SoCal Voices
SoCal Voices is an award-winning podcast about navigating life in Southern California. Beyond the stunning coastline, great weather, and endless calendar of world-class events and experiences, other realities exist: High cost of living. Soul-crushing commutes. The pressure of hustle culture. The quiet ache for connection and purpose in the middle of all this sprawl. SoCal Voices is your companion through it all. Creator and host Angela Ross explores insightful conversations with guests offering real talk, local wisdom, and honest inspiration to help you navigate life in this one-of-a-kind place. Because Southern California isn’t just a dream. It’s a real place, and you deserve to feel grounded in it. SoCal Voices. Real talk in the land of dreams. Want to be a guest on SoCal Voices? Send Angela Ross a message on PodMatch, https://www.joinpodmatch.com/socalvoices.
SoCal Voices
Can police reform work? Reimagining Safety
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The killing of George Floyd at the hands of police focused the world’s attention on the problem of police abuse and misconduct in ways that few other cases have. In the US, the murder of Floyd renewed calls for police reform and led to calls to abolish policing as we know it. Maintain the status quo, some said, and policing will continue to cause more harm than good. Others worry that dismantling the police will lead to anarchy. What can be done in the realm of “public safety” so that everyone is in fact “safe?” That question is addressed in Reimagining Safety, a documentary film by Los Angeles filmmaker, author and conflict resolution facilitator, Matthew Solomon. In this episode of SoCal Voices, Matthew talks about the indirect route that led him to create Reimagining Safety, his DIY approach to making the film, the social justice community’s response to the documentary, and his vision for a brighter, safer future.
Resources
www.ReimaginingSafetyMovie.com
Amazon (watch, leave a rating, and share)
Healing Justice Lineages (book referenced in the episode).
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