The mission of the Safety Network is to organize and engage local community members in developing and advocating for sustainable grassroots strategies to improve public safety, making San Francisco's neighborhoods safer places to live, work and play.

Description:
The Safety Network ands its partner agencies believe that public safety is a right not a privilege and that all people are entitled to feel safe in their homes, at work, and in their communities regardless of race, culture, or economic status.

Throughout San Francisco, the Safety Network strives to:

• Build Capacity: Establish dialogue and build relationships between all community members, including residents, merchants, the police department, community & faith based organizations and city departments to facilitate and develop the capacity for collaborative problem-solving.
  
  
• Advocate for Communities: Advocate for increased participation and civic engagement in the public policy process among community members so that they can shape and develop the future of their own communities.
  
  
• Improve Public Safety: Develop community-driven strategies that address the root causes of violence and crime.
  
  
• Improve Community Access to Services: Improve the coordination of and access to city services that impact public safety.
  
  

• We believe that change must be community-driven with a broad range of representation from all stakeholders.
  
  
• We believe that communication and dialogue are central elements for creating safe communities. By engaging our differences through respectful communication, we build the trust necessary to create stronger relationships.
  
  
• We believe that is it is crucial to acknowledge not only those community members who participate regularly but also to make note of those who do not. In our work, we strive to involve all people with special focus on those who are normally not civically engaged due to economic, racial, or cultural issues.
  
  
• We believe that each person brings something to the table and has the potential to be a leader. We strive to develop and encourage leadership skills in all of the communities in which we work.
  
  



History:
In 1990, a coalition of nine community-based organizations in San Francisco came together to respond to crime, public safety, substance abuse, and other critical issues in neighborhoods that lacked sufficient civic engagement and public resources, forming the Safety Network.
The Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center is one of the Safety Network's partner organizations. It was formed in response to the dearth of community-based services for underserved youth and adults in the Sunset District. A local grassroots effort in 1993 launched the Sunset District Community Development (SDCD). The SDCD was the first family-focused organization in the neighborhood to address the chronic issues facing the Sunset’s evolving populations. The Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center grew out of these efforts when the San Francisco Beacon Initiative was established in 1996. More than a decade later, SNBC’s over-arching objective has remained to strategically direct a significant concentration of resources to families in distressed and underserved populations in the Sunset.

SNBC is a program of Moss Beach Homes, Inc., which offers a statewide network of services through a variety of creative community partnerships.



Contact person: Darrow Vanderburgh-Wertz, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)
Main office number: (415) 694-1287

Address:


3925 Noriega St. San Francisco, CA 94122 (See a map)


Web Site: http://www.safetynetwork.org

Directions:

The closest public transit lines are 71, 71L,16AX/BX, and N-Judah. If you are driving from Central City, head towards the Golden Gate Park, then follow Lincoln Way until you hit 46th Ave. Take a left on 46th Ave. Drive until. . . (more)   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Judah and 46th,   Walk distance (in minutes): 10   Nearest Bus Stop: 71/46th Ave, 0 minute walk

Miscellaneous Information

Besides English, which languages are spoken at your agency?
	Spanish
What is the minimum age for volunteers at your agency?
	13
Is your agency wheelchair accessible?
	No
Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 10?
	Yes
Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 20?
	No

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