Lima OH (WLIO) - A nationwide organization that supports victims of violent crimes and their families is trying to get a chapter started in the area. The Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice has 5,000 members in Ohio and has chapters in the bigger cities, now they want to move to smaller cities like Lima. CSSJ hosts activities that promote healing in communities but also become advocates for new laws to help victims and people who have lost loved ones to violent crimes.
“Our goal is to shift the narrative,” says Dyesha Darby, CSSJ Ohio Statewide Manager. “We focus so much on the criminal and on the crimes itself, we rarely ever focus on the actual survivors of these crimes or the loved ones who lost their loved ones to a violent crime. Our goal is to shift the narrative and make people see the people behind the violent crimes or people who lost their loved ones to violent crime, also has a voice and they have needs as well.”
If you would like to join the Lima chapter of the CSSJ contact Dyesha Darby, CSSJ Ohio Statewide Manager.
Email Ddarby@safeandjust.org
Phone (419) 201-1616
