About GSO CAN

The GSO CAN is a multi-stakeholder partnership aimed at reducing violence in Greensboro, NC, through collective work and results-based accountability. This initiative thrives on the principles of collective action and results-based accountability, ensuring that all efforts lead to tangible improvements in community safety.

Partners in the collaborative include community-based organizations, law enforcement, city departments, public health, educational partners, business owners, faith-community leaders, and others. The focus of this network is on people-based and place-based problem-solving. The mission is to create a safer Greensboro for all residents by addressing the root causes of violence, providing intervention and prevention services, and fostering community cohesion.

The goal is to provide the table and allow everyone to pull up a chair.

Working actively as a collective to identify issues and bring forth solutions.

Our Mission

To reduce violence in Greensboro by addressing its root causes, providing prevention and intervention services, and fostering community cohesion through multi-stakeholder collaboration.

Our Vision

A Greensboro where all residents, regardless of background, live free from violence in a safe, equitable, and thriving community.

Meet Our Team

"GSO Collaborative Action Network is the opportunity for Greensboro to create a true participatory public safety ecosystem. A place where everyone can be responsible for and part of the solutions. It's game over for sitting around and talking about how other people can or should address problems.
This is a space of action. GSO CAN is FOR the people, BY the people."

This GSO CAN team brings together leaders, listeners, and doers-united by a shared Commitment to Community Safety & Collective Impact.

Latisha McNeil | Founder & Director Community Safety Department

Ivey Ghee | GSO CAN Facilitator

"Greensboro, this is our moment. This is our movement. With GSO CAN- we CAN make a difference.

We CAN reduce violence.
We CAN build resilience.

We CAN create lasting change.

Together."

Erin Williams | Manager Community Safety

"I've seen firsthand that Greensboro is resource-rich yet collaboration-poor; GSO CAN bridges that gap by connecting people across sectors to create real change."

Marcus McPhatter | Police Captain

I personally love that GSO CAN brings together community organizations, public safety partners, and residents to collaboratively address the root causes of violence and improve public safety across neighborhoods. Remembering that "all of us together, is smarter than one of us."

Adam Bell |

Police Captain

"From a policing perspective, I'm encouraged by GSO CAN's holistic, partnership-driven approach to strengthening trust, addressing the root causes of violence, and making Greensboro safer for all."