Reach Out Response Network Explained
| Reach Out Response Network |
| Formation: | 2020 |
| Headquarters: | Toronto |
| Leader Title: | Co-founders |
| Leader Name: | Asante Haughton,
Rachel Bromberg |
| Website: | https://reachouttoronto.ca/ |
Reach Out Response Network is a Toronto based organization that advocates for the City of Toronto to increase community-led responses to mental health emergencies.
Organization
Reach Out Response Network is a community-led Toronto-based organization that was founded by Rachel Bromberg and Asante Haughton in 2020.[1] [2] It was based on the Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets[3] program run by the Eugene Police Department[4] with a strong focus on advocacy work.[5]
Activities
In July 2020, co-founders Haughton and Bromberg published an op-ed in the Toronto Star promoting the organization.[6] This created an influx of volunteers and a connection to Mohamed Shuriye, the City of Toronto's new manager of policing reform.
In 2020, they submitted a 92-page report of recommendations to the City of Toronto.[7]
Their 2021 publication Report on International Crisis Response Team Training documented alternatives to police response to mental-health-related emergencies.[8] Later in 2021, the group welcomed the City of Toronto's decision to pilot community-led responses to 911 calls about mental health crises.[9]
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Notes and References
- News: Adler . Mike . 2022-02-17 . 'The way to go forward': Scarborough's Taibu starts responding next month to people in crisis . en-CA . The Toronto Star . 2022-03-28 . 0319-0781.
- News: Gillis . Wendy . 2020-08-03 . These mental health advocates are working on an alternative to police intervention when someone is in crisis. . en-CA . The Toronto Star . 2022-03-28 . 0319-0781.
- News: Kivanç . Jake . 10 Feb 2021 . North American Cities Are Replacing Cops With Civilians And It's Working . Vice .
- Stop. Rewind. Replay.: Performance, police training and mental health crisis response . 10.1080/13528165.2020.1930783 . 2020 . Alvarez . Natalie . Performance Research . 25 . 8 . 69–75 . 237366294 .
- Bromberg, Rachel. "The pandemic, protests, and social innovation: How can we maintain our progress?." Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being 6.3 (2021): 95-96.
- Web site: Blurring the Blue Line University of Toronto Magazine . 2022-03-28 . University of Toronto Magazine . en-US.
- News: Charlie Buckley . 7 Sep 2021 . Toronto rethinks mental health policing amid calls for reform . Canada's National Observer .
- Disability Injustice: Confronting Criminalization in Canada. (2022). (n.p.): UBC Press. p161
- Web site: City of Toronto staff recommend 3-year mental health crisis response service pilot program - Toronto Globalnews.ca . 2022-03-28 . Global News . en-US.
