Gang Violence: Real Problems and Real Solutions For Puget Sound
7:00 p.m.
Bertha Knight Landes Room
City Hall
600 4th Ave.
Seattle, WA
KCTS 9 continues our discussion on gang violence in partnership with the Seattle City Council as Enrique Cerna hosts a conversation open to the public at Seattle City Hall. Can't make it in person? Click here to view KCTS 9's community discussion at SIFF Cinema on May 2, 2009.
Citizens are invited to an evening of conversation with national and local experts, community leaders and involved citizens about the growing problem of gang violence in Puget Sound. This event continues the tradition of The Thomas C. Wales Foundation in convening symposia to engage the community in discussing important public issues.
How big is the gang problem in Puget Sound? Is this a local, regional or national problem?
How are local, state and federal law enforcement organizations addressing the gang problem?
What approaches to prevention and intervention have been attempted? What works, what doesn’t?
What are schools and community organizations doing to prevent youth involvement in gangs?
City council member Tim Burgess will introduce the speakers, including the keynote speaker, The Hon. Richard A. Jones, United States District Court. Enrique Cerna, host of KCTS 9 Connects will then guide a conversation among the panelists about how our community can come together to best address this important problem.
Eleuthera Lisch, Program Director, YMCA Alive and Free/Street SoldierSid Sidorowicz, Strategic Advisor, Office for Education, City of Seattle
Dennis Turner, Building the Bridges, Tacoma
Lieutenant Ronald Wilson, Gang Unit Commander, Seattle Police Department
Phelan Wyrick, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of Justice/Office of Justice Programs
This discussion is sponsored by the Seattle City Council.
