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Welcome to The Journey Continues, a Cities United Podcast. Cities United is a national network that supports Mayors, Community leaders and young leaders from all across the country who are all committed to creating safe healthy and hopeful neighborhoods for young black men and boys. On today’s episode, you’ll hear from two organizers who bring different perspectives to the work of reimagining public safety. Elle Hearns (@soulfreedreams) is an organizer, speaker, strategist, and writer. Currently leading the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, Elle has committed her life to fighting for the rights of trans-people. Quaniqua Cathan-Love (@Kew2_u)is the Director of Planning and Programming for Cities United and gives an organization understanding of how to better approach the conversation of public safety and tools we can use. This conversation will give us perspective on their lenses of what Public Safety is and what it could look like in the future. Let’s get to know Elle and Quaniqua. Let’s understand who they