(Bumped back up. -Dan)

For both professional and personal reasons I've been trying to strengthen my ability to frame the work I do during my day job at Bread & Roses (note: posts under my personal ID are not at all representative of the organization)in a way that clearly and articulately conveys the relationship between violence in the city and the need to fund work for racial and economic justice in a way that will resonate with the greater public. The connections may seem obvious to most on this list, but it's difficult to really express the sense of urgency that is at hand for B&R to raise more money to help build community organizations' capacity in larger circles. As we reach out and expand our base, I want to feel solid in my ability to frame these connections.

In order to do this well I feel like I need to do a bit more reading and self-education.

I've been culling things that came up in past posts, but thought I'd just post a straight up request as well. Do you have any reports, studies, essays, etc. that are your "favorites" or that you have found impactful or resourceful that go beyond just looking at gun control policies? I know this request is a little vague and there are about ten million things we could all list here-- I guess I'm looking for a small handful of top favorites.