By Christopher Oluwole, Ciara Sheerin, & Betsey Carroll We Embrace Fatherhood is a nonprofit, community led organization that aims to promote and facilitate intentional transformation of families. The organization was founded in 2020 and hosts services and programming with a focus on...
By Christopher Oluwole, Ciara Sheerin, & Betsey Carroll Philly Truce was founded in 2020 by childhood friends and schoolmates, Mazzie Casher and Steven Pickens. Mazzie and Steven were discouraged and highly concerned about the state of Black and brown communities in Philadelphia,...
Authors: Meaonka Agers, Ciara Sheerin, Betsey Carroll The Education Culture Opportunities (ECO) Foundation was founded in 2018 by Kyle Morris. Morris is a survivor of gun violence in Philadelphia and has known many others who have survived or been victim to gun violence. To combat this,...
By Dustin Slaughter At the intersection of mental health, treatment, and criminal justice, Arona Gur has built a career defined by a belief that legal systems work best when they focus not only on punishment, but on long-term human outcomes. Long before becoming Supervisor of the Mental Health Unit...
By Dustin Slaughter Jody Dodd brings decades of experience in peacebuilding, social justice, and restorative practices to her work at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Trained in restorative practices by Quakers in the early 1980s, Dodd describes her professional path as “an...
By Dustin Slaughter Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Daphne Floyd is a proud graduate of the Philadelphia High School for Girls. She went on to attend West Chester University (WCU) in West Chester, Pennsylvania, where she initially majored in speech pathology and audiology. During her...
By Dustin Slaughter Christina Bradley’s life and career reflect a steady commitment to justice, compassion, and service to vulnerable young people in Philadelphia. A graduate of Penn State (BS) and St. Joseph’s University (MS), Tina’s path to criminal justice began in a distinctly unusual...
By Dustin Slaughter From an early age, service and care defined Philadelphia Police Officer Tina Staley-Bailey’s life and career path. As a young woman attending the Community College of Philadelphia, she pursued a degree in early childhood education, driven by a genuine love for working with...
District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics (DATA) Lab Two monthly charts, the “IAC Sankey” and “Case Outcomes Sankey,” highlight 1) the number of crime incidents reported to or observed by law enforcement, arrests made, and cases opened, and 2) case outcomes. For more background on the...
District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics (DATA) Lab Two monthly charts, the “IAC Sankey” and “Case Outcomes Sankey,” highlight 1) the number of crime incidents reported to or observed by law enforcement, arrests made, and cases opened, and 2) case outcomes. For more background on the...