GoVia

Partners: JumpStart, Cuyahoga County Public Defender Office, Cuyahoga County, The President Council, Urban League, Hispanic Business Center, Dinsmore Law Firm, Scott Ramsey Law Firm, People, Places and Dreams (Mental Health Agency), MIT Solve, gBeta, iCorps (University of Akron Research Foundation),** GSV (Global Silicon Valley)**, Kent State University Black Alumni and Case Western Reserve University Entrepreneur Studies and •**Berkeley SLI 2024 **(Startup Law Initiative) Cohort, Comité Mexicano de Cleveland, Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (JCU John Carrol University), Wells Fargo Equitable 2024 and gener8tor 2024 Fall Accelerator Lightning Rounds.

Vision:

Imagine a future in which technology can be used for the betterment of our society, for preventing discrimination, injustice, senseless killing, wrongful imprisonment and/or human civil rights abuse(s). What if there was a way to create an incentive for doing what’s right by the law to protect citizens, as well as law enforcement, with a means of providing checks and balances on power that holds everyone accountable for their actions? What if that same system of checks and balances could be applied to other parts of the world so that human suffering could be avoided?

Tool (initial stages, currently searching for funding)

We would like to propose an integrated technology application that will prevent civil rights abuse(s) and provide due process of law for anyone who is unjustly detained or stopped by law enforcement. This community ‘app’ (GoVia:Community Police Safety App) simultaneously will improve police job performance in tandem with the community, better protect police officers as well, and provide new employment opportunities for others who wish to promote the common good of our society.