ICARE gets city to study climate change

There’s no point in building if those buildings are going to be under water ~ Mayor Donna Deegan 

By 2070, three times as many people in Jacksonville will be exposed to flooding as today. That’s the bad news. The good … read more.

ICARE Research Issue Update: Mental Health 

Jax Mayor’s Office Learns About Treatment, Not Jail for People in Crisis

Most states spend more money to incarcerate people with mental illnesses than to treat them. ~ Judge Steve Leifman, founder, Miami-Dade County Criminal Mental Health Project

They … read more.

Bending Toward Justice

BBUUC ICARE Team

at Violence Intervention Press Conference

Fifty-one ICARE network members—including six from BBUUC—made the case to news outlets that JSO’s Group Violence Intervention Program needs to be reassessed. This, after Sheriff T.K. Waters failed to … read more.

Build Stronger Communities Through Better Policy at 

ICARE’s Community Problems Assembly

Join us and become part of this year’s plan to deal with flooding, gang violence, over-policing, and mental health crises

When: 7 p.m. Monday, October 30

Where: Christ the King Catholic Church; 742 Arlington Rd N

At … read more.

 
We’re Looking for 

Your Stories

Join an ICARE House Meeting*

And Put Your Faith into Action!

Share insights on community problems

Flooding ~ Mental health ~ Neighborhood violence ~ Police fees, fines, traffic stops ~ and more

Enjoy food, fellowship, and social justice:

Sunday, Sept. 10, noon, Olympia Brown Room at … read more.

ICARE Gains at Sheriff’s Town Hall

ICARE showed up in force and scored wins at Sheriff T.K. Waters’s town hall last month. Thirty-four members came and ICARE ranked high in news coverage. Here’s how our agenda fared:

Gang (Group) Violence Intervention – … read more.

If you believe in social justice for Jacksonville

Thank a BBUUC member who showed up!

Because of you, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters agreed to:

Tour Miami’s model program for handling mental health calls
Coordinate 911 operators with the new 988 mental health hotline

Kritinia  Altes
Viqui Hilliard
Judy Olevnik
Madeline Sims

Mary Avery
Missy  … read more.

Moral arc bends small

Thin support from sheriff at ICARE 2023 Nehemiah Action

It was a night of tough love at Abyssinia Baptist Church. A Jacksonville interfaith assembly of 650 church members – including 49 from BBUUC– gathered to ask Sheriff T.K. Waters to focus more on … read more.

ICARE Justice Moment:

Don’t arrest someone over a mental breakdown

Police officers are typically the first responders to incidents involving people with mental illness, and too often it doesn’t end well. JSO has told us the only two possible responses are: to arrest the person or to … read more.

ICARE Update:

City on Track with Flood Assessment 

Last year ICARE joined a cadre of city council members and local experts, calling for Jacksonville to take meaningful steps to better understand flooding and how it impacts the people who live here. 

Now, the city has completed the first … read more.