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Change starts with you. Each of us has a role to play in making a positive impact in our city. Toll the Bell serves as your call to take action now. Learn about anti-violence initiatives, get involved in supporting these organizations or get help. These resources offer valuable information, guidance and support for everyone looking to contribute to creating safer, more compassionate communities in Philadelphia.

Become a Toll the Bell Partner

Help us make a bigger impact for Philadelphia by becoming a Toll the Bell partner. Does your place of worship have working bells, or could you contribute via a digital recording? Are you already invested in our neighborhoods working to bring about change? We are actively seeking faith-based and community organizations that are interested in coming together to help amplify these efforts.

To learn more and get involved, contact Meredith Finch at mbfinch@upenn.edu or 215.898.6702.

Community Resources

• Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia
• CeaseFire PA: Take Action
• City of Philadelphia Office of Violence Prevention
• Civic Coalition to Save Lives
• EMIR Healing Center
• House of the Living
• Jewish Community Relations Council
• Network of Neighbors: A Trauma Response Network
• Norris Square Neighborhood Project
• Philadelphia Anti-Drug/Anti-Violence Network (PAAN)
• Philadelphia Violence Prevention Hotline - Dial 211
• Philly Truce
• POWER Interfaith - Live Free
• WHYY Resource List

Penn Resources

• Ortner Center for Violence and Abuse
• The Penn Injury Science Center:
  Community Violence Intervention Hub
  National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research (NCGVR) Firearm Injury Study
  Penn Community Violence Prevention
  
• Penn Medicine Violence Recovery Resource Guide
• Preventing Long-term Anger and Aggression in Youth (PLAAY)
• The Steven Cohen Military Family Clinic in Psychiatry

Learn More About This Issue

• The Daily Pennsylvanian (Nov 7, 2025): Penn professors contribute to collaborative report on reducing firearm violence
• The Trace (May 15, 2025): Can a Greener Philly Reduce Crime?
• Annenberg Public Policy Center (Mar 11, 2025): Over 1 in 3 Adults in Households With Guns Do Not Store All in Locked Locations
• The Philadelphia Inquirer (Jan 2, 2025): Philly saw a historic drop in murders in 2024. What changed?
• The Philadelphia Inquirer (Jan 2, 2025): Community leaders' theory on why crime dropped in Philly in 2024
• NPR (Jun 25, 2024): The surgeon general declared gun violence a public health crisis. What does that do?
• The New York Times (May 15, 2024): Mapping Gun Violence
• The New York Times (May 14, 2024): How Has Gun Violence Changed in Your Neighborhood?
• The New York Times (May 14, 2024): How the Pandemic Reshaped American Gun Violence
• NPR (Apr 15, 2024): Philadelphia gun violence victims find support through residents and nonprofits
• The Philadelphia Inquirer (Jan 18, 2024): How Philadelphia reduced gun violence in 2023
• Pew Research Center (Apr 26, 2023): What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.
• The Philadelphia Inquirer (Mar 20, 2023): Gun violence can affect every part of Philly life