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I've heard about community safety committees/task forces, but would like to learn more about them.

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Neighbors helping neighbors with what they need whether it's small stuff (watching kids, borrowing/lending a hammer, delivering meals) or bigger things like helping organize a tenant union or helping to stop evictions

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Which means both the cops and people who think they "own the block!"

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How to appropriately intervene / de-escalate in situations of violence

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overall, being in regular contact with neighbors so that they'd know something happened if they haven't seen me in a while and know to check in.

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NY religious leaders meeting with ICE officials to free a refugee in sanctuary (New Sanctuary Coalition)

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Tenant organizing! People w/in buildings looking out for each other and comparing notes on what’s going on with the landlord, helping share resources during tough times

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De-escalation strategies and Hollaback's 5Ds (distract, document, etc.) of how to co-support when police are potentially causing harm or there are sources of conflict/harassment

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having relationships with your neighbors so there is a built in network for emergencies.

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All of the tenants in a building talking to each other, being able to talk about whether a landlord is being shady, sharing information about vaccines, caring for each other when one is sick or having financial troubles, even just hanging out?

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Something as simple as having a building groupchat to share resources (leftover food, printers, other tools)/troubleshoot any management issues

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Situations that are tense/conflicting that often unnecessarily lead to calling the police (loud music playing, people in emotional distress)

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How to approach neighbors in one's own building without further endangering the person experiencing violence or drawing attention to oneself that can cause more harm (saying "we heard yelling" can lead a parent to abuse in other ways that are quieter, etc)

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Being a resource for people experiencing drug addiction/homelessness/abuse

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formal/informal networks and relationships between neighbors in a building

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Sharing news, information, and generally just talking with all neighbors on the block (including restaurants, bodega workers etc in this)

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being a resource in case someone can't get home, needs a place to crash for a bit. etc. (thinking of how people opened up their apartments during the uprisings)

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NYC IceWatch on Signal! Keeping an eye on ICE activity and calling for community support in the event of raids/harassment.

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Mediation processes! A way to allow a community, be it a building or block, to handle its own processes rather than involving police and/or landlords.

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I've heard of safewalks & copwatches

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Being comfortable with neighbors, both long term residents and newcomers. Bridging the gap between new and old

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What to do or how to best be of help to the community when witnessing the police actively engaged in a situation in the neighborhood

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as simple as knowing neighbor's names and building from there...

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How to help neighbors who may be unhoused

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Bringing/sending food for a sick friend or neighbor. Checking in on folks if you haven't heard from or seen them in a while. Having a plan to inform each other if you're going to a protest or direct action (and again when you're home safe)

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Rapid response teams formed of long term residents