The Advancing Public Safety at the University of Michigan Task Force — one of several anti-racism initiatives the university announced last fall — will host its first community forum from 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 9.

The event, which will take place virtually, will allow Ann Arbor campus faculty, staff, students, parents and Ann Arbor community members to share their experiences with campus policing and public safety, or join and listen.

Input from the forum will help identify what is going well and areas for improvement as it relates to fostering public safety and securing a campus environment that encourages academic excellence.

Those interested in speaking to their experience with overall public safety on campus, or with DPSS specifically, can do so by registering online. Community members can also share their input through a survey, which will be available until Feb. 15.

The survey results and the session input will be used to inform the task force’s preliminary findings, and a final report will be publicly presented at the end of April.