Camden Residents - Replacements For Violence - The New York Times

The New York Times Headway series on violence prevention (story by Shayla Colon about Camden, N.J.) is collecting readers' experiences about what replaces violence when it subsides in a community. Reporters are looking for concrete examples and ways to measure the "reverse of violence": personal observations of community change, programs or interventions that filled gaps, and any data or methods you would use to quantify peace or reduced violence. Now we’d like to hear from you. When violence recedes, what fills the gap? How would you measure the reverse of violence? How peaceful do you think your community is? Finish this sentence with a word or phrase: The opposite of violence is _______. Please elaborate on your thought above. How would you measure or quantify the answer? Does your work in any way involve responding to or preventing violence? What is your name? What is your email address? Where do you live?