HAVEN
Hospitals Against Violence
Empowering Neighborhoods
Present the 4th Annual
L.A. GANG VIOLENCE
PREVENTION & INTERVENTION
CONFERENCE
MAY 4 & 5, 2015
The California Endowment
Los Angeles, California
PRESENTING SPONSORS
DORIS FACTOR
ENDOWMENT FUND
COMMUNITY SPONSORS
Welcome to the 4th Annual
L.A. Gang Violence Prevention & Intervention Conference
When we began this project over four years ago, we were hoping to start a conversation. What
sparked then has grown into an international family committed to re-thinking the very way we
approach violence. From conversations in Los Angeles to Guatemala, from plenary sessions to
discussions over coffee and brownies, there has been a collective commitment to address violence
by investing in prevention.
This year, the conversations our presenters wanted to have were not just about cultures and effects
of violence, or even about the experiences of trauma – personal and structural trauma – they were
also about resiliency. Effective partnerships. Case studies that changed cities. Pilot programs being
adapted and implemented around the globe. We’re excited to share approaches that work, how to
adapt good ideas to local realities, and ideas that are being put into action.
Together with our Advisory Committee, we have created distinct themes for each track, designed
to help all of us think about the systems and cultures of violence, and where we can insert change
to break those cycles not only for individuals, but also to change communities over the long term.
These two days are about transforming our seemingly intractable problems into tangible and
sustainable solutions. This annual conference has become a cornerstone event in Los Angeles
because of you who come, who share your expertise, perspective, and commitment. Because all of
us who come to this landmark, collaborative space believe in something even bigger than breaking
the cycles of violence; we are here because we know that in spite of the violence, hope is resilient.
And together, we can change systems.
We are here to build networks of hope.
Welcome.
Paul Carrillo
Tchaka Shepherd, MD
Billie Weiss, MPH
Kaile Shilling, MTS
Daniel Healy, MPH
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DAY 1 AGENDA
May 4, 2015 • 8:15am - 4:00pm
8:15am - 9:00am
REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST (COURTYARD)
9:00am - 9:20am
WELCOME BY CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS (YOSEMITE)
• Paul Carrillo, Injury Prevention Coordinator of Trauma Services, St. Francis Medical Center Trauma Services - HAVEN
• Kaile Shilling, MTS Executive Director, Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles
9:20am - 9:40am
TABLE TALK
9:40am - 10:20am
OPENING DIALOGUE
Crash and Build: A Conversation about Creativity
• Paul Carrillo, Injury Prevention Coordinator of Trauma Services, St. Francis Medical Center Trauma Services - HAVEN
• Bobby Moresco, Oscar Winning Writer, Director and Producer
10:20am - 10:30am
BREAK
10:30am - 12:00pm
1st BREAKOUT SESSION
TRAINING
TRACK
(BIG SUR)
TRACK 1
RACE
(REDWOOD)
TRACK 2
GENDER
TRACK 3
FAITH
The Nexus
Between Gangs
and Domestic
Human Sex
Trafficking
Why’d You Stop
Me?
Reducing Acts
of Violence
Between
Community &
Law Enforcement
Leadership
and Instructor
Development
Program: A Trainthe-Trainers for
Interventionists
Transforming
Violent Hearts:
A Community
& Faith-Based
Partnership
12:00pm - 1:00pm
LUNCH (COURTYARD)
1:00pm - 2:30pm
2nd BREAKOUT SESSION
TRAINING
TRACK
(MOJAVE)
(CATALINA)
(BIG SUR)
TRACK 1
RACE
(REDWOOD)
TRACK 2
GENDER
TRACK 3
FAITH
Alternative to
Violence Project:
Community
Healing
L.A. Regional
Strategy:
Possibilities &
Challenges
African American
Women’s Use
of Force in
Intimate Partner
Relationships in
New Orleans
Cops and
Clergy
(MOJAVE)
2:30pm - 2:45pm
BREAK
2:45pm - 3:50pm
CLOSING CONVERSATIONS (YOSEMITE)
(CATALINA)
TRACK 4
TRACK 5
SYSTEMS
ADAPTIVE
RELATIONSHIPS APPROACHES
(CABRILLO)
(JOSHUA TREE)
The Gun Industry:
Militarization,
Marketing, and the
Threat to Public
Safety
PeaceTXT: Mobile
Tech for Violence
Prevention
TRACK 4
TRACK 5
SYSTEMS
ADAPTIVE
RELATIONSHIPS APPROACHES
(CABRILLO)
(JOSHUA TREE)
Group Violence
Intervention:
A Proven Strategy
to Reduce Violence,
Minimize Arrests
and Incarceration,
and Strengthen
Communities
Gang Violence:
21st Century
Public Health
Epidemic
Leaving the Gang Behind: The Process of Becoming an “Ex”
• Scott H. Decker, PhD, Foundation Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
Art as a Resilience Building Tool for Youth
• Fabian Debora, Counselor and Mentor, Homeboy Industries/Latino Producers Action Network
4:00pm - 6:00pm
RECEPTION (COURTYARD)
• Live performance by Jazz off the Boat
DAY 1 EMCEE: Stephen Randal Henry, DrPH, MPH, Founder/Chief Intelligence Officer, Community Intelligence
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DAY 2 AGENDA
May 5, 2015 • 8:15am - 4:00pm
8:15am - 9:00am
REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST (COURTYARD)
9:00am - 9:15am
WELCOME (YOSEMITE)
• Tchaka Shepherd, MD, Physician-in-Chief, St. Francis Medical Center Trauma Services - HAVEN
9:15am - 10:30am
OPENING PLENARY
Identity Matters: What Do Gangs and Extremist Groups Have in Common When It Comes to Group Identity?
• Guillermo Cespedes, Advisor, Global Crime and Violence Prevention Strategies, Creative Associates International
• Paul Carrillo, Injury Prevention Coordinator of Trauma Services, St. Francis Medical Center Trauma Services - HAVEN
• Humera Khan, Executive Director, Muflehun
• Alistair Millar, Executive Director, Global Center on Cooperative Security
• Robert Örell, Director, Exit Sweden, Fryshuset
MODERATOR: Rachel Locke, Senior Conflict & Peacebuilding Advisor, USAID
10:30am - 10:45am
BREAK
10:45am - 12:15pm
3rd BREAKOUT SESSION
(BIG SUR)
TRACK 1
RACE
(REDWOOD)
TRACK 2
GENDER
TRACK 3
FAITH
TRACK 4
SYSTEMS
RELATIONSHIPS
TRACK 5
ADAPTIVE
APPROACHES
Intersection of
Gang Violence
and Domestic
Violence
Educating and
Empowering
Youth
Girls and Gangs:
Improving our
Understanding
and Ability to
Respond
International
Perspectives
on Engaging
At-Risk Youth
Parks After Dark:
Creating a Culture of
Community, Health,
and Safety at Parks
Creative Ways of
Addressing Urban
Trauma
(BIG SUR)
TRACK 1
RACE
(REDWOOD)
TRACK 2
GENDER
TRACK 3
FAITH
TRACK 4
SYSTEMS
RELATIONSHIPS
TRACK 5
ADAPTIVE
APPROACHES
Shifting the Mind
and Emotions to
Disrupt Patterns
of Violence
Decoding Gang
Violence on the
Digital Street
Immigration:
A Cross-Border
Perspective
Love Never
Fails: One
Family’s
Response to
Violence
Engaging Your
Business Community
in Violence
Prevention and
Trauma Informed
Care
Replication of the
LA-GRYD Secondary
Prevention Model in
Honduras and Mexico:
Lessons Learned From
the Field
TRAINING
TRACK
12:15pm - 1:15pm
LUNCH (COURTYARD)
1:15pm - 2:45pm
4th BREAKOUT SESSION
TRAINING
TRACK
(MOJAVE)
(MOJAVE)
(CATALINA)
(CATALINA)
2:45pm - 2:50pm
BREAK
2:50pm - 3:50pm
INTRODUCTION TO CLOSING PLENARY (YOSEMITE)
(CABRILLO)
(CABRILLO)
(JOSHUA TREE)
(JOSHUA TREE)
• Billie Weiss, MPH, Founder, Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles
CLOSING PLENARY
Community Policing: Place and How Law Enforcement Can Become Public Health Agents
• Chief of Police Charlie Beck, Los Angeles Police Department
• Melanie Brock, Foreign Affairs Officer, Team Lead for Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI), US Dept. of State
• Chief James Hellmold, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department
• Enrique Roig, Coordinator for Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI), USAID
MODERATOR: Kaile Shilling, MTS Executive Director, Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles
3:50pm - 4:00pm
CLOSE
DAY 2 EMCEE: Pedro Cabrera, Student
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PLENARY SESSIONS
CULTURES & EFFECTS
OF VIOLENCE
AS WE WERE LOOKING FOR
WHAT TO HOLD UP IN THE
PLENARY SESSIONS AROUND
CULTURES AND EFFECTS
OF VIOLENCE, WE FELT
THERE WAS A COMPELLING
CONVERSATION TO BE HAD
AROUND IDENTITY.
RACE
FAITH
GENDER
MIGRATION
IDENTITY
SENSE OF SELF
RESILIENCY
TRAUMA
ART
INDIVIDUAL
GROUP
SYSTEMS
While most conversations around gangs and gang identity center
themselves in defining against, we were interested in what we all
identify ourselves with. How do we construct our sense of self?
What are the key elements of our identity?
Art, we believe, is a critical component in strengthening
resiliency, in processing trauma, and in creating a positive selfidentity and self-expression. We have had breakout sessions
on this in previous years, but this year we wanted to elevate it
further, and so have dedicated both the opening and closing
plenary on Day One to conversations that interweave the role
of art in redeeming a sense of self, and in motivating positive
re-direction for young people.
How we locate ourselves in relationship to our peers, and in
relationship to our place were also key elements in how we
define ourselves. Both of these conversations on Day Two are
grounded in this idea of where we locate ourselves. How are we
ourselves defined by our allies? And if we recognize the power
of these peer relationships, how can we use that as a force for
positive change?
Day One plenary sessions are intimate conversations. Day
Two provides diverse panels of incredible breadth. We hope
this combination speaks to the need to address not only the
individual, but also the need to engage and change systems by
engaging multiple partners and perspectives.
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TRACKS & TRAININGS
OUR TRACKS
As we received session proposals this year, our Advisory Committee
engaged deeply around what it meant to think about cultures of
violence and the effects of larger cultural and systems forces. Many
of the submissions were seeking to unpack these larger forces in
some way, to address the structural cultures and impacts of violence.
What does it mean, for example, to think not only of the unique
needs of girls who are gang involved but also to bring a gender
awareness to being an interventionist? What does it mean to be a
female interventionist? What does it mean to be struggling with
cross-border issues from a female perspective? Similarly, how do
issues of structural racism play out – both in local communities, and
in how racial identity is constructed on the other side of the border?
What does it mean to think about evaluation when the minority
becomes the majority? What does it mean to think about violence
prevention from a faith perspective? How does the conversation
change when the faith community is involved and engaged?
These track titles are broad, but we hope they speak to the need
to identify structural issues, spark questions, and engage you in
thinking about how it complicates and compounds these issues to
add a particular lens to the conversation.
WE’RE EXCITED TO PILOT
A NEW TRACK AT THIS
YEAR’S CONFERENCE: THE
“TRAINING TRACK”
In response to your feedback, we’ve created a track dedicated to
hands-on, small group training sessions. These are intended to be
more focused, and more intimate. They are a space for us to offer
some experimental and experiential programming. These sessions
are intended to go deeper and be more interactive than the larger
group sessions. As a result, we will be capping these sessions at 25
people or less. Please respect the integrety of the session if you are
notified that the session is full. Because of the intensive nature of these
sessions, there is no capacity to sneak in one (or three) more people.
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1ST BREAKOUT SESSION
TRAINING TRACK (BIG SUR)
The Nexus Between Gangs and Domestic
Human Sex Trafficking
An in-depth training on the relationship between gangs and
sex trafficking, methods of recruitment, and strategies for
prevention.
PRESENTER
Stephany Powell, EdD Executive Director, Mary Magdalene Project, Inc.
May 4, 2015 • 10:30am - 12:00pm
TRACK 3: FAITH (CATALINA)
Transforming Violent Hearts: A Community &
Faith-Based Partnership
This engaging conversation focuses on how a community and
faith-based partnership developed, including strategies for
recruiting, retaining, and engaging faith leaders as partners in
violence prevention.
PRESENTERS
Steven Kim Director, Project Kinship
Richard Ramos CEO-President, Latino Coalition for Community Leadership
William “Blinky” Rodriguez Executive Director, Communities in
TRACK 1: RACE (REDWOOD)
Schools San Fernando Valley & Greater Los Angeles
This interactive workshop explores how to reduce the traumatic
acts of violence between police and community by exploring the
reasons young people are stopped, and the perspective of both
law enforcement and young people.
TRACK 4: SYSTEMS RELATIONSHIPS (CABRILLO)
Why’d You Stop Me? Reducing Acts of Violence
Between Community & Law Enforcement
PRESENTERS
Jason Lehman Founder/Executive Director, Why’d You Stop Me? / Officer,
City of Long Beach Police Department
Rodney Coulter Community Speaker/Gang Expert, Why’d You Stop Me?
Jasmine Simpson Program Participant, Author of the Poem “I Used to Hate
You”, Why’d You Stop Me?
TRACK 2: GENDER (MOJAVE)
Leadership and Instructor Development
Program: A Train-the-Trainers for
Interventionists
An overview of the Advanced Interventionists Training
Program, including the perspectives of those in the program,
and the increase in female interventionists and the unique
challenges and opportunities that presents.
PRESENTERS
James Dunn, Sr. Chief Executive Officer, Each 1 Reach 1 Community
Service Corporation
Miriam Mendez Case Manager, Aztecs Rising
Ronald R. Noblet Principal Consultant, Advancement Project – Urban
Peace
MODERATOR
Antonio Crisostomo-Romo Consultant, Advancement Project – Urban
Peace
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The Gun Industry: Militarization, Marketing,
and the Threat to Public Safety
The presentation will focus on the increasing militarization and
lethality of weapons, the marketing efforts of the gun industry,
and the effect of this combination on public safety.
PRESENTER
Josh Sugarmann Executive Director, Violence Policy Center
TRACK 5: ADAPTIVE APPROACHES (JOSHUA TREE)
PeaceTXT: Mobile Tech for Violence Prevention
Leveraging information communication technology and social
media in preventing, interrupting, and inciting violence. This
session will also address the limitations of such communication
tools.
PRESENTERS
Rachel Hilary Brown Consultant / Founder & Former CEO, Sisi ni Amani
(Kenya)
Brent Decker Chief Program Officer, Cure Violence - University of Illinois
Chicago, School of Public Health
Leetha Filderman President, PopTech Institute
May 4, 2015 • 1:00pm - 2:30pm
2ND BREAKOUT SESSION
TRAINING TRACK (BIG SUR)
Alternatives to Violence Project: Community
Healing
This hands-on training will teach nonviolent skills and techniques
to create more effective communication, find shared goals, and
enable more effective personal and professional interactions.
These skills can be used by service providers working with
challenging clients, within organizations, or among collaborative
service provider partners.
PRESENTERS
Kevin Roland Facilitator, Alternatives to Violence Project
Boa Smith Facilitator, Alternatives to Violence Project
Nancy Vimla Lead Facilitator, Alternatives to Violence Project
Mary D. Walton AVP/LA Clerk, Alternatives to Violence Project
TRACK 1: RACE (REDWOOD)
L.A. Regional Strategy: Possibilities &
Challenges
This track will explore the challenges and successes in building
a partnership between law enforcement and community-based
interventionists.
PRESENTERS
TRACK 3: FAITH (CATALINA)
Cops and Clergy
This panel explores the case study of a partnership with faith
leaders from a law enforcement perspective.
PRESENTERS
Lt. Roman Murrietta Sacramento Police Department
Pastor Anthony Sadler Cops & Clergy, Sacramento
MODERATOR
Melvyn Hayward Executive Director, HELPER Foundation
TRACK 4: SYSTEMS RELATIONSHIPS (CABRILLO)
Group Violence Intervention: A Proven Strategy
to Reduce Violence, Minimize Arrests and
Incarceration, and Strengthen Communities
This presentation explores the NNSC strategy to reduce violence,
minimize arrests and incarceration, and strengthen communities
on a city-wide scale. Includes evaluation analysis of the project,
and recommendations for adaptation.
PRESENTER
Christopher Mallette Executive Director of Chicago VRS, National
Network for Safe Communities
Commander Joseph M. Gooden Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s
Department
Fernando RejÓn Director of Urban Peace, Advancement Project
Deputy Chief William Scott Los Angeles Police Department
MODERATOR
Anthony Massengale, Sr. Human Services Administrator/Workforce
Development, LA County Community & Senior Services Department
TRACK 2: GENDER (MOJAVE)
African American Women’s Use of Force in
Intimate Partner Relationships in New Orleans
TRACK 5: ADAPTIVE APPROACHES (JOSHUA TREE)
Gang Violence: 21st Century Public Health
Epidemic
This interactive session dives deep into a school based primary
prevention program aimed at preventing gang involvement
among young people in the first place using a public health
approach.
PRESENTER
Douglas L. Semark, PhD Executive Director, Gang Alternatives Program
This presentation will highlight research on disproportionate
arrest rates on women of color as a foundation for exploring the
intersection of gang involvement and domestic violence as part
of New Orleans’ City-Wide Blueprint for Violence Prevention.
PRESENTERS
Amalfi Parker Elder Blueprint for Safety Interagency Coordinator, New
Orleans Health Department
Aubree Thelen Intern, New Orleans Blueprint for Safety
Erika E. Wright Program Lead for Violence Prevention, New Orleans Health
Department
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3RD BREAKOUT SESSION
TRAINING TRACK (BIG SUR)
Intersection of Gang Violence and Domestic
Violence
This pilot training is the work of the Los Angeles DV/Gang Nexus
Committee of the City’s Domestic Violence Task Force. It will
provide an introduction to the intersection and the implications
of these overlapping violences, the impact on service provision,
and a case study of the emergence of the DV/Gang Nexus
Committee as a partner with the City and service providers.
PRESENTERS
Karyna Gonzalez Domestic Violence Services Manager, YWCA of Glendale
Lili Herrera Director of Prevention Services, Peace Over Violence
Raymundo J. Zacarias, MSW Vice President of Programs, Communities
May 5, 2015 • 10:45am - 12:15pm
TRACK 3: FAITH (CATALINA)
International Perspectives on Engaging At-Risk
Youth
This session will explore inclusion strategies for youth at risk
of extremist influence, examining what factors influence young
people’s choices to join extremist groups and commonalities
among successful youth violence prevention activities.
PRESENTERS
Scott H. Decker, PhD Foundation Professor, School of Criminology and
Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
Michele Piercey Practice Lead, Conflict and Mitigation, Development
Alternatives, Inc.
in Schools San Fernando Valley & Greater Los Angeles
TRACK 4: SYSTEMS RELATIONSHIPS (CABRILLO)
TRACK 1: RACE (REDWOOD)
Educating and Empowering Youth
This session will explore strategies and successes in engaging
young people to be a voice for change. In particular, examining
a case study on educating young people to unpack structural
racism and disproportionate impacts of violence on young
people of color as an effective youth building strategy.
Parks After Dark: Creating a Culture of
Community, Health, and Safety at Parks
This presentation will examine the potential parks have to build
community resilience and address a wide range of health and
socio-economic factors that are the root causes of violence. Parks
can be incorporated as a centerpiece of a comprehensive, placebased prevention initiative that incorporates direct services,
community building, policy change, and built environment
strategies.
PRESENTERS
Children's Defense Fund, California
TRACK 2: GENDER (MOJAVE)
Girls and Gangs: Improving our Understanding
and Ability to Respond
This session will share cutting edge research on the current
challenges and particular situations of gang-involved girls.
Additionally, the workshop will share what experts in the field
believe are best practices for reaching and serving gang-involved
girls, with a goal of providing both practical advice for service
providers, and increased awareness and understanding of the
gender-specific issues for general audiences.
PRESENTERS
Estivaliz Castro Researcher, National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Caroline Glesman Researcher, National Council on Crime and Delinquency
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PRESENTERS
Kelly Fischer, MA Staff Analyst,
Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health, Injury & Violence Prevention Program
Annie Lyles Manager, Prevention Institute
Mika Yamamoto Regional Operations Manager, County of Los Angeles,
Department of Parks and Recreation
TRACK 5: ADAPTIVE APPROACHES (JOSHUA TREE)
Creative Ways of Addressing Urban Trauma
This engaging session explores a program that brings together
gang-involved youth and post 9/11 combat veterans to process
trauma from exposure to extreme violence.
PRESENTER
Eddie Bocanegra Executive Director, YMCA of Metro Chicago
May 5, 2015 • 1:15pm - 2:45pm
4TH BREAKOUT SESSION
TRAINING TRACK (BIG SUR)
Shifting the Mind and Emotions to Disrupt
Patterns of Violence
This hands-on workshop explores breathing practices to address
and process trauma. By shifting the mind and emotions through
breath, patterns can be re-directed and re-learned.
PRESENTERS
Zaccai Free Stress Reduction Specialist International Association for Human
Values
Dara Ghahremani, PhD Associate Research Faculty, UCLA Semel
Institute for Neuroscience
TRACK 3: FAITH (CATALINA)
Love Never Fails: One Family’s Response to
Violence
This intimate workshop will explore one family as a case study of
responding to violence, the role of faith on a personal level, and
how that guided them to act on a systems level.
PRESENTERS
Rhonda Foster Co-Founder, Evan Leigh Foster Foundation
Ruett Foster Co-Founder, Evan Leigh Foster Foundation
MODERATOR
Kathy Wooten Community Intervention Worker, GRYD Watts Regional
Strategy
TRACK 1: RACE (REDWOOD)
Decoding Gang Violence on the Digital Street
A case study on a southside Chicago gang member’s
communication on Twitter serves as a guide for understanding,
unpacking, and analyzing gang use of social media. This
workshop combines both the broader emerging research and an
on-the-ground case study.
PRESENTERS
Patrick R. Leonard Research Associate, University of Michigan School of
Social Work
TRACK 4: SYSTEM RELATIONSHIPS (CABRILLO)
Engaging Your Business Community in Violence
Prevention and Trauma Informed Care
This case study of the Mack Road Partnership will walk through
the process and progress of the innovative partnership in a
Sacramento community to bring business leaders and community
groups together to transform their neighborhood.
PRESENTERS
Anthony Ortiz, Jr. Trainer, California Youth Outreach
Desmond Upton Patton Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School
Jenna Abbott Executive Director, Mack Road Partnership and ReIMAGINE
of Social Work
Wendie L. Skala Trauma Injury Prevention Coordinator, Kaiser Permanente
TRACK 2: GENDER (MOJAVE)
TRACK 5: ADAPTIVE APPROACHES (JOSHUA TREE)
Immigration: A Cross-Border Perspective
This workshop will share work done in the Northern Triangle
area of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala to serve
migrants in every level of transition: from unaccompanied/
undocumented minors in the United States, to migrants in
route through the Northern Triangle, to deportees back in their
respective homelands. The panel will offer recommendations
to stakeholders as well as provide strategies to individuals and
groups desiring to work with this population and/or region. It
will include conversation on the unique challenges of women in
this unique, transnational population.
Mack Road Foundation
Replication of the LA-GRYD Secondary
Prevention Model in Honduras and Mexico:
Lessons Learned From the Field
This workshop explores in depth a case study of transnational
implementation of evaluation tools from Los Angeles to Central
America.
PRESENTERS
Guillermo Cespedes Advisor, Global Crime and Violence Prevention
Strategies, Creative Associates International
Karen Hennigan Director, Center for Research on Crime, University of
Southern California
PRESENTERS
Susan Cruz Forensic Social Worker, Public Defender Service for the District of
Antonio Iskandar Project Director, TetraTech, Mexico Crime & Violence
Prevention Program
Columbia
Sister Valdete Wilemann Director, Center for the Assistance of the
Returned Migrant (Honduras)
MODERATOR
Jeremy Biddle Citizen Security Specialist, USAID
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FEATURED SPEAKERS
CHIEF CHARLIE BECK
serves as the Chief of Police for the City of Los Angeles,
the second largest city in the United States, managing approximately 10,000 sworn and 3,000
civilian employees, encompassing an area of 473 square miles, a population of approximately 3.8
million people, and an annual budget where salaries exceed one billion dollars. By promoting his
predescessor’s successful reengineering and reform effort, Chief Beck continues to evolve and
refine those strategies to further the department’s position as the most effective and progressive law
enforcement agency in the nation.
MELANIE BROCK
leads the Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) team
for the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), U.S. Department
of State, providing foreign assistance programs to improve citizen security throughout Central
America. She joined the Department in 2000 on Ambassador Holbrooke’s United Nations Scale of
Assessment reform team and as a U.S. Delegate to the General Assembly. From 2007 – 2013, Ms.
Brock led INL’s program to train the Afghan National Police, and was the senior advisor for INL’s
transition during the drawdown of U.S. military forces. Ms. Brock previously worked at McKinsey
& Company, and holds a MSc from the London School of Economics and a BA from SUNY Albany.
PAUL CARRILLO
is the Injury Prevention Coordinator of Trauma Services at St. Francis
Medical Center and the Executive Director of Southern California Crossroads. He has more
than 12 years of experience working in the youth and gang violence field, providing services in
schools, hospitals, jails and in various communities throughout the Los Angeles region. Paul has
also traveled nationally and internationally to Arizona, San Diego, New York, London, Ireland,
Dominican Republic and El Salvador as an advisor to local and state agencies on youth and gang
violence methods and practices. In 2010, Paul approached the Violence Prevention Coalition with
the idea to create a network of hospitals that would come together to address the issue of traumatic
injuries caused by violence. As a result, HAVEN was established and our annual L.A. Gang Violence
Prevention & Intervention Conference is the foundation of our collaborative efforts.
GUILLERMO CESPEDES
serves as an Advisor to Global Crime and Violence
Prevention Strategies for Creative Associates International. He has over thirty years of experience
working with socially and economically marginalized families in communities such as the Bronx,
South Norwalk Connecticut, East Oakland California, and South Central Los Angeles. During
his tenure in the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office, Mr. Cespedes implemented the “GRYD Model”
throughout the areas of Los Angeles most impacted by gang related violence. These include: the
Summer Night Lights Program, the Multi Generational Family Gang Prevention Program, and the
Gang Intervention Incident Response and Case Management Program. He is a Senior Policy Fellow
at UCLA Graduate School of Social Policy, and has provided consultation and/or presentations to:
The California Gang Prevention Network, the National Gang Center, The Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) National Youth Forum, The US Conference of Mayors and
The Institute of the Americas.
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FEATURED SPEAKERS
SCOTT H. DECKER, PHD
is Foundation Professor in the School of Criminology
and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. He is Affiliated Faculty, Center for the Future of
War. His main research interests are in the areas of gangs, violence, criminal justice policy, and the
offender’s perspective. He is a Fellow in the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences. He is the author of eight books and over fifty research articles that have
examined gangs. Decker is an active and contributing member of the Eurogang Research Group.
He is currently engaged in a study of the transition of gang members from prison to the street.
FABIAN DEBORA
was born in El Paso, Texas, raised in Boyle Heights, California,
and has been creating art since his childhood. Beginning his art career in 1995 as a member of the
East Los Angeles Streetscapers, Fabian was mentored by many Chicano artists and muralists and
was introduced a creative expression in all forms, from graffiti to murals to sketching. Over the
years Fabian has created murals throughout East Los Angeles and continued to develop his style
through work on canvass. He has been showcased in solo and group exhibitions throughout the
United States, including Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and Kansas City, Missouri. Fabian is currently
a counselor and mentor at Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles and works in collaboration with
OTIS College of Design as a liaison between community artists in Boyle Heights and students in
the classroom. Fabian continues to use art as a vehicle to communicate and educate and touch
people throughout his journey. By conceptualizing and interpreting his personal experiences as
well as the experiences of his community, Fabian believes that he too can effect change.
CHIEF JAMES HELLMOLD
is a 27-year veteran of the Los Angeles County
Sheriff ’s Department. He has served numerous front line operations including the county jails,
patrol, special weapons, canine services, and various administrative and command assignments.
He currently commands the Sheriff ’s Countywide Services Division. Chief Hellmold has served
more than 30 years as a mentor at local foster homes, youth sports coach, volunteer at the Compton
Salvation Army, and other homeless outreach programs. Chief Hellmold holds a Bachelor’s Degree
from California State University, Fullerton, and completed the Executive Leadership Program at
Cornell University, New York. His life’s ambition is protecting and building up our youth.
HUMERA KHAN
is the Executive Director of Muflehun, a think tank specializing
in preventing radicalization and countering violent extremism (CVE). Ms Khan contributes in
an advisory capacity to the US government and law enforcement agencies in several European
countries. She is a frequent speaker on CVE and the role of social media in fighting extremism
around the globe. In 2012 she received the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for her
work. Ms Khan’s experience in security strategy and knowledge of theology provides unique
expertise for the design of narratives to counter online radicalization. Focusing on countering
the ideology of violent extremism, she runs CVE trainings for youth, communities and religious
leaders. Her work includes the design and launch of the Viral Peace program for the US Department
of State to train youth leaders on the strategies of using social media to build communities and
counter extremism.
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FEATURED SPEAKERS
RACHEL LOCKE
is a Senior Conflict and Peacebuilding Advisor with USAID’s Office
of Conflict Management and Mitigation and the team lead for Policy. Rachel holds responsibility
as the US Government’s Representative to the OECD-DAC International Network on Conflict
and Fragility (INCAF) and the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding. Rachel
also leads technical leadership and research into the area of crime, conflict and fragility and
completed a six month fellowship at the International Peace Institute. Rachel’s expertise lies in the
intersection of human rights, humanitarian assistance, conflict and development. Prior to joining
DCHA/CMM Rachel was a Technical Advisor for the International Rescue Committee’s Economic
Recovery and Development Unit.
ALISTAIR MILLAR
is Founder and Executive Director of the Global Center on
Cooperative Security. He has recently served as an expert for the European Union developing
and lead trainings on preventing and countering violent extremism for officials and civil society
partners and he and his team have developed detailed studies on local perceptions of CVE in East
and West Africa. He is a coauthor, with Eric Rosand, of Allied Against Terrorism: What’s Needed to
Strengthen Worldwide Commitment. He holds an MA from Leeds University and a Postgraduate
Certificate in Research Methods from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom.
BOBBY MORESCO
is an Academy Award winning writer, director and producer. He
was raised in the Hell’s Kitchen district of Manhattan. Bobby co-wrote and produced the breakout
film of 2004, Crash, directed by Paul Haggis, starring Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Sandra Bullock,
Brendan Fraser, Ryan Phillipe, Thandie Newton and Ludacris. In 2005, at the 78th Academy
Awards®, Moresco and Haggis were awarded an Oscar for co-writing the film. He also produced
Million Dollar Baby, the 2005 Academy Award Winner for best Picture. Because of his upbringing,
Bobby has a special place in his heart for underserved communities as he continues to mentor and
teach the Arts to youth from troubled neighborhoods.
ROBERT ÖRELL
works as director at Exit Sweden (headed by NGO Fryshuset). He has
more than thirteen years of experience on work with disengagement from political extremism and
criminal gangs. Robert is involved in national and international networks focused on knowledge
sharing and best practice within the field of radicalization, disengagement, and intervention.
He is adviser on the work of setting up Exit organizations in a number of countries and has
participated several EU projects. Since 2012 Robert is a member of the steering committee of
the European Commission’s RAN (Radicalization Awareness Network) where he co-chairs the
working group on De-radicalisation. He is also in the European Management Group for the EU
project ISDEP (Improving Security by Democratic Participation). During 2014 he supervised the
work at the family support hotline project Sy.Realize. Robert has studied social pedagogy, the basic
psychotherapy training and is currently taking a Certificate in Terrorism Studies at the University
of St. Andrews.
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FEATURED SPEAKERS
ENRIQUE ROIG
is the Coordinator for the Central America Regional Security Initiative
at USAID and serves as a Citizen Security Specialist supporting programs focused on youth crime
and violence prevention. He has also worked for the past 17 years on democracy and governance,
conflict prevention/resolution, and humanitarian assistance programs in 23 countries from
Latin America, Africa, the Balkans to the Caucasus region. He previously worked with Creative
Associates as Team Leader for Youth at Risk, Civil Society and Human Rights and was Director of
the USAID Panama Community Youth at Risk program. Prior to ISC, he served as Deputy Director
for the USAID Human Rights program in Colombia. He holds an MA in International Relations
from American University and is fluent in English and Spanish, with a working knowledge of
Serbo-Croatian.
TCHAKA SHEPHERD, MD
received his BA with distinction in June 1994 from
Morehouse College. In 2006, Dr. Shepherd returned to California to assist in the development of
a Trauma Critical Care service at St. Francis Medical Center. Three years later, he was promoted
to Physician-in-Chief of St. Francis Medical Center Trauma Services. Dr. Shepherd has led the
development of a multidisciplinary ICU team which has greatly enhanced patient care and
has effectively reduced in-hospital mortality. Dr. Shepherd continually promotes the virtues of
collaboration. Under his leadership, the program in trauma has expanded clinical services to
include countywide collaboration with community-based organizations. These efforts have led to
the development of relationships and projects that have renewed the commitment of St. Francis
Medical Center to hospital-based violence intervention and prevention.
KAILE SHILLING, MTS
is the Director of the Violence Prevention Coalition of
Greater Los Angeles, an umbrella organization of over 150 members, including government
agencies, nonprofits, and individuals, all committed to ending the epidemic of violence in Los
Angeles County. The Violence Prevention Coalition provides education, resources, and advocacy
to emphasize prevention strategies, and is known for facilitating and convening cross-sector and
multi-agency gatherings. Areas of focus include gang violence prevention and intervention,
reentry from incarceration, restorative justice practices, policy advocacy, arts programming as
an intervention strategy, gun violence prevention, and domestic violence prevention, all with a
complexity frame that focuses on the intersections of violence. Prior to the VPC, Kaile worked
at Homeboy Industries, one of the leading gang intervention agencies in the nation. She holds a
Bachelor of Science in Social Anthropology from Harvard University, and a Master of Theological
Studies from Loyola Marymount University. She is also the wife of journalist Vince Beiser and the
mom of two amazing kids.
BILLIE WEISS, MPH
is the Founder of the Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater
Los Angeles. She previously served as Associate Director of the Southern California Injury
Prevention Research Program/UCLA, Fielding School of Public Health, and director of the L.A.
County Department of Health Services Injury and Violence Prevention Program. She is currently
one of the partners in the national UNITY initiative. Ms. Weiss focuses on research related to
policies to reduce and prevent violence and evaluation of such policies including the epidemiology
of gang homicides/assaults, intimate partner violence, pedestrian injuries, iron poisoning,
drowning, and program/strategy evaluation. Ms. Weiss received the Regional Public Health Hero
award 2001, The California Wellness Foundation California Peace Prize 2008, KCET TV Heroes
Award 2012, and awards from Southern California Public Health Association, California Police
Chiefs Association, Brady Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, Black Probation Officers of Los
Angeles, and the Milton Roemer Award from the California Public Health Association.
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SAVE THE DATE!
J O IN US
SATURDAY
JUNE 27, 2015
FO R OUR
2ND ANNUAL
CR O S S R O A D S
YO UTH FI L M S C R E E N I N G
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Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles
Angel of Peace Awards
CELEBRATED ON THE UNITED NATIONS’ INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
September 21, 2015
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, California
HONORING
Ann Reiss Lane, Women Against Gun Violence
Southern California Ceasefire Committee
HONORARY CHAIR
Congressman Tony Cárdenas
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L.A. GANG VIOLENCE
PREVENTION & INTERVENTION
CONFERENCE
PLANNING COMMITTEE
PRESENTING SPONSORS
Paul Carrillo St. Francis Medical Center Trauma Services - HAVEN
Daniel Healy, MPH Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles
Tchaka Shepherd, MD St. Francis Medical Center Trauma Services - HAVEN
Kaile Shilling, MTS Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles
Billie Weiss, MPH Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
The Doris Factor Endowment Fund
COMMUNITY SPONSORS
Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI)
Gang Reduction & Youth Development (GRYD)
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
EVENT MANAGEMENT
Eddie Bocanegra YMCA of Metro Chicago
Yesenia Diaz-Chavez Vista Community Clinic
Ross Frenett Institute for Strategic Dialogue
Johnny Garay Going Beyond Boundaries
DeAngelo Mack WellSpace Health
Stephany Powell, EdD The Mary Magdeline Project, Inc.
Val Reyes Del Amo Hospital Military and Veterans Program
Enrique Roig U.S. Agency for International Development
Douglas L. Semark, PhD Gang Alternatives Program
Eve Sheedy L.A. City Attorney’s Office
Angela Wolf National Council on Crime & Delinquency
Kristin Bray E L E M E N T S
Demetri Lopez E L E M E N T S
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Empowering Neighborhoods
CONFERENCE HOSTED BY
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