My Neighborhood Hosted a Safety Workshop and Now Everyone Is Scared

Wed, 06 May 2026 10:00:00 -0600

Last week our neighborhood association held a street safety workshop at the community center off Oak Street. It was prompted by a series of traffic incidents, one of them fatal, and the stated goal was to empower residents with knowledge and awareness. I attended in good faith. I left in a state of informed paralysis.

Before the workshop, I walked to the grocery store without thinking about it. I crossed the street. I looked both ways, or at least one way. I went about my business. This is what people have done in neighborhoods since the invention of neighborhoods.

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My Neighborhood Hosted a Safety Workshop and Now Everyone Is Scared