Columbus Metro Club Forum on Alternative Crisis Response

Saving Lives Through Alternative Crisis Response July 6, 2022 Featuring Stephen David, Community Organizer, Columbus Safety Collective, Shannon G. Hardin, President, Columbus City Council, Matt Parrish, Captain, Columbus Division of Fire, and Marian Stuckey, Section Chief for Neighborhood Social Services, Columbus Public Health, with host Erika Clark Jones, CEO, Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board […]

What’s Good Ohio Podcast | What’s Good with Alternative Care Response

This week, hosts James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg speak with Stephen David, an organizer with the Columbus Safety Collective, and Bree Easterling, the Social Justice Outreach and Organizing Specialist at Policy Matters Ohio, about alternative care response programs in Columbus and Cleveland. The Columbus Safety Collective came out of the summer uprisings of 2020 and exists to […]

Hear the Safety Collective on All Sides with Ann Fisher

New York City’s recent push for institutionalizations by first responders has received major pushback. Advocates argue that social workers and other community responders are a better and safer choice for crisis intervention.