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We keep us safe together : building secure, just, and inclusive communities / Zach Norris ; with a foreword by Van Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norris, Zachary, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human security--United States.
- Human security.
- Public safety--United States.
- Public safety.
- Polarization (Social sciences)--United States.
- Polarization (Social sciences).
- Community organization--United States.
- Community organization.
- United States.
- Democracy--United States.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 197 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Overturning more than 200 years of fear-based dehumanization, punishment and trauma, Zachary Norris presents a comprehensive new vision of care-based public safety for America that actually holds people accountable for harms rendered, that tackles the harms currently going unaddressed, and that prevents many harms from happening, through strengthened relationships, strategic investment of resources, and a stronger democracy"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Us vs. them
- The unsafe world
- Who and what harms us
- The framework of fear
- A vision of safety
- Addressing harms
- Preventing harms
- Reimagined realities
- Allen and Durrell
- Marlena and James
- Anita
- We the people.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Norris, Zachary, 1977- Safe together
- ISBN:
- 9780807029701
- 080702970X
- OCLC:
- 1119058878
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