Tiarra Bryant
Focusing on multisector community collaboration toward public safety, public order, public health, wellbeing and vibrant communities
- Role
- Pda Deputy Director at Purpose. Dignity. Action. Pda
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tiarra Bryant
Tiarra Dearbone Bryant serves as Deputy Director at Purpose. Dignity. Action.(PDA) where she provides technical assistance and strategic guidance to jurisdictions across the nation implementing and operating Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion/Let Everyone Advance with Dignity (LEAD). Tiarra also focuses on workforce development, hiring, retention and professional advancement of people directly impacted by the systems we seek to change, both internally and as a national practice. Tiarra has served as a Project Manager for LEAD in Burien and Seattle and then as Seattle/King County LEAD Program Director, leading efforts to expand and innovate programming to address unprecedented conditions in communities related to public safety, disorder, homelessness, and quality of life. Tiarra focuses on collective impact to achieve community safety and health, and uses evidence based practices to reduce reliance on traditional enforcement and incarceration. As a member of the Klamath Tribes of Oregon and an expert on the impacts of intergenerational trauma, mental illness, and incarceration, Tiarra focuses on advancing racial and social justice initiatives in historically excluded communities, including post-prison education. She serves on the steering committee for the Husky Post-Prison Pathways (HP3) project at the University of Washington-Tacoma. Tiarra is a local community leader for the national Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network (FICGN). She served for two years as a facilitator of addiction recovery groups as a volunteer with SMART Recovery. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Washington-Tacoma in 2019 as a first generation college student and is currently pursuing her Master\'s in Criminal Justice at Seattle University.
Experience
Pda Deputy Director
Feb 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Providing National and International technical assistance and support to jurisdictions in all phases of the implementation of local LEAD (Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion/Let Everyone Advance with Dignity) programs.
Education
Pierce Community College
Associate of Arts - AA, Psychology
2015 — 2017
University of Washington Tacoma
Bachelor's degree, Psychology
2017 — 2019
Seattle University
Master of Arts - MA, Criminal Justice
Seattle University School of Law
Doctor of Law - JD, Criminal Law
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