PDA South Africa Delegation Returns
In 2020, a delegation from the Lead Support Bureau travelled to South Africa to explore the viability of LEAD in the cities of Durban, Pretoria…
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PDA South Africa Delegation Returns
December 9, 2024
Washington found a better way to remove homeless encampments. Will it stick?
October 10, 2024
CoLEAD, a program created by Purpose Dignity Action, a Seattle nonprofit working with the state’s…
Why Seattle’s idea for banishment in crime ‘hot spots’ won’t work
August 23, 2024
Drawing on extensive data from the Seattle area, we found that banishment was both futile…
Officials spearheading Oregon drug recriminalization could learn a lot from Washington
August 23, 2024
“LEAD is intended to be a public safety, public order response,” said Tiarra Bryant, who…
PDA statement regarding proposal to re-introduce Stay Out of Drug Areas (SODA) zones
August 1, 2024
For Immediate Release: August 1, 2024 Contact: Brandi McNeil, [email protected] PDA statement regarding proposal to…
Ending homelessness in downtown Seattle may be harder than expected
May 16, 2024
The Third Avenue Project has been working to connect people with basic necessities, interim lodging,…
City of Pittsburgh Office of Community Health and Safety celebrates launch of LEAD Program
April 15, 2024
Center for Policing Equity: Designing Public Safety, Substance Abuse
April 11, 2024
CPE paper recognizes LEAD as a strategy to address substance use through community-based harm reduction…
They’re Not Cops. They Don’t Have Guns. But They’re Responding to More 911 Calls.
March 25, 2024
LEAD looks beyond crises and emergencies and seeks to promote non-police responses to chronic, low-level…
Meet the Deputy Directors!
March 12, 2024
Purpose Dignity Action (PDA) has exciting news to share about an evolution in our leadership…
PDA works to resolve U District encampment
March 6, 2024
How does an encampment get resolved, and resolved well, without displacement or chaos? Months of…
Seattle’s Third Avenue Project Model Report
November 16, 2023
Katherine Beckett and Marco Brydolf-Horwitz of University of Washington review Seattle’s Third Avenue Project (TAP)…
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