From Aiken, South Carolina Forum - "Safety & Justice: How Should Communities Reduce Violence?"

From Cynthia Mitchell - This is a report summary from a forum held September 10, 2019 at the Aiken Department of Public Safety in Aiken, South Carolina. The topic of the forum was Safety & Justice: How Should Communities Reduce Violence? Forum facilitators included Karl Odenthal, Christopher Emanual, Michelle Meriwether, and Cynthia Mitchell.

From the introduction to the report:

On September 10, 2019, Aiken's Deliberative Dialogue Team (Continuing Conversations Collaborative) facilitated a dialogue on the above topic. Chief Charles Barranco/Aiken Department of Public Safety hosted the event. Twenty-three people registered prior to the event. There were 32+ in attendance--approximately 12 were USC-Aiken students...