Get Home Safely

The purpose of this website, and the various tools located here, is to provide an opportunity for small community conversations – around the kitchen table, in the family room, or on the porch – so that adults, and the young people they love, can share critical information that can save lives. Our prayer is that this will reduce the number of preventable deaths and injuries through better preparation of our youth in their interactions with police officers, while also assuring they take full advantage of their legal rights.

We encourage you to share your experiences using these tools with us so that we can post additional, real world, information on our various communications platforms, and perhaps use them in updates and revisions to our various documents.

The combination of Social Media and an awakening national justice movement, in large part catalyzed by the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, has brought new awareness to the issue of abuse of force and police shootings. As a result, protests and demonstrations are taking place around the country, and even the world. While Trinity UCC is working with churches and other institutions on systemic solutions to the problems, it is incumbent for us to also educate our youth and young adults on survival skills in dealing with the current environment.

The killing of civilians by organizations sworn to serve and protect has been a part of the American landscape since the earliest organized police departments. Many were accidental, and unfortunately, some were purposeful. Many reasons are given for these shootings, beatings, and chokings, but they present a pattern – “they were running away,” “he reached for my gun,” “she was reaching for a weapon,” “he ran at me in a threatening way” . . .

The combination of Social Media and an awakening national justice movement, in large part catalyzed by the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, has brought new awareness to the issue of abuse of force and police shootings. As a result, protests and demonstrations are taking place around the country, and even the world. While Trinity UCC is working with churches and other institutions on systemic solutions to the problems, it is incumbent for us to also educate our youth and young adults on survival skills in dealing with the current environment.

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The Get Home Safely website is an aspect of the social justice ministries of Trinity United Church of Christ as we work to create safe environments to the young men and women of our community. Our outreach efforts are led by Rev. Attorney Aaron McLeod, our Exec. Director of Special Projects.

The mission of the Dare To Be King Project LLC (DTBK) is to inspire, support and strengthen organizations that provide services to boys of color. Our goal is to engage boys and men of color for emotional development, familial reconciliation and academic success.

During 10 days in October the people of Chicagoland were provided an opportunity to see engaging, life changing feature films, shorts and music videos, in venues throughout the area. Many of the film screenings included panel discussions with experts and community leaders that provided context, and enhance the conversation.

A chapter-based, member-led organization whose mission is to build local power and to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.