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09-01-2021, 4:16pm
From Newsweek
New San Francisco Initiative to Pay Individuals Not to Shoot Others
A new program in San Fransisco will pay people at high risk of shooting someone not to pull the trigger to help alleviate rising gun violence in the city.
The Dream Keeper Fellowship is set to launch in October and pay 10 individuals $300 each month to not be involved in shootings, Sheryl Davis, executive director of the Human Rights Commission, told Newsweek in an interview Tuesday.
Davis explained that the program is not "transactional," but will rather focus on making investments in communities most impacted by violence.
"It's not necessarily as cut and dry as folks may think. It's not as transactional as, 'Here's a few dollars so that you don't do something bad,' but it really is about how you help us improve public safety in the neighborhood," she said.
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Participants will be paired with life coaches from the city's Street Violence Intervention Program and will be considered "community ambassadors" who work to prevent violence. They will work on their professional, personal, and community development and will be thought of as "partners" in engaging community members and decreasing violence.
"As you become better, your community benefits from that," she said.
The program aims to get to the "root causes" of violence, "which in so many ways are economic," according to Davis.
"We need to be getting to the root causes of why some neighborhoods are safer than others," Davis said.
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San Fransisco
A new program in San Fransisco aims to lower gun violence by paying people not to shoot each other. Here, San Fransisco is seen from Mission Delores Park in January 2020.
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There are opportunities for participants to earn an additional $200 each month as they work to improve their community. Some ways they can earn more are by working, going to school and even being a mediator in situations that could lead to violence.
Davis hopes the program will engage participants, make them more civic-minded, and allow them to be a part of the solution. In the long term, she hopes it will create safer communities.
"These small investments can transform the lives of individuals, but they can also transform communities," Davis said.
The program is based on a similar program in neighboring Richmond, California, which helped reduce gun homicide in the city by 55 percent, according to a 2019 study by the American Journal of Public Health.
It's being funded through the Dream Keeper Initiative, which is San Fransisco's effort to redirect funding into the Black community. The initiative supports a variety of programs, including an art complex, youth development and education, guaranteed income programs, and homeowner promotion says Mayor London Breed's office.
I wonder how much someone would pay me to not shoot some worthless POS?
New San Francisco Initiative to Pay Individuals Not to Shoot Others
A new program in San Fransisco will pay people at high risk of shooting someone not to pull the trigger to help alleviate rising gun violence in the city.
The Dream Keeper Fellowship is set to launch in October and pay 10 individuals $300 each month to not be involved in shootings, Sheryl Davis, executive director of the Human Rights Commission, told Newsweek in an interview Tuesday.
Davis explained that the program is not "transactional," but will rather focus on making investments in communities most impacted by violence.
"It's not necessarily as cut and dry as folks may think. It's not as transactional as, 'Here's a few dollars so that you don't do something bad,' but it really is about how you help us improve public safety in the neighborhood," she said.
NEWSWEEK NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP >
Participants will be paired with life coaches from the city's Street Violence Intervention Program and will be considered "community ambassadors" who work to prevent violence. They will work on their professional, personal, and community development and will be thought of as "partners" in engaging community members and decreasing violence.
"As you become better, your community benefits from that," she said.
The program aims to get to the "root causes" of violence, "which in so many ways are economic," according to Davis.
"We need to be getting to the root causes of why some neighborhoods are safer than others," Davis said.
NEWSWEEK SUBSCRIPTION OFFERS >
San Fransisco
A new program in San Fransisco aims to lower gun violence by paying people not to shoot each other. Here, San Fransisco is seen from Mission Delores Park in January 2020.
SMITH COLLECTION/GADO/GETTY IMAGES
There are opportunities for participants to earn an additional $200 each month as they work to improve their community. Some ways they can earn more are by working, going to school and even being a mediator in situations that could lead to violence.
Davis hopes the program will engage participants, make them more civic-minded, and allow them to be a part of the solution. In the long term, she hopes it will create safer communities.
"These small investments can transform the lives of individuals, but they can also transform communities," Davis said.
The program is based on a similar program in neighboring Richmond, California, which helped reduce gun homicide in the city by 55 percent, according to a 2019 study by the American Journal of Public Health.
It's being funded through the Dream Keeper Initiative, which is San Fransisco's effort to redirect funding into the Black community. The initiative supports a variety of programs, including an art complex, youth development and education, guaranteed income programs, and homeowner promotion says Mayor London Breed's office.
I wonder how much someone would pay me to not shoot some worthless POS?