Voices of Informed Community Engagement for Safety

The VOICES Project:

Calibrating Systems and Bringing Local Leaders Together With the Community!

About

The VOICES Project hopes to build collaborative capacity with the Greenville Police Department (GPD) and other partner organizations and community residents to improve public safety!

The VOICES Project collaboration between the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Department of Justice (DOJ), WestEd’s Justice and Prevention Research Center (JPRC), and the Nicholtown Community Safety and Strategy Team (CSST) is dedicated to creating community engagement, buy-in, and local partnership to bring sustainable and impactful public services and community safety strategies to the Nicholtown neighborhood.

Vision

The CSST and WestEd are implementing the VOICES Project in Nicholtown to create a more cohesive and safe community. The VOICES Project will strive to be transparent with the community and include all voices, share and distribute data and information, build relationships across differences, and focus on the prevention of crime by redressing harms that have impacted the community.

Mission

To improve community safety for Nicholtown residents by addressing existing impediments to community empowerment and by supporting connections to necessary services and treatments.

Values

Collaborative leadership, community service, integrity, accountability, mutual respect and trust, and organizational-system collaboration.

Our Partners

City of Greenville

Greenville Police Department

Nicholtown Neighborhood Association

Sterling School Charles Townes Center

VOICES Local Community Safety and Strategy Team Partners

  • Mayor Pro Tem Lillian Brock Flemming
  • Yvonne Reeder (community activist)
  • Reverend Emanuel Flemming (NAACP)
  • Yvonne Davis (Greenville Police Department)
  • Captain Mike Yearout (Greenville Police Department)
  • Pastor Calvin Hailstock (NNA)
  • Bishop Sam Zimmerman (Springfield Baptist Church)
  • Karen Baynes-Dunning (retired juvenile justice judge)
  • Dr. Josh Patterson (Sterling School)
  • Lindsay Berry (Sterling School)

Learn more about WestEd’s Justice Prevention and Research Center

How to Contribute

The VOICES  Project welcomes and will thoughtfully consider any shared feedback or community insights. Below, you can submit an upcoming event, a new service for residents, or any questions or comments you might have for the VOICES project.