StreetSafe Boston Visits Bermuda
	Front Row from left to right:  Kendra Lara, Tara Small, Minister of National Security Wayne N.M. Perinchief, Premier of Bermuda Paula Cox, Conan Harris, Laurie Jo Wallace (Health Resources in Action), Bermudian Gang Mediation Coordinator Dale Jackson  Back row from left to right:  Kevin Ryner, Edward Powell, Mo Barbosa (Health Resources in Action).
	Changing Gang Culture Through Intervention Listen to an audio clip of a WGBH, Boston Public Radio, broadcast featuring an interview with StreetSafe Boston Executive Director Ed Powell.
	Click the map above to enlarge and to view detailed information about the targeted neighborhoods.
	Visit the Public Safety section of the Boston Indicators Project for related data.
	View the 2009 Boston Homicides Map from Boston.com.

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Homicides among black males spike 

Boston ranks 6th for cities with the sharpest
rise in homicides amongst black males*

81% of homicides in Boston occur
within four neighborhoods* 

 

StreetSafe Boston aims to contribute to a reduction of violence in Boston by focusing interventions on approximately 20 of the City’s most active gangs in neighborhoods disproportionately affected by gang violence.

 

 

StreetSafe Focus Communities A strong collaboration of community based organizations, faith based organizations, city agencies and funders are aligned around two core strategies in five neighborhoods: South End/Lower Roxbury Dudley Square area in Roxbury Grove Hall area in Roxbury Bowdoin Street and Geneva Avenue sections of Dorchester Morton and Norfolk Street sections of Dorchester

 

 

StreetSafe Boston was designated a Bright Idea by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard's Kennedy School. Please read the press release.