Sacramento Community Outreach

Sacramento Community Outreach

• On November 14, 2012, Special Agent in Charge Herb Brown presented the Sacramento Area League of Associated Muslims (SALAM) Center with the Director’s Community Leadership Award. SALAM was recognized for its nearly 25-year history of building a foundation of unity in the Muslim community, establishing and maintaining a dialogue with the FBI, and welcoming presentations at the center to aid awareness and understanding of the FBI and how to prevent crime in the community. 
• On October 24, 2012 the Sacramento Field Office celebrated the graduation of its 18th Citizens Academy Class. This class was also the first held in Fresno. Fourteen participants representing a cross section of the Greater Fresno community formed close bonds and gained knowledge about FBI operations and programs through a combination of classroom lectures and hands-on activities during the seven-week course.

Among our other ongoing efforts:

• 	Student dresses up in FBI gear.

  Promoting the FBI Child ID application, available free on iTunes, that securely stores vital information and photos for each of your children, offers safety tips, and provides an emergency checklist to help you respond quickly if your child goes missing no matter where you are.
• Meeting with minority groups and civic organizations to talk about what the FBI can do with them and for them and hosting town hall meetings as needed to dialogue on key issues;
• Sending our special agents and others from the FBI into schools, businesses, and civic meetings to explain emerging crime and security threats and to provide specific advice on how to prevent being victimized by these threats;
• Supporting the graduates of our Citizens Academies, who often band together in local alumni chapters to create crime prevention programs and other initiatives that benefit communities;
• Serving on committees and boards for businesses, schools, community groups, and social and health services and launching drives to bring food, gifts, and toys to the less fortunate during the holidays and other times of the year;
• Encouraging citizens to step forward to report crime and serve as witnesses in court;
• Participating in “Red Ribbon Week,” which educates kids and adults alike on the dangers of drugs and alcohol and encourages them to wear red ribbons as a sign of their commitment to stay drug free;
• Partnering with the American Football Coaches Association and its National Child Identification Program to distribute Child ID kits at football games and other events; and
• Hosting Adopt-A-School programs that put volunteer agents and staff members inside classrooms to mentor and tutor “at risk” kids.