CENTERING SURVIVORS: Honoring Lived Experience in Gun Violence Policy

519 West Fayette Street,Baltimore MD 21201

11 May, 2022

Description

survivor-led policy sessions, trauma support, photography exhibit, interactive art installation, free parking, meals + stipend for survivors ROAR (Rebuild, Overcome, and Rise) Center, in partnership with Survivors Empowered, hosts a free day long event centering survivors of gun violence. Featuring survivor-led policy, planning, and listening sessions, trauma support, guest speakers, networking opportunities, a photography exhibit, and an interactive memorial, the day is designed to offer resources for survivors, make space for their voices to be heard, and support ongoing survivor-led policy and planning work. Breakfast and a boxed lunch are provided to all attendees. Free parking vouchers for Pearl Street Garage. $100 stipend available for survivors*. We believe that each person has the wisdom and strength to guide their own sense of healing and justice, which informs our survivor-led framework. Because we recognize that all survivors experience discrimination and violence differently due to their intersecting identities, we are committed to meeting our clients where they are on their healing journeys. Facilitators/Presenters include: James Timpson, Director for Community Partnership and Safety for Roca Maryland and Roca Impact InstituteDarlene Cain, President and Founder of Mothers On The Move Rev. Dr. Greta Willis, Director of Liberty Elementary Grief Support ProgramErricka Bridgeford, CeaseFire365David Ross, Violence Intervention Case Manager, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center Andrew Knox Muhammad, Founder & CEO, Baltimore Brothers, Organizer, We Our Us Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, founders of Survivors EmpoweredChanel A. Branch, Maryland State Delegate (invited)Dr. Daniel Webster, Co-Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions Dr. Joseph Richardson, Jr., Executive Producer and Director of Life After the Gunshot Dr. Kyla Liggett-Creel, Assistant Clinical Professor at the UMB School of Social WorkHeather Warnken, Executive Director, Center for Criminal Justice Reform Co-Sponsors: Community Justice and Equity (CJAE) of the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Social Work, and Center for Criminal Justice Reform of the University of Baltimore School of Law *$100 stipends available, in the form of a gift card to be distributed at the end of the event, for the first 50 survivors who register, who do not get paid to work in this field.