🗣️ATTENTION Columbus voters - the May election just got a lot more interesting.
We are founding member of @cbussafety.bsky.social and are proud to share that a non-police crisis response proposal will be on the primary ballot!
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We made history last night!
Our non-police crisis response plan is common-sense, popular, grounded in research, and driven by impacted families.
We are grateful to Columbus City leaders for sharing our vision for public safety and community care.
This moment has been years in the making and we are so proud of our grassroots campaign for putting forward a proposal that will transform our city for the better, save lives, and reduce violence.
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🚨BREAKING: We reached a historic agreement with Columbus elected officials to place a unified crisis response program on the May 2026 primary election ballot!
Our amendment will enable non-police response workers to meet the needs of community members experiencing behavioral health crises. 🧵
Join us at City Hall on Monday to witness the Community Crisis Response Amendment be *officially* referred to the May 2026 ballot!
📲Sign-up here: www.mobilize.us/acluohio/eve...
📣The Columbus Safety Collective Campaign will:
✅restore community trust
✅reduce violence
✅save lives
✅reimagine public safety
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📣Good news: Last night, Columbus City Council affirmed the legal sufficiency of our signatures! Next Monday, our proposal, The Community Crisis Response Amendment, will be *officially* voted on and referred to the May 2026 ballot.
Our campaign is by the community, for the community. Onwards!
This #BlackHistoryMonth we are celebrating the momentum of the Columbus Safety Collective Campaign which will reduce violence, enhance public safety, and establish a non-police crisis response system for Columbus residents.
@cbussafety.bsky.social
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Today's filing is a demonstration of overwhelming support for an alternative-police response program to meet the mental health and safety needs of community members in crisis.
Full statement: cbussafety.org/2026/01/29/2...
📣BREAKING: We submitted our petitions to place The Community Crisis Response Amendment on the May 2026 primary election ballot.
All Columbus residents deserve to feel safe when asking for help. 🧵
It's time for #SafetySaturdays!
Join @ofupac.bsky.social and take direct action to create a real community crisis response program in Columbus. We're hitting the streets every Saturday to collect signatures.
📅Saturday, Sept. 20
⏰10:30am
📍1101 Bryden Road
📋COLUMBUS -- Have you signed the petition for public safety yet!? We're working to get the Community Crisis Response Amendment on the May 2026 municipal ballot.
📍Find an event near you this weekend: www.mobilize.us/columbussafe...
📢The Columbus Safety Collective Campaign seeks to reduce the over-reliance on law enforcement for crisis response needs.
👏We aim to prioritize community care for ALL residents. Join us as we work to put this issue on the May 2026 ballot!
📲Visit CbusSafety.org
Our campaign seeks to reduce the over-reliance on law enforcement for community crisis response needs, including calls related to mental health crises, substance use, wellness checks, issues related to homelessness, and connection to services that do not involve imminent danger.
🎤This week, our campaign Co-Chair Chana Wiley spoke truth to power at the Columbus Metropolitan Club about prioritizing community care and reimagining public safety in Columbus.
🗳️We're taking our proposal directly to voters in 2026 -- learn more at CbusSafety.Org
We're at the Columbus Metro Club today to discuss prioritizing community care in Columbus!
🎤Chana Wiley is the Co-Chair of the Executive Committee for the Columbus Safety Campaign & the Campaign Manager for @ofupac.bsky.social.
📺Tune into the live stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gr4...
Join our broad coalition and engage with our team to transform Columbus for the better: cbussafety.org
We have grown our base significantly and attracted hundreds of residents to pledge support for an alternative-police response program to reimagine public safety in our city. Columbus voters are making their voices heard and fully engaging with this process from start to finish.
The field efforts for this campaign are ENTIRELY by the community, for the community. Our volunteers will continue collecting signatures through 2025 to meet the required goal for submission early next year.
📣Our campaign has collected tens of thousands of signatures for The Community Crisis Response Amendment over the past several months and we are working to place the issue on the May 2026 primary election ballot. 🧵
People experiencing mental health crises are in urgent need of support - to ease their distress, to keep them safe, and to plan for ongoing wellbeing.
By sending trained responders with lived experience, we can ensure people get the help they need.
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📢We are proud to share that @policymattersohio.bsky.social has endorsed the Columbus Safety Collective Campaign!
Thank you for your support as we reimagine public safety in Ohio.
📲Learn more at cbussafety.org
🌞Hey Columbus friends -- swing by our office tonight from 5:30pm - 7:30pm to sign the @cbussafety.bsky.social petition for public safety!
We're collecting signatures to establish an alternative-police crisis response program in Columbus.
See you there! 🚘📋📝
👋COLUMBUS -- Join us tomorrow at the @acluohio.bsky.social office to sign the petition for public safety!
🚗We're hosting a drive-thru from 5:30pm-7pm to collect signatures to establish an alternative-police crisis response program in Columbus.
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🤩Our awesome volunteers have been out in Columbus collecting signatures to prioritize community care and reimagine public safety!
📋We will be out and about this weekend -- come sign a petition at an event near you: www.mobilize.us/columbussafe...
📋📢🌞🪧🌈This Saturday is the Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival and the #NoKings protest -- our volunteers will be collecting signatures around the city for the Community Crisis Response Amendment!
Find a petition near you: www.mobilize.us/columbussafe...
People experiencing mental health crises are in urgent need of support - to ease their distress, to keep them safe, and to plan for ongoing wellbeing.
By sending trained responders with lived experience, we can ensure people get the help they need.
Learn more about our campaign: cbussafety.org
We are thrilled and grateful that such a broad and diverse coalition of advocacy organizations have pledged support for the Columbus Safety Collective Campaign. Together, we are committed to reimagining public safety in Columbus.
See the full list ➡️ cbussafety.org/2025/05/28/2...
🚨Endorsement news! 🚨
Today, we announced an initial slate of endorsements from local and statewide partner organizations, all of whom have pledged support for an alternative-police response program to meet the mental health and safety needs of community members in crisis.
📣We’ll tell you who we are and what we’re fighting for!
Together, we can create a safer, more just community for ALL Columbus residents. 🖤🤎🤍
Join us at CbusSafety.org to sign a petition!
