Public Safety

StreetSafe Boston is taking a new multifaceted approach to addressing the problem of youth violence.

Master chef Jeff Henderson knows something about the power of cooking to transform lives.  It transformed his.  A former felon who spent ten years in jail, Jeff Henderson is setting a precedent in demonstrating that culinary arts can turn around the lives of at-risk youth, empowering them with the knowledge, the skills and, ultimately, the opportunity for a new life with a culinary career.

The Sentencing Project is changing the way Americans think about punishment.  It does this by publisizing often overlooked statistics on disparities in the justice system and working for a fair and effective reforms in sentencing law and practice, and alternatives to incarceration. The primary advocacy focuses of The Sentencing Project are sentencing policy, incarcertation, racial disparity, felony disenfranchisement, drug policy, collateral concequences and women in the justice system.  Some of the organizatins findings are as follows:

Founded in 1990, WalkBoston is the first organization in America dedicated using civic engagement as a method for making communities safer and more walkable for pedestrians through a combination of effective advocacy, educational outreach, and community programs.  It serves as a model for other pedestrian advocacy organizations across the nation.

Some of WalkBoston's numerous achievements include: