Public Safety

Our #AskHer webinar this month focused on the impact of gender-based violence on AAPI women. On May 19th, we had a poignant discussion on how our culture, institutions, and systems…

When a Florida elementary school principal was caught on video spanking a 6-year-old girl with a wooden paddle last month, it sparked national outrage and a criminal investigation. But for…

Amidst the recent rise in reported anti-Asian violence and hate crimes, this year’s Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month has a solemn undertone. In this episode, SVCF Director of Community…

Johnny Smith spent almost 24 hours shackled in the back of a prison van—barely conscious and muttering incoherently—before he died there in 2011. A private company was hauling the 48-year-old…

The hacking of a major US oil pipeline Friday is the latest in a string of cyberattacks under federal investigation. The stories read like movie loglines: A reportedly Russia-backed group slowly burrowed its…

Crime has dropped since 1990, but not for the reasons some might think, according to a new study. The research suggests crime reduction efforts account for less than half of…

Black Americans experience an increase in poor mental health days during weeks when two or more incidents of anti-Black violence occur, according to a new study. An increase in poor…

A long history of violence against Native people has led to the disproportionate disappearance and murder of Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people. Families and communities are left devastated, often…

Domestic violence is a story spread across newspapers, magazines, and televisions. Many people turn away from these stories without seeing the survivors who carry them and the courage it takes…

This week, a jury of Minnesotans found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty in the murder of George Floyd. We are thankful that some measure of accountability has been delivered to his family, but…

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been nearly 4,000 attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders nationwide, according to the Stop AAPI Hate coalition. In Oakland, California, residents have…

On April 26, 2020 Telish Gardner, a 49-year-old sanitation worker and father of four, was shot and killed in his home in south Los Angeles. Two days later, just a…