Community Violence Profile: Eastern North Philadelphia
In 2018 the Urban Health Collaborative and Congreso de Latinos Unidos collaborated to document the violence facing the Eastern North Philly community and provide resources to the community leaders and organizations working hard to prevent it.
Community Brief
June 2018
View the brief: Community Violence Profile - Eastern North Philadelphia [PDF]
Community Violence Profile: Eastern North Philadelphia
In a 2018 survey, 44 percent of Philadelphia residents stated that public safety is the biggest problem facing the city. Eastern North Philadelphia experiences violent crime at a higher rate than the rest of the city. In response to the disproportionate level of violence and the call for community action, Drexel’s Urban Health Collaborative and Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc. (Congreso) collaborated to document the violence facing this community and provide resources to the community leaders and organizations working hard to prevent it.
This project included four phases: 1) stakeholder meetings with violence prevention leaders, 2) seeking data to illustrate this problem, 3) structured interviews with community organizations to identify violence prevention resources, and 4) creating a website to make this information accessible to community violence prevention leaders.
What resulted was this community brief and a website, Neighborhood United Against Violence. Careful planning and continuous feedback allowed us to create a useful tool for learning about community resources, empowering advocacy, and educating Philadelphians about the disparities within this community.
Read the full brief Community Violence Profile - Eastern North Philadelphia [PDF], which was designed to raise awareness about violence needs in Eastern North Philadelphia community among residents, leaders, organizational partners, policymakers and violence stakeholders city-wide.
References and Other Resources
For more information and a complete list of references, as well as additional resources on this topic, visit Neighborhood United Against Violence.
Citation:
Joseph S, Gibson B, Nadji A, Sestito S, Carroll-Scott A. Community Violence Profile: Eastern North Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA: Drexel University Urban Health Collaborative; June 2018