Safe Neighborhoods Newsletter October-November 2025
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Stephanie Mann is working with Brandon Barnum, CEO of HOA.com in Phoenix, AZ, on their Safe Neighborhoods Program
In this interview, Stephanie Mann shares how she helped pioneer community-based safety over 50 years ago by uniting neighbors to reduce crime in her community by 48%. Her work led to the foundation of Neighborhood Watch and later the creation of Safe Kids Now, a program focused on protecting children through strong, connected neighborhoods. Partnering…
A National Plan to Reduce the High Cost of Loneliness and Crime!
The total cost of crime in the U.S., according to Wikipedia, was $4.9 trillion in 2021. The epidemic of loneliness, as reported by the Center for BrainHealth, costs taxpayers $406 billion annually and affects 62% of Americans. Loneliness was declared an epidemic by the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, in 2023. What if we…
What I learned from the Homeless
When I was working for Oakland PD as a crime and violence prevention consultant, I noticed that homeless people hung out at the entrance to the police department. Over time, I got to know them. One day, as I was leaving, I was asked if I wanted to meet Mother Wright, who was serving food…
I Died After Charlie Kirk’s Assassination & Jesus Revealed About America’s Political Violence – NDE
In this deeply moving and prophetic testimony, a 64-year-old retired nurse shares the powerful near-death experience she had just one day after the shocking news of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Her name is Margaret Ellis, and as she collapsed from a sudden cardiac arrest in her kitchen, her spirit was pulled from the chaos of our…
A Tribute to Charlie Kirk
There are people in America who follow God’s Ten Commandments, like Charlie Kirk, and others who try to play God in other people’s lives, like the assassin. We talk about mental health, but we fail to realize that a person’s state of mind shows how they’re handling life’s problems. We are all spiritual beings with…
Embrace Peace Building Skills for Kids and Communities With a Spiritual Playdate
In a time of growing division and increasingly violent rhetoric, it can feel impossible to find our way back to a peaceful culture. But an organization called Spiritual Playdate, founded by a group of interfaith moms, is fighting to change that. With government institutions devoted to peace and education often failing to change culture, it…
What Motivates a School Shooter?
Every human is born with a strong, resilient spirit and God-given talents, including imagination, intuition, creativity, insight, a sense of humor, hidden abilities yet to be discovered, and a self-protective conscience that can safeguard us and keep us safe and healthy. The police, experts, and the public are struggling to find the motivation of each…
Stop Mental Health Problems from Killing Children
Mental Health America states, one in five U.S. citizens is diagnosed with a mental health condition, including anxiety, addiction, depression, and substance disorder. Children are dramatically affected by what happens in the home. Today, 2.2 million youth have a substance abuse issue, and 4.8 million of our youth ages 12 to 17 have major depression.…
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