S1:E10 - Violence Part 2 w/ Victoria Shanklin, Tammie Willis & Melissa Burke

On this episode we will consider violence in Anchorage and how we all might be part of making our city a more safe and peaceful place with our guests:

• Victoria Shanklin: Executive Director, Victims For Justice.
• Tammie Willis:  Violence Prevention and Education Coordinator, AWAIC.
• Melissa Burke: Pastor, Entrepreneur, Artist and Founder of Worship and Justice Movement.

Resources Used to Make this episode:

• Alaska Dispatch News, 2017, ‘Alaska Dispatch News poll: Crime’, Alaska Daily News, 18 January, 2017, viewed 19 February 2019, from https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2017/01/18/alaska-dispatch-news-poll-crime/
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2019/01/01/in-anchorage-28-people-died-by-homicide-this-year/
• https://www.facebook.com/notes/anchorage-police-department/update-1st-to-3rd-quarter-crime-data/10157935678014335/
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2020/09/08/anchorage-homicide-rate-drops-significantly-so-far-this-year-as-police-say-most-types-of-crime-are-trending-downward/
• https://www.adn.com/opinions/editorials/2020/01/04/near-record-homicides-in-anchorage-show-little-public-safety-progress/
• Boots, M.T., 2016, ‘Anchorage is on track to break the record for most homicides in one year. What is going on?’, Alaska Daily News, 3 September, 2016, viewed 19 February 2019, from https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/09/03/anchorage-is-on-track-this- year-to-break-its-annual-homicide-record-whats-going-on/
• Volf, M., 1996, Exclusion and Embrace: A theological exploration of identity, otherness, and reconciliation, Abingdon Press, Nashville, p.98.