The Centre for Research & Innovation for Black Survivors of Homicide Victims (The CRIB) is a multidisciplinary research centre that focuses on advancing research, policy, and practice for Black survivors of homicide victims using community-engaged methods and principles. Homicide disproportionately impacts Black communities globally, placing already marginalized communities at great risk for compromised mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. Despite the prevalence of Black homicide, research on the traumatic impact of murder on surviving family members and friends of murder victims is limited. The CRIB fills this gap by developing culturally responsive research, impactful policy, evidence-based practice, and training for service providers and community based agencies who work with Black survivors of homicide victims. Through prevention and intervention initiatives, our goal is to support survivors as they bereave and grieve the murder of their loved one(s), ultimately improving the ability of Black communities to not simply survive unthinkable tragedy but to perhaps thrive thereafter it.
To develop culturally responsive approaches to support Black survivors of homicide victims throughout our global communities.
To reduce service inequities FOR and WITH Black survivors of homicide victims through the advancement of collaborative, culturally responsive research, impactful policy and practice.
We support and promote fairness of treatment as a result of the historical bias faced by
the communities we serve
the communities we serve
We engage in community-informed research and practice grounded in principles of reciprocity
We strive to provide innovative services to Black survivors of homicide victims through interdisciplinary partnership and the dissemination of knowledge
We believe in the development and implementation of programs and policies that are
viable for systemic change
viable for systemic change
We are humbled and honored to work with our communities and take a learners stance
while engaging with them
while engaging with them
We are dedicated to the empowerment of Black survivors of homicide victims and those
that serve them
that serve them
We embrace methods that incorporate the cultural norms of our communities
