And we're trying to do what we do well, which is provide a safe community gathering place for people".
He cites the work of the sociologist Ray Oldenburg, who conceived the notion of the "third place" — locations other than home or work that are "neutral, safe, public gathering spots".
Campaigns like MTV's "It's A Thin Line" are tackling the sexting issue, and I'm sure that teen authorities will follow with positive messaging around safe social gatherings.
But the earthquake destroyed the infrastructure -- from walls that kept lives private to alleyways that made travel to clinics and gathering spaces safe -- that made security for the lives of LGBT people possible.
They had to meet on the base because it would not be safe for such a gathering of high-level personnel to take place anywhere outside of a fortified U.S. military compound.
Evenings can be best enjoyed if they remain inviting and safe, whether for neighborhood gatherings, walking Fido or gazing at the heavens — all with less chance of losing your wallet or stumbling into a ditch.
And we must strive to make our schools and public gathering places safer, perhaps through federal financing so local police forces can hire additional officers, as was done when the 1994 assault weapons ban was passed.
That made it a safe place for such a gathering, where more than ten thousand men, women, and children came to show support for the idea that voting rights could end a wave of police brutality across the state and also unseat politicians whose policies were equally harsh and vindictive against Mississippi's black population.
Alternatively, community mobilizers or focal points could be deployed to safe spaces or safe community gathering locations to distribute reliable information and safe spaces or service options (di Giovanni 2013).
Across the street, at the New Canaan Land Missionary Baptist Church, a handsome structure of dark brick, 28 elementary school kids, all of them African-American, occupied the basement at a Safe Haven program -– a gathering place for students in need of a way to spend this weekday.
