Who we are:
We are a multiracial group composed of faith leaders, social workers, therapists, public health and healthcare workers, researchers, community builders, racial justice organizers, community members, and activists - who have formed a plan that aligns with the need for non-police responses to various crisis situations.
Writers of the CROS unarmed non-police response plan:
We are a multiracial group composed of faith leaders, social workers, therapists, public health and healthcare workers, researchers, community builders, racial justice organizers, community members, and activists - who have formed a plan that aligns with the need for non-police responses to various crisis situations.
Writers of the CROS unarmed non-police response plan:
- Paul Fleming (he/him) Asst. Professor, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Public Health Awakened
- Ryan Henyard (he/him) History of Policing Educator; Trustee, Avalon Housing; DEI Consultant; NEW Champions for Change fellow
- Lisa Jackson (she/her) Professor, Schoolcraft College
- Kevin Karpiak (he/him) Professor, Eastern Michigan University Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology; Director, Southeast Michigan Criminal Justice Policy Research Project (SMART)
- Molly Kleinman (she/her) Volunteer leader, Bend the Arc Jewish Action Greater Ann Arbor; NEW Champions for Change fellow
- Anna Lemler (she/her) Racial Equity & Justice Consultant; Restorative Justice Practitioner; Liberate! Don't Incarcerate Organizer
- William Lopez (he/him) Professor, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Volunteer, WICIR
- Alex Parks (she/her) Graduate student in Public Health
- Aubrey Patino (she/her) Executive Director, Avalon Housing
- Hoai An Pham (she/her) Liberate! Don't Incarcerate and Free Ashley Now Organizer; Digital Strategist
- Lee Roosevelt (she/her) Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing; volunteer leader Bend the Arc Jewish Action of Greater Ann Arbor
- Maria Thomas (she/her) Liberate! Don't Incarcerate Organizer; Community Health Advocate; Child Advocacy Director, Michigan Medicine
- Donnell Wyche (he/him) Lead Pastor, Vineyard Church of Ann Arbor; Co-Coordinator Washtenaw Faith Leaders Forum; Past-President, ICPJ