Care-Based Safety: Designing an unarmed response program for Washtenaw County
Building on the work of the Coalition to Re-Envision Our Safety (CROS), Ryan has worked alongside various organizers, visionaries and activists on designing the Care Based Safety program to implement our collective dream of a future rooted in community care in Washtenaw County.
Read more about the Care-Based Safety program with our strategic plan document
Follow along with updates for the program on our LinkTree page
art by Luna Hughson
“Everyone in our community needs someone they feel safe calling for help. For too many of our neighbors - BIPOC, immigrant, queer and disabled communities among them - the presence of police removes that feeling of safety and introduces fears of harm or criminalization. Having an urgent unarmed, non-police response builds towards an affirmative future that we wish to live in - one where we address the root causes of harm, poverty and criminalization with compassion and expertise. I am excited that we are building that vision of an interwoven Washtenaw together.”
- Ryan Henyard