Knoxville HEART

05/04/2026

With all the overwhelming gratitude to CUCRI for whom this project would not be possible without, we are ready to share-back what we heard from YOU!!!

Join us July 18th at the Beck Cultural Center to dive into our research and hear more about our communities ideals around emergency response in Knox County!

03/27/2026

For a copy/paste-able email template, visit this Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t0_4nCBJRC5XcohCl82yZIA0YOM-LTkfsMUKJkT3sYs/edit?tab=t.0

03/24/2026

According to criminal justice reform group Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP), the landscape of community responder programs nationwide has grown from six programs in 2019 to 91 programs today—including 27 “high-volume” programs that take more than 3,000 calls off the plate of the police every year. The momentum of community responder programs is growing stronger every day!

03/23/2026

Community responder programs in many cities have handled hundreds of thousands of calls safely, with no serious injuries or deaths among responders. Click the link to learn more about community response!

Nationwide Map ofCommunity Responder Programs Since 2020, community responder (CR) programs have exploded across the United States. CR programs dispatch

03/23/2026

These attached slides are our best attempt at giving you all a snap shot of the Business Service and Delivery Plan that the Alternative Response Taskforce worked on From Jan. - Oct. 2025. The plan is too long for a thorough, yet quick, catchy social media update, so we did our best to give you guys the meat (and veggies).

We invite you to read the full plan on our website or through this link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_oil9zKJMSqV7ebQvp9p8PP99WgdsG5D/view

Thank y'all for rocking with us. This has been a years long fight and we need YOU to help shape this and move this plan to implementation ❤️

02/22/2026

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/knoxville/city-county-recommended-to-create-alternative-first-responder-program/51-ce8c24ae-2ce3-425e-864a-aca5d27137a0

02/21/2026

Please join us for a potluck & community gathering on Sunday 2/22 from 3:30–6:30 at St. James Episcopal Church on 1101 N. Broadway! 🥙🌯🥪🍲🍛🍜 There will also be an opportunity to learn about Knox for Palestine. You can also take action by writing to local elected officials (supplies provided)! ❤️💌📝

➡️ Bring a dish to share or just yourself!
All are welcome at our table!

02/21/2026

Thank you to everyone who showed up to our Valentine's Day event! We wrote Valentines to Knoxville's mayor and city council, and reached our goal thanks to our volunteer's contributions. Stay tuned for the next event!