Implementing Community Based Violence Intervention (CVI) Strategies is a 5-part webinar series that will deliver information on a wide range of issues important to successfully implementing CVI strategies.?
In the first webinar of the series, you will hear from a diverse group of multi-disciplinary leaders in the CVI space about the importance of cross-sector collaborations between trusted partners.
These partnerships play an essential role in building out complementary intervention and prevention efforts that focuses on high-risk individuals and places. They also address the root causes of violence such as inadequate housing, employment, education, mental and physical health care, and other factors that influence quality of life.?
The webinar will also introduce the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)?CVI Checklist, a tool communities can use for planning and implementation of CVI strategies.?
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
1:00 pm ET
Speakers during this webinar include the following:
- Amy Solomon,?Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
- Karhlton F. Moore,?Director, BJA
- Eddie Bocanegra,?Senior Advisor, Office of the Assistant Attorney General, OJP
- Rodney Brown,?Executive Director/CEO, New Covenant Community Development Corporation
- Ainka Jackson,?Esq, Executive Director, The Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth & Reconciliation
- LeVar Michael,?Senior Program Officer, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
- Brenda Palms,?President and CEO, North Lawndale Employment Network
- Anthony Smith,?Executive Director, Cities United
- James Timpson,?Director for Community Partnership and Safety, Roca Maryland and Roca Impact Institute
This webinar series is in support of the Office of Justice Program?s (OJP) Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI), a program that will provide significant federal investment in evidence-informed strategies to reduce violence through tailored community-centered initiatives.
Learn more about the Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative.
Note:?If you are unable to attend the webinar, you can still register and you will be notified when the recording, presentation, and transcript are available on the?BJA website.
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