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TNJ Institute: Neighborhood Empowerment Models

Dec 5, 2019 @ 8:30 am - 12:30 pm

| Free

Neighborhood Empower Models: Crime Prevention and Beyond

Strategies and opportunities for neighborhood improvements are available through a variety of programs and formats. But it takes high quality community engagement and leadership to put strategies into action and create vibrant places where people want to live, work and visit.  Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is a community problem-solving approach that brings together law enforcement, city planners, residents and local stakeholders to assess a neighborhood’s vulnerabilities to crime and collaboratively develop meaningful solutions. Community members can become leaders by self-organizing within a multi-disciplinary team to work ahead of or in tandem with local government rather than waiting for government-led projects. Good lighting and community-driven design and maintenance of public spaces are just a couple examples of how communities can help deter crime and make members of the community feel safer.

This workshop will go beyond training participants in crime prevention concepts. It will demonstrate how the CPTED process provides a model for empowering members of the community within a self-guided process for problem identification, development of solutions, and executing physical and social changes in their environments.

When: Thursday, December 5, 2019

Snow Date (if needed):  Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Where: NJTPA Board Room, 1 Newark Center, 17th Floor, Newark, NJ

PROGRAM OUTLINE

8:30 to 9:00:  Registration

9:00 to 9:15:  Welcome and Introductions

  • SPEAKER: Lois Goldman, Director of Long Range Transportation Planning, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority

9:15 to 10:00:  The Evolution of CPTED and Community Engagement

  • SPEAKER: Matthew Perkins, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

10:00 to 10:15:  Break

10:15 to 11:40:  Community Engagement Through the CPTED Process

  • SPEAKERS:
    • Active Transportation and Equity – Charles Brown, Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC)
    • CPTED and Community Engagement in Vailsburg (Newark, NJ) – Pamela Daniels, Brickerati Founder and Strategist
    • Livability Academy and Community Engagement – Harry Tapia, HACE (Philadelphia)
    • SafeGrowth, Neighborhood Hubs, and Community Safety Audits – Gregory Saville, Alternation

11:45 to 12:15:  Panel Q&A

*Please see the event flyer for more information!*