AmeriCorps Member - AmeriCorps Urban Safety Program at Wayne State University

Wayne State University – Center for Urban Studies is seeking AmeriCorps members to fill Full-time and Part-time positions within the AmeriCorps Urban Safety (AMUS) Program. The AMUS program is working to implement initiatives to increase public health and safety and decrease victimization in targeted neighborhoods throughout the City of Detroit and Wayne County. These initiatives are designed to 1) improve levels of neighborhood guardianship; 2) reduce victim attractiveness and susceptibility, and 3) use technology for crime mapping and analysis, and for enhancing neighborhood communication on matters of public safety. AMUS members conduct door to door surveying and leafleting throughout Detroit and surrounding cities. AMUS members work with residents and community groups to assist in forming neighborhood block clubs and citizen patrols, recruit and engage landlords and tenants in neighborhood safety and revitalization projects and implement safe pathways for students who walk and use public transportation in their daily commute to neighborhood schools. Members also network and build coalitions with community organizations, including CDCs, schools, church groups, and police departments. In partnership with these groups, members organize community events ranging from educational forums to neighborhood potlucks to board-ups of abandoned and open houses.