positions entail, visit https://cityoftacoma.org/in_the_news/c_p_a_c_applications_due_september_24.

For more information about the application process, visit cityoftacoma.org/cbcapplication.

We’ve had a few additional sponsors for our upcoming Power of Community luncheon we’d like to acknowledge: Moss Adams, Gordon Thomas Honeywell, and Key Bank. Many thanks to all our sponsors and supporters! Register today at www.safest.org.

Attend Safe Streets' and Together Tacoma's September Fentanyl Forum. Learn more about this dangerous drug, how to counteract an overdose, and how it is impacting our community.

Our Health is Wealth participants enjoyed their trip to city council. Many thanks to the warm welcome from the council and mayor!!

At tonight’s session they are discussing the pros and cons of different policies that affect housing affordability.

These generous sponsors help us reach our goal of every Pierce County resident living in a safe, healthy, and thriving neighborhood! Thank you!!

Summer is winding down and that means Safe Streets’ Youth Mobilization Specialist Yolanda Benton is hard at work recruiting Youth Leading Change students! This past Tuesday evening she was at Washington High School!

Safe Streets’ Jobs 253 interns and Health is Wealth participants attended today’s study session at City Council and had the opportunity to meet several council members and the mayor!

Jobs 253 interns and Health is Wealth participants rode to the City Council study session in style today!

Safe Streets celebrates Community Mobilization Specialist Jamica Tatum! Check it out!

Experience the Power of Community at Safe Streets' luncheon. Tickets are available for $20 at: tinyurl.com/SSCPOC23, or scan the QR code!

Safe Streets is at the Kids Safety Fair today at People’s Community Center. Youth Program Specialist Yolanda Benton and Executive Director Dr. Nora Flemming de Sandoval are giving away free gunlocks all day! Stop on by!

Community Mobilizer Darren Pen facilitated a neighborhood group leader forum with Police Chief Avery Moore. Neighbors had the opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the TPD’s crime reduction plan.

Register today for Safe Streets' Power of Community luncheon on September 26. Tickets are available at: https://tinyurl.com/SSCPOC23.

With Together Tacoma, Safe Streets is hosting a fentanyl forum for community members and area youth. All attendees will be trained in administering naloxone (or Narcan)—an important tool to prevent opioid overdose.

Looking for something to do this weekend? Join us at Roy Elementary School for a Community Resource Fair!

Health is Wealth! Youth in grades 6th-12th are welcome to join us at the Family Investment Center in Salishan NEXT Friday, August 11th!

Safe Streets is a committed partner in gun violence prevention efforts throughout Pierce County. Our Executive Director, Dr. Nora Flemming de Sandoval, attended this critical roundtable discussion to ensure collaboration and alignment of work across multiple organizations. To date, we have distributed nearly 1000 FREE gun locks to area residents--reach out at www.safest.org to find out how to get one.

Parkland NNO complete with stage, community resource fair, and dinner. Learn more about the Parkland Youth Wellness Hub, Blue Zones, and much more!

SUN Alliance NNO party in an amazing pocket park off of 92nd Avenue!