For Victims Support, call or text (415) 550-1151 or email victimsupport@cycsf.org
Coalition for Community Safety and Justice
Who We Are
We believe that everyone deserves to feel safe in our communities, whether we’re at work, at school, shopping, commuting, and especially in our own homes. And when harm occurs, we want to make sure we have the resources to care for ourselves and our families.
Since 2019, the Coalition for Community Safety and Justice (CCSJ) has stepped up to address the rise and spread of hate, violence and racism against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI). As a collaboration between Community Youth Center, Chinese for Affirmative Action, Chinatown Community Development Center, and Chinese Progressive Association, we are reimagining personal and community safety for AAPI communities in San Francisco. Each of our partner organizations have been rooted in the community for over 50 years and we are collectively working with local and state governments to strengthen San Francisco’s community safety infrastructure.
Our Approach
CCSJ has been leading a city-wide holistic model to building community and safety. Our work is focused on three main activities.
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Provide victim wrap-around services and engage the community to support victim and survivors of violence.
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Develop programming that builds towards cross-racial community healing and solidarity.
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Strengthen critical public safety systems to stabilize health and safety for all of SF communities.
By The Numbers
Languages spoken by CCSJ victims services team (Cantonese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Thai, Mandarin, Tagalog, and Toishanese)
7
$40,000
Distributed to victims in 2022 through CCSJ’s victims services program
AAPI victims supported until July 2023 by CCSJ’s victim services program
73
200,000+
views in 2022 of the 100+ Chinese-language articles on community safety written by CAA’s Chinese Digital Engagement team
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Contact Us
To get in touch with us, please email Janice Li, CCSJ Coalition Director, at jli@caasf.org.
If you or someone you know is a victim of a recent incident, you can immediately seek services by calling or texting Community Youth Center’s outreach staff at (415) 550-1151. You can also email jli@caasf.org for an intake form to get support today.