Executive Director
Boston TenPoint Coalition
Rev. Jeffrey Brown, Executive Director of the Boston TenPoint Coalition, discusses why he got involved in working with youth to prevent violence, developing a close working relationship with law enforcement, the importance of data-driven violence reduction strategies, Boston’s upcoming city-wide gang mediation effort, and more.
Also Speaking

Stewart Wakeling
Director of Safe Communities Partnerships

Mary Lou Leary (Invited)
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
- Rev. Jeffrey Brown
RECAP Executive Director Boston TenPoint Coalition
- Edward F. Davis
Boston Police Commissioner
- Garry McCarthy
Chicago Police Superintendent
- Frederick H. Bealefeld
Police Commissioner of the City of Baltimore
- Teny Gross
Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence

Peter B. Zimmerman
Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Program Development, Harvard University

Lisa Sharon Harper,
Director of Mobilizing, Sojourners

Anthony A. Braga
Anthony A. Braga is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University and a Senior Research Fellow in the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Dr. Rod K. Brunson
School of Criminal Justice; Rutgers University

Byron Johnson
Director of Institute for Studies of Religion, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences

Christopher Winship- Professor of Sociology of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government

