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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 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