May 8-9, 2023
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
524 West 59th Street
New York, NY, 10019
Over the past three years, the nation has suffered several significant national crises that have affected the safety of communities in profound ways. From the COVID-19 pandemic to increases in shootings, mass shootings, and homicides to high-profile incidents of police violence, these events have compelled ordinary civilians and experts alike to call for new investments and solutions for creating and sustaining safe communities.
On May 8-9, 2023, national experts on public safety from across the country came together at the Safe and Just Communities Summit at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Co-hosted by John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the National Urban League, the Summit provided a comprehensive, community-centered framework for safe communities – communities that are Resourced, Just, Healthy and Restored. This Summit offered an opportunity to learn from policymakers, practitioners, advocates, and researchers from around the country who shared programs, strategies, and research that support this framework for public safety.
The opening plenary session on May 8th kicked off with remarks from John Jay College President Karol Mason (former head of the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs) followed by a discussion between U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the National Urban League President & CEO Marc Morial.
Summit panels addressed key public safety issues, including:
- Implementing community-based strategies to address violence
- Transforming responses to people in crisis
- Advancing policing and police accountability
- Ending cycles of perpetual punishment and restoring rights
- Partnering with communities on public safety
- Proven policies for reducing gun violence
- Developments in drug policy
For questions about the Summit, please reach out to ReimaginePublicSafety@jjay.cuny.edu.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
The Hon. Hakeem Jeffries
U.S. Congressman (NY-CD 8)
House Democratic Leader
The Hon. Marc Morial
President & CEO
National Urban League
Karol V. Mason
President
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Bio
Christopher Alexander
Executive Director
New York Office of Cannabis Management
Juan Carlos Arean
Program Director
Futurews Without Justice
Bio
Ras Baraka
Mayor
Newark, New Jersey
Lawrence Bartley
Publisher
The Marshall Project Inside
Bio
Terrell A. Blount
Co-founder and Executive Director
Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network (FICGN)
Bio
Alvin L. Bragg
Manhattan District Attorney
New York County, NY
Bio
Jeffrey Butts
Research Professor and Director
Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Bio
Jonathan Capehart
Journalist
MSNBC
Bio
Whitley Carpenter
Senior Criminal Justice Counsel and Policy Manager at Forward Justice
Bio
Ed Chung
Vice President of Initiatives
Initiatives, Vera Institute
Bio
Marquez Claxton
Director of Public Relations & Political Affairs
Black Law Enforcement Alliance
Bio
Sasha Cotton
Senior Strategy Director
National Network for Safe Communities
Bio
Tiffany Crutcher
Executive Director
Terence Crutcher Foundation
Bio
Linsey Davis
Anchor
ABC News
Bio
Renita Francois
Chief Strategy Officer
Tides Advocacy
Bio
Karen Freeman-Wilson
President and CEO
Chicago Urban League
Bio
Kassandra Frederique
Executive Director
Drug Policy Alliance
Bio
Daniela Gilbert
Director, Redefining Public Safety
Vera Institute of Justice
Bio
Alejandro Gimenez-Santana
Executive Director
Newark Public Safety Collaborative
Bio
Vanita Gupta
Associate Attorney General
USDOJ
Bio
Frankie Guzman
Senior Director, Youth Justice
National Center for Youth Law
Bio
Bea Hanson
Senior Advisor
NYC Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence
Bio
Jamila Hodge
Executive Director
Equal Justice USA
Bio
Anthony Holloway
Chief of Police
St. Petersburg, FL Police Department
Bio
Ben Horwitz
Co-founder
AH Datalytics
Bio
John Hudak
Director
Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP)
Bio
Greg Jackson
Executive Director
Community Justice Action Fund
Bio
Candice C. Jones
President and CEO
Public Welfare Foundation
Bio
Michelle Kaminsky
Chief
Gender Based Violence Division at the Kings County (Brooklyn)
Bio
Walter Katz
VP of Criminal Justice
Arnold Ventures
Bio
Michelle Kondo
Research Social Scientist
USDA Forest Service
Bio
Alex Kral
Distinguished Fellow, RTI International
Bio
Layman Lee
Director
Neighborhood Safety Initiative (NSI)
Bio
Fatimah Loren-Dreier
Executive Director
Health Alliance for Violence Intervention
Bio
Harold Love, Jr.
Representative
House of Representatives, TN Assembly
Bio
Annita Lucchesi
Founder and Director
Research + Outreach at Sovereign Bodies Institute
Bio
Jens Ludwig
Professor
University of Chicago
Bio
Chokwe Lumumba
Mayor
Jackson, Mississippi
Bio
Moki Macias
Executive Director
Atlanta Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative (PAD)
Bio
Sheena Meade
Chief Executive Officer
Clean Slate Initiative
Bio
Liz Miranda
State Senator
Second Suffolk, Massachusetts
Bio
Cory Miskell
Colorado State Director
Latino Coalition for Community Leadership
Bio
A.T. Mitchell
NYC Gun Violence Prevention Czar & Founding Director of Man Up Inc.
Bio
Khalil G. Muhammad
Ford Foundation Professor of
History, Race, and Public Policy
Harvard University
Bio
Malik Nevels
Chief Operating Officer
Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities, Inc.
Bio
Vivian Nixon
Writer in Residence
The Square One Project
Bio
Alexis Piquero
Director
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bio
Arva Rice
President and CEO
New York Urban League, Inc.
Bio
Freya Rigterink
Executive Director
Policing Project
Bio
Shannon Scully
Director, Justice Policy & Initiatives
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Bio
Danielle Sered
Executive Director
Common Justice
Bio
Anthony Smith
Executive Director
Cities United
Bio
Sean Smoot
Director & Chief Legal Counsel
Police Benevolent & Protective Association of Illinois
Bio
Amy L. Solomon
Assistant Attorney General
Office of Justice Programs
Bio
Ernest Stevens
Deputy Division Director
The Council of State Governments Justice Center
Bio
Syrita Stieb
President & CEO
Operation Restoration
Bio
Patrice Sulton
Executive Director
DC Justice Lab
Bio
Nicholas Suplina
Senior Vice President for Law & Policy
Everytown for Gun Safety
Bio
LaTonya Tate
Councilor
City of Birmingham
Bio
Aswad Thomas
VP and National Director
Alliance for Safety and Justice, Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice
Bio
Mayor Tishaura-Jones
St. Louis, MO
Bio
Jeremy Travis
Executive Vice President; President Emeritus; Co-Founder
Criminal Justice, Arnold Ventures
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
The Square One Project
Bio
Nick Turner
President & Director
Vera Institute of Justice
Bio
Jasmine Tyler
Executive Director
Policy Innovation Lab, Georgetown University
Bio
Sam Vaughn
Deputy Director of Community Services
Richmond Office of Neighborhood Safety
Bio
Bernadine Waller
Research Fellow
Columbia University
Bio
Heather Warnken
Executive Director Center for Criminal Justice Reform
University of Baltimore
Bio
Bruce Western
Director
Justice Lab at Columbia University
Bio
Sharon Weston Broome
Mayor-Elect, Baton Rouge, LA
Bio
Deborah Witzburg
Inspector General
City of Chicago, Office of Inspector General
Bio
Douglas Wood
Director, Criminal Justice Reform Initiative
Aspen Institute
Bio
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