Mayor Brandon Johnson's Community Safety Plan

 

In 2012 Mayor Rahm Emanuel told Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis; “25 percent of the students in this city are never going to be anything, never going to amount to anything and he is never going to throw money at it." 

In February 2020 Jens Ludwig Director of the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab told a City Club of Chicago audience; one of the most important things that keeps people out of the criminal justice system is education. It's one of the most important protective factors against justice system involvement.

In June 2023 Chalkbeat Chicago reported 45,000 teens and young adults are not in school, college, or the workforce.

When Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union provide students who are not on a path to a bachelor's degree a relative and practical curriculum, neighborhood crime will dramatically decrease in Chicago.

I hope Mayor Brandon Johnson's community safety plan will have an immediate impact on decreasing neighborhood crime.

Marc Sims

Chicago

 

 

 

 

People's Plan for Community Safety

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/public-safety-and-violence-reduction/home/PeoplesPlanforCommunitySafety.html

 

 

 

One of the most important things that keeps people out of the criminal justice system is education. It's one of the most important protective factors against justice system involvement.

Jens Ludwig

UChicago Crime Lab

https://youtu.be/1FNFyLX-HWQ?t=1973

Chalkbeat Chicago reported 45,000 teens and young adults are not in school, college, or the workforce.

 

https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2023/6/29/23776883/chicago-schools-nonprofits-help-disconnected-youth