Calendar of Events
The Fresno CAN calendar of events will show information for upcoming resident meetings, outreach events, community meetings, community activations, community based-planning events, and more!
Public Safety Action Planning Convening (Day 2)
Public safety is a complicated issue that is exacerbated by the constraints and disparities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. While the CAN project team is interested in understanding the public safety needs and priorities of the community, it is important that these public safety discussions come from an informed, innovative, and socially-just point of juncture.
This activation is the third in the Public Safety series of activations. The action plan will be created in partnership with community members and public safety advocates and will inform aspects of the current and future plans to develop, renew, or invest i n the CAN community. Participants will convene to begin developing a CAN-specific action plan for public/community safety that centers racial equity and social justice. The decisions and strategies developed at this convening will be posted to the CAN website.
This event is one in a series of engagement activations designed get to the heart of a dignity-infused, resident-centered experience. The core desired outcomes among all the activations are to activate people to self-determine how they’d like to grow their environments/communities and to spark new ideas and action-oriented civic engagement and ways of being.
Join the zoom meeting HERE
Public Safety Action Planning Convening (Day 1)
Public safety is a complicated issue that is exacerbated by the constraints and disparities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. While the CAN project team is interested in understanding the public safety needs and priorities of the community, it is important that these public safety discussions come from an informed, innovative, and socially-just point of juncture.
This activation is the third in the Public Safety series of activations. The action plan will be created in partnership with community members and public safety advocates and will inform aspects of the current and future plans to develop, renew, or invest i n the CAN community. Participants will convene to begin developing a CAN-specific action plan for public/community safety that centers racial equity and social justice. The decisions and strategies developed at this convening will be posted to the CAN website.
This event is one in a series of engagement activations designed get to the heart of a dignity-infused, resident-centered experience. The core desired outcomes among all the activations are to activate people to self-determine how they’d like to grow their environments/communities and to spark new ideas and action-oriented civic engagement and ways of being.
Join the zoom meeting HERE
Community Design Lab for Formerly Incarcerated Residents
The CAN project team will partner with service providers and decarceration advocates to facilitate a hybrid (virtual/in-person) design lab that centers formerly incarcerated or institutionalized residents of the CAN community. Participants will learn about and build upon community planning interventions that are preventative and restorative. Practitioners and City officials will learn ways they can establish programs and policies that support the long term housing stability of those who’ve been institutionalized or are at risk of institutionalization and their families.
Public Safety Advocates Action Planning Convening
This activation is the third in the Public Safety series of activations. The action plan will be created in partnership with community members and public safety advocates and will inform aspects of the current and future plans to develop, renew, or invest in the CAN community. The decisions and strategies developed at this convening will be posted to the CAN website.
Register at bit.ly/can-publicsafety21 (note: url is caps sensitive)
Public Safety Advocates Training
The CAN project team, local direct services providers, and residents interested in addressing public safety concerns will participate in a day-long institute, the Public Safety Advocates Training, to understand transformative justice, resources and systems of healing/support, the ways the safety net isn’t working for the CAN community, and new methods for reducing harm and increasing support. Through a post-training evaluation activity, participants will express which alternatives feel most appropriate for the CAN community and which existing safety net services need to be improved, held accountable, or removed altogether. The results of the post-evaluation will provide supplemental data for required public safety data collection and will also afford the CAN planning team valuable insight into new pathways to personal and public safety in the neighborhood. This activation is the second in the Public Safety series of activations.
Folks who attended the Public Safety Advocates Roundtable will receive this training. Contact info@thrivanceproject.com if you’d like more information.
Public Safety Advocates Roundtable
The Public Safety Advocates Roundtable will primarily include locally-based advocates, academics, and those who specialize in framing and educating communities about the various pathways to public and intra-community safety. Secondarily, thought leaders from other regions will be invited to join this discussion. This initial discussion will not include public safety officials/staff and elected officials. This activation is the first in the Public Safety series of activations.