Building a Durham that prioritizes
OUR STORY
Durham Beyond Policing is a grassroots abolitionist formation devoted to the end of policing.
OUR PROGRAMS
EDUCATE
#FreeOurFam Popular Education Series
Partner with community organizations to offer popular education workshops around mass incarceration, surveillance technology, and how we get free through transformative justice.
AGITATE
East Durham Community Design Process
Facilitate a process with community members to design a people-centered alternative of community care that doesn’t rely on policing. This work is focused on East Durham, a historically Black and Brown area of the city.
ORGANIZE
People’s Policy Platform and #HEARTCampaign
Engage our community to get involved in the City and County budget processes to take our public dollars back.
This work includes advocating for the expansion of the HEART program and people’s assemblies.
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Participate
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In the News
HEART, Durham’s Non-Police Crisis Response Program, is No Longer Two Sizes Too Small
HEART has expanded its staff, service area, and hours of operation. Read more in Indy Week
Durham Task Force releases recommendations after 2 years of work
The finished product of the Durham Community Safety and Wellness Task Force
Durham’s unarmed first responder program HEART to expand
City leaders are investing nearly $2 million dollars into its Community Safety Department which just last summer launched as the first of its kind in North Carolina.