{"id":3297,"date":"2025-04-13T16:05:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T20:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/?post_type=equity&p=3297"},"modified":"2025-04-17T11:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T15:50:42","slug":"2024-day-9","status":"publish","type":"equity","link":"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/es\/equity-challenge-days\/2024-day-9\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00eda 9: Revelando la equidad: adoptando respuestas no violentas a las crisis"},"template":"","class_list":["post-3297","equity","type-equity","status-publish","hentry","equity-year-271"],"acf":{"details":{"equity_year":271,"day_number":9,"availability_date":"20240529"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_quote_hero","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_quote_hero":{"kicker_text":"2024 Equity Challenge","heading":"Day 9: Unveiling Equity","summary":"Embracing Non-Violent Responses to Crises","cta":{"title":"Listen","url":"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2024-Equity-Challenge-Day-9.mp3","target":""},"quote":"I placed the phone call for my brother to get help, not for my brother to get lynched.","attribution":"Joseph Prude","source":"A Black man who called police after his brother, Daniel, was having an acute manic, psychotic episode. Police put a hood over Daniel\u2019s head and pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes. He stopped breathing and died a week later."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"En la b\u00fasqueda de fomentar comunidades m\u00e1s equitativas y justas, es imperativo un cambio de paradigma hacia estrategias de intervenci\u00f3n en crisis no violentas y sin intervenci\u00f3n policial, especialmente teniendo en cuenta\u00a0el racismo arraigado<\/a>\u00a0dentro de nuestros actuales sistemas policiales y de justicia penal.\r\n
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Es realmente un error decir que la \u00fanica respuesta [para] las personas en crisis puede ser una respuesta que implique el uso de la fuerza, como una placa, un arma y esposas.\r\n\r\nTimothy Black, director de consultor\u00eda de White Bird.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\r\n<\/figure>\r\nAcknowledging the long-accepted ideas about law enforcement, we must recognize that traditional methods often disproportionately impact dispossessed (deprived of property, land, shelter, etc.) communities. When we hear about police interventions, it triggers reflections on systemic biases that have persisted throughout history.\r\n\r\nBlack people, who account for 13 percent of the U.S. population, accounted for 27 percent of those fatally shot and killed by police in 2021, according to Mapping Police Violence, a nonprofit group that tracks police shootings (NBC Noticias<\/a>). Entre 2013 y 2024, las personas negras tienen 2,9 veces m\u00e1s probabilidades de ser asesinadas por la polic\u00eda que las personas blancas en los Estados Unidos. Hasta el 15 de mayo, la polic\u00eda ha matado a 407 personas este a\u00f1o. En lo que va de 2024, solo ha habido nueve d\u00edas en los que la polic\u00eda no ha matado a nadie en los Estados Unidos (Mapeo de la violencia policial<\/a>).\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nSoutheastern Michigan, with its diverse population, is not exempt from these disparities. Communities of color face heightened challenges and injustices. A non-violent, non-police crisis intervention approach offers an alternative that can address the racial disparities ingrained in our current systems, fostering a safer and more equitable environment for all.\r\n\r\nWhen contemplating law enforcement, many associate it with ensuring public safety. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that our traditional systems contribute to systemic racism and unequal treatment. Acknowledging the roots of these challenges is the first step toward dismantling them and establishing a foundation for a fairer society. Since the 1980s, many police departments have established Crisis Response Teams (CITs). In theory, these teams are designed to recognize and deescalate situations in which the individual is having a mental health crisis. These are not working at the scale needed. Experts attribute two main issues to their failures: the CIT model and subsequent trainings are viewed as cumbersome administrative tasks for officers and cities often \u201cfail to integrate CIT into the wider behavioral mental health care system and route calls away from police.\u201d (NPR<\/a>Un estudio del Brennan Center for Justice revela que las comunidades de color se ven afectadas de manera desproporcionada por las t\u00e1cticas policiales agresivas, lo que conduce a tasas m\u00e1s altas de arrestos y condenas (Centro Brennan<\/a>). This underscores the urgent need to reevaluate our crisis intervention methods.\r\n\r\nUnited Way\u2019s Racial Equity Fund partner, Care-Based Safety, sees the need for a non-police intervention strategy. Their mission is to design and resource a non-police response program that will grow life-affirming and care-based safety options and opportunities for all in Washtenaw County. CBS-Response is the unarmed, non-police response branch of Care-Based Safety\u2019s programming\u2013 the program includes a crisis phone number that is independent from 911, a dispatch system, two-person response teams who go directly to the site of conflict or crisis, and a volunteer-based peer support program. The Community Building programming supports CBS-Response by teaching skills, sharing resources, and building resilient relationships within communities so that they can respond to crises within their own neighborhoods, families, and networks. Combined, the program works to de-escalate and stabilize crises through nonviolent interventions; and assist people in creating more interconnected and resourced relationships to prepare for and prevent future crises and harm.\r\n\r\nAs we contemplate the adoption of non-violent, non-police crisis intervention strategies, it is crucial to recognize that change requires collective effort. By embracing alternatives that prioritize equity and justice, we can reshape our communities, fostering an environment where everyone feels safe and valued, regardless of their background. In Southeastern Michigan, this shift is not only necessary but also a testament to our commitment to building a future free from systemic racism and inequality.","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_group","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_group":{"version":"3","header":{"":null,"show_arrows":false,"heading":"Today's Challenge","subheading":"","abstract":""},"columns":[{"image":"","title":"Read","abstract":"