Presented on Thursday, October 05, 2023 at 06:30P

As the host chapter for this year's conference, the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers invites conference attendees to join them for a special Faith and Blue Reception being held at the Harvard Club of Boston, 374 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston 02215 from 6:30 PM until 9:00 PM on Thursday, October 5, 2023.

Dinner will be served and a cash bar (beer and wine) will be available. All persons registered to attend NABLEO's "Balancing Accountability, Social Justice and Public Safety" Conference who wish to attend this event should email their RSVP to mamleoinc@gmail.com.

Transportation will be provided from the 4 Points Sheraton Hotel to and from the Harvard Club.

Faith and Blue was inaugurated in 2020 by MovementForward, Inc., working with the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) at the U.S.Department of Justice. The idea was a simple but powerful one — the ties that bind officers and residents must be reinforced if we are to build neighborhoods where everyone feels safe and included. Faith-based organizations are key to building these bonds because they are not only the largest community resource in the nation, with 65 million participants in weekly events, but because they are as diverse as our nation. Moreover, they speak to Americans’ shared conviction that we are our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers.

The initiative aims to re-calibrate police-community relations through solutions-focused, in-person, socially distanced and/or virtual activities that are organized jointly by faith-based or other community groups and law enforcement agencies.

To learn more about this program, please visit their website at https://faithandblue.org/