DEFENDER ASSOCIATION

PDA plants seeds for a world rooted in community and care instead of punishment and neglect. We work with people actively seeking to move past experiences of harm and injury, along with neighborhood and public partners. Through compassion, coordination and a harm reduction framework, we create and implement better responses to public health and safety... PDA's core work is designing and implementing new approaches to real problems that, in the past, were met with enforcement, prosecution and punishment, but respond better to the coordination and care strategies we offer. We build public understanding of and support for these new strategies by ensuring they are responsive to the real problems encountered in our diverse communities... Formerly known as the Public Defender Association, Purpose. Dignity. Action. demonstrates better responses to public health and safety through strategies rooted in compassion and coordination.

Also known as: defender