Join us on 5/8 at noon for the first installment of our weekly “We Take Care of Us: Community Crisis Response” Webinar Series! This training will feature APTP co-founder Asantewaa Boykin (RN), who will discuss M.H. First, a cutting-edge new model for non-police response to mental health crisis that APTP Sacramento launched in January. Moderated by Cat Brooks. Register today! https://bit.ly/wetakecareofus
*About the Series*
Justice Teams Network is excited to launch their new webinar series, “We Take Care of Us: Community Crisis Response”. Each week they will showcase an innovative model from across the state of how communities are stepping up to address crises themselves without relying on the police.
Their six-week series will lift up alternative responses to mental health crisis, intercommunal violence, substance abuse, and intimate partner violence. These approaches center healing and transformative justice and prove that we don’t need cops when we have community. #WeTakeCareOfUs
May is #MentalHealthMonth, and we know that alternatives to the police for mental health crisis are more important than ever. Up to 50% of people killed by law enforcement are in the middle of a mental health crisis. Law enforcement agencies are not equipped to handle these calls, they don’t have adequate training, and many of them don’t want the job. These result in unnecessary deaths, trauma and pain. And those who are killed are disproportionately Black.
Come learn the tools you will need to bring these innovative models to your community!