Demand for no more AG control of NJ violence intervention funds | NJ Spotlight News

Groups push for funding control to be removed from NJ attorney general’s office, moved to Department of Health.[...]

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Paterson neighbors challenged to end gun violence | NJ Spotlight News

Anti-violence efforts lowered gun violence. That offers hope, experts say[...]

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Paterson Healing Collective Discusses New Restorative Hubs For Students

The Paterson Healing Collective hosted a roundtable discussion on Thursday to discuss the development of restorative hubs for students and families. The Collect[...]

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Addressing gun violence as a public health crisis | NJ Spotlight News

The response in NJ to the U.S. surgeon general’s declaration that gun violence is far more than a criminal justice issue.[...]

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Najee Seabrooks crisis response law still not implemented in NJ

Social justice activists last January celebrated Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new law that was supposed to help prevent incidents such as the fatal police shooting[...]

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Op-Ed: How to sustain hospital-based violence intervention in NJ | NJ Spotlight News

Urging NJ lawmakers to help ensure that the people at highest risk of reinjury can receive the trauma-informed care they need.[...]

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As heat spikes, so can crime | NJ Spotlight News

Members of the Paterson Healing Collective want a summer free from shootings and homicides. Researchers say crime can spike in heat waves.[...]

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Paterson Healing Collective gets $1M in new funding Bill Pascrell

In a city long plagued by shootings, officials gathered Thursday to announce a $1 million federal grant they said will expand a community-based violence interve[...]

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Paterson Healing Collective looks to bridge language gap

The first thing Justin Estevez noticed this year in his weekly anti-violence program at Passaic High School was the racial divide — Blacks students sitting on[...]

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Paterson Healing Collective Sets out to Stop the Bleed and the Violence

Bullets are flying in Paterson over blocks, money, pride, and respect, one man told TAPinto Paterson when asked the cause of violence, that for too long has bee[...]

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Paterson Healing Collective Launches Healing Hub to Empower Community

The Paterson Healing Collective celebrated the grand opening event of their Healing Hub, a first-of-its-kind in the city, on Tuesday. The Healing Hub, located [...]

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First Annual Summer Teen Club by Paterson Healing Collective Fosters Youth Empowermen

The Paterson Healing Collective celebrated the conclusion of its first annual Summer Teen Club, a transformative program designed to empower local youth, addres[...]

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Najee Seabrooks dedicated his life to reducing violence in his community.

More than four days after Najee Seabrooks was shot and killed by Paterson police during a mental health crisis, his loved ones expressed outrage at a vigil Tues[...]

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Paterson Healing Collective's work remains essential, even as violence ebbs: Our view

The Paterson Healing Collective is making a much-needed difference in a city that has seen an alarming spike in violence — finally beginning to subside now [...]

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How many cops should Paterson have? Per capita, it trails other NJ cities on staffing

In the arithmetic of law enforcement personnel, the Paterson Police Department is trailing Newark, Jersey City and Trenton.[...]

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Paterson NJ Healing Collective will get $1.6M from NJ attorney general

The Paterson Healing Collective is getting almost $1.6 million in grants from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office for 2024, including money that will be [...]

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Hope for reform with AG takeover of police department

Seabrooks didn't die in vain: Healing Collective leader reflects on AG's takeover of PPD.[...]

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Bill to boost community crisis response teams passed in wake of police-involved shoot

The bill was driven in part by the recent police killings of two men whose family members say were having mental health crises.[...]

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Paterson NJ Healing Collective: Stopping gun violence

The Paterson Healing Collective has been working to reduce shootings in the city since 2020. This is the story of the work they do and the lives they touch.[...]

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Paterson Healing Collective will receive $1.6M in aid from NJ attorney general

The Paterson Healing Collective is getting almost $1.6 million in grants from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office for 2024.[...]

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Gift giveaway and celebration with Santa in Paterson

Dec 19, 2023; Paterson, NJ, USA; The Paterson Healing Collective holds a gift giveaway and celebration with Santa at Cobb Park. PHC is a hospital-based violence[...]

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Rally held to demand justice for Najee Seabrooks in Paterson

After the fatal police-involved shooting of violence intervention specialist Najee Seabrooks in Paterson, a rally is held to demand justice on Friday, March 10,[...]

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Paterson police meet with St. Joseph's staff on mental health 911 responses

Days after the state takeover of the Paterson Police Department, officials met with St. Joseph's staff to plan a new mental health response program.[...]

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Paterson victim support program scrambles for funding as state grant sunsets

After going through emergency surgery for two gunshot wounds, Terrance Drakeford of Paterson said he was lying in his hospital bed last year wondering if he was[...]

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Liza Chowdhury: ‘It’s Not Even Work to Me’ · Seema

Liza Chowdhury finds meaning and purpose in teaching social justice and healing traumatized youth, using her expertise to uplift and educate.[...]

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The Paterson Healing Collective provides food and support outside Eastside High Schoo

The Paterson Healing Collective provides food and support outside Eastside High School in Paterson on Monday February 27, 2023. The increase of police and commu[...]

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Paterson Healing Collective's work remains essential, even as violence ebbs: Our view

The Paterson Healing Collective is making a much-needed difference in a city that has seen an alarming spike in violence — finally beginning to subside now [...]

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Paterson Healing Collective works to reduce gun violence in the city

The city of Paterson saw a record number of homicides in 2020 and 2021. But a program shown to be successful in reducing violence in Baltimore and other cities [...]

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These survivors of Paterson's street violence have just graduated from a leadership c

They sat shoulder-to-shoulder in the first two rows at the graduation ceremony, 18 young men and women with firsthand experience of Paterson’s street violence[...]

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N.J. finds $10M for anti-violence services after outcry - nj.com

There are nine hospital-based violence intervention programs in New Jersey.[...]

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Paterson NJ ‘Healing Fest’ hopes to combat gun violence

Local community leaders and activists staged a “Healing Fest” on Saturday in an effort to combat the recent gun violence that has plagued the city.[...]

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We know how to stop young people from killing each other. But we need help. | Opinion

We met with about 20 young people and asked how many had been shot before. 13 hands rose up. This was on one block.[...]

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