Defund Fear with Zach Norris and sonya shah | CIIS Public Programs

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RECORDING: Defund Fear with Zach Norris and sonya shah

💡 Key Timings:
- Conversation: 2:08
- Audience Q&A: 1:11:05

DESCRIPTION: As the effects of aggressive policing and mass incarceration harm historically marginalized communities and tear families apart, how do we define safety? In a time when the most powerful institutions in the United States are embracing repressive and racist systems that keep many communities struggling and in fear, we need to reimagine what safety means.

Community leader and lawyer Zach Norris promotes a radical way to shift the conversation about public safety away from fear and punishment, and toward growth and support systems for our families and communities. In order to truly be safe, we are going to have to dismantle our mentality of Us vs. Them. By bridging the divides and building relationships with one another, we can dedicate ourselves to strategic, smart investments—resources directed toward our stability and well-being, like healthcare and housing, education, and living-wage jobs. This is where real safety begins. The result reinstates full humanity and agency for everyone who has been dehumanized and traumatized, so they can participate fully in life, in society, and in the fabric of our democracy.

CIIS professor and restorative justice expert sonya shah and Zach Norris discuss how we can shift our mindset and embrace a new vision for public safety that overturns more than 200 years of fear-based discrimination, othering, and punishment.

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