About
At SLATE-Z, partners work to reduce violent crime within the South Los Angeles area while making it accessible for all residents to inhabit safe, crime-free zones through prevention, intervention, reentry, and resident engagement.
SLATE-Z’s Public Safety efforts are interrelated with its other levers of change: education, jobs, transit, and small business and entrepreneurship.
Reduce violent crime by improving services for youth leadership development, gang-intervention, support for youth and adults re-entering the community from incarceration, and community engagement.
- Advocate for community-informed justice system policies and equitable resource allocation to address violent crime in the community.
- Expand youth development services to develop leadership & promote overall wellness.