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Toronto advocacy organization
Reach Out Response Network
Formation2020
HeadquartersToronto
Co-foundersAsante Haughton,
Rachel Bromberg
Websitehttps://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. It was based on the Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets program run by the Eugene Police Department with a strong focus on advocacy work.

Activities

In July 2020, co-founders Haughton and Bromberg published an op-ed in the Toronto Star promoting the organization. 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.

Their 2021 publication Report on International Crisis Response Team Training documented alternatives to police response to mental-health-related emergencies. Later in 2021, the group welcomed the City of Toronto's decision to pilot community-led responses to 911 calls about mental health crises.

See also

References

  1. Adler, Mike (2022-02-17). "'The way to go forward': Scarborough's Taibu starts responding next month to people in crisis". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  2. Gillis, Wendy (2020-08-03). "These mental health advocates are working on an alternative to police intervention when someone is in crisis". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  3. Kivanç, Jake (10 Feb 2021). "North American Cities Are Replacing Cops With Civilians And It's Working". Vice.
  4. Alvarez, Natalie (2020). "Stop. Rewind. Replay.: Performance, police training and mental health crisis response". Performance Research. 25 (8): 69–75. doi:10.1080/13528165.2020.1930783. S2CID 237366294.
  5. 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.
  6. ^ "Blurring the Blue Line | University of Toronto Magazine". University of Toronto Magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  7. Charlie Buckley (7 Sep 2021). "Toronto rethinks mental health policing amid calls for reform". Canada's National Observer.
  8. Disability Injustice: Confronting Criminalization in Canada. (2022). (n.p.): UBC Press. p161
  9. "City of Toronto staff recommend 3-year mental health crisis response service pilot program - Toronto | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2022-03-28.

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