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From YouTube: Cure Violence Press Conference 03 15 2021
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A
All
right
good
afternoon,
thank
you
guys
for
being
here.
We
appreciate
very
much
you
sharing
a
little
bit
of
your
afternoon
with
us,
and
I
apologize
for
us
being
a
few
minutes
late.
We
were
taking
care
of
some
last-minute
technical
things
that
we
needed
to
try
to
make
sure
we're
available
for
you
to
get
the
full
effect
of
what
we
talk
about
here
today.
A
You
know:
columbus
columbus,
like
almost
every
other
city
in
the
in
the
country,
has
been
experiencing
a
spike
in
violent
crime
and
and
although
our
police
department,
our
sheriff's
department,
they
all
work
very
hard
to
continue
to
innovate
and
do
a
great
job
of
not
only
investigating
and
nabbing
these
folks
that
are
committing
the
crimes,
but
also
they
work
very
hard
to
try
to
build
a
good
solid
case
so
that
they
can
separate
them
for
their
freedom,
for
what
they've
done.
But
that's
not
the
overall.
That's
not
the
whole
answer.
A
A
So
council,
at
the
last
meeting,
authorized
25
000
to
have
an
assessment
performed
by
cure
violence.
Cure
violence
is
an
organization
that
you'll
hear
a
little
bit
more
about
in
just
a
second,
but
it's
an
organization
that
has
been
around
a
while
and
and
they
attack
violence
as
you
would
a
disease
and
the
individuals
that
have
been
working
so
hard
on
this
for
well
over
two
years.
Just
citizens
from
our
community
are
here
to
try
to
clear
up
some
some
misconceptions
and
try
to
answer
any
of
your
questions.
A
A
So
if
you
have
a
question
either
here
from
the
media
or
if
you're
watching
on
youtube
or
facebook
live
or
on
w
on
ccgtv
feel
free
to
ask
the
question,
I
think
we've
got
the
people
who
can
answer
it.
The
individuals
that
are
here
that
have
been
studying
this
for
for
so
long
and
have
brought
this
brought.
This
forward
are
here
today
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
them
get
out
of
their
way,
and
I
want
to
introduce
first
cedric
hill
ii
he's
going
to
start
off
and
then
he'll.
B
B
She
is
the
program
manager
for
the
west
central
health
district
here
in
columbus,
also
cedric
hill
senior
and
reggie
lewis,
as
well,
and
also
not
with
us,
is
dr
ashley
hill,
who
is
an
epidemiologist
from
columbus
as
well,
and
dr
asante
is
an
epidemiologist
which
lends
itself
credibly
for
our
program
that
we're
trying
to
do
here.
So
just
a
quick
introduction
to
cure
violence.
Cure
violence
is
a
community-based
data-driven
violence,
intervention
program
and
it
addresses
violence
through
the
lens
of
public
health,
as
you
heard
mr
mayor
just
mentioned
a
second
ago,
and
so
partially.
B
What
that
means
is
that
we're
kind
of
seeking
to
shift
the
view
of
violence
from
solely
bad
people,
doing
bad
things
to
looking
at
the
adverse
circumstances
that
contribute
to
the
transmission
of
violent
activity,
and
so
it's
a
bit
of
a
unique
way
of
of
of
attacking
violence.
But
we're
we're
looking
to
have
this
collaborative
approach
to
to
to
to
putting
this
program
into
play
and
so
we're
looking
at
holistic
community
improvement.
B
B
That's
worked
really
well
in
some
places,
so
in
baltimore
they
saw
a
reduction
of
56
percent
in
as
far
as
killings
and
44
in
shootings
in
philadelphia,
they
saw
a
reduction
30
in
shootings
chicago
saw
a
reduction
of
48
percent
in
shootings,
and
there
was
one
site
in
honduras
that
went
17
months
without
a
shooting,
and
so
these
are
the
types
of
results
that
we
are
hoping
to
be
able
to
bring
to
to
the
columbus
area,
and
we
we
genuinely
believe
that
we
can
cure
violence
in
this
in
this
city
and
make
it
a
place,
that's
better
for
for
all
of
our
citizens.
C
That's
the
leading
cause
of
death.
Right
now
and
from
a
public
health
standpoint.
We
target
leading
causes
of
death,
and
traditionally
violence
is
not
seen
as
a
health
problem
and
it's
traditionally
not
taking
a
health
approach
to
that
problem,
but
we
are
going
to
treat
violence
as
an
epidemic
in
the
same
way
that
we
treat
other
epidemics.
C
It's
wonderful!
You
know,
that's
not
the
right
word,
but
since
we
are
in
the
pandemic
right
now,
it
leads.
It
lends
itself
to
a
wonderful
parallel
as
to
how
we
are
addressing
the
current
covet
19
pandemic,
because
it
shows
you
the
epidemiological
strategies
and
steps
that
need
to
be
taken
to
address
an
epidemic,
and
that
is
we
detect
what
the
source
of
the
of
the
the
disease
is
for.
Violence
we're
looking
at
that
as
a
disease.
What
is
the
source?
C
C
How
can
we
get
credible
messengers
or,
as
we
call
it
in
the
program
interrupters,
who
can
step
in
identify
violent
acts,
identify
retaliatory
opportunities
and
stop
it
before
it
starts
number
three:
is
data
driven
we
utilize
training
from
the
cure,
violence
global
program,
so
people
have
said
you
know:
why?
Should
an
external
agency
come
in
to
our
community
to
assist
us
with
our
violence
program
is
because
this
program
has
credibility
in
many
different
locations
and
because
it's
an
evidence-based
strategy
that
same
strategy
strategy
can
be
brought
to
columbus
and
utilized.
Here.
C
That's
why
we're
bringing
it
here
we're
using
the
columbus
data
columbus
community
organizations
who
are
all
going
to
feed
into
our
solution
to
this
problem.
The
violence
problem
that
we're
treating
as
an
epidemic.
So
I
just
want
to
touch
touch
on
a
couple
other
points
of
the
program
we
are
going
to
using
the
cure
violence.
Global
model
provide
ongoing
behavior
change
and
support
to
the
high-risk
individuals
through
trained
credible
workers
in
other
situations.
C
When
it
comes
to
health,
we
call
them
community
health
workers
because
they're
addressing
a
health
problem
in
the
community,
we're
going
to
use
same
the
same
people
in
our
communities
who
are
credible,
who
may
have
been
a
part
of
gang
violence
in
the
past,
who
may
have
been
away
and
incarcerated
and
came
back
into
the
community,
but
they
have
credibility,
we're
going
to
utilize
them
in
their
own
communities,
because
they
have
credibility
to
detect.
Interrupt
and
stop
violent
acts.
C
That's
one
of
the
strategies
that
has
been
proven
effective
with
cure
violence
global
in
the
u.s
states,
as
well
as
in
other
countries.
We're
going
to
replicate
that
program
here.
The
external
partners
who
are
coming
in
to
assist
us
are
going
to
take
some
of
those
grassroot
organizations,
our
city
partners
and
they're,
going
to
come
together
and
come
up
with
solutions
that
are
tailored
and
specific
to
our
columbus
neighborhoods,
and
that's
all
that
I
have
in
terms
of
cure
violence,
specifics
and
I'll
be
available
after
to
answer
questions
about
the
model.
Thank
you.
D
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
reggie
lewis
and
I'll
be
talking
about
the
assessment.
We
know
we've
had
a
lot
of
questions
dealing
with
the
assessment
and
what
that
is
dealing
with,
and
a
few
of
the
things
that
we
want
to
talk
about.
The
assessment
is
not
simply
like
a
week-long
event.
It
is
a
two
to
three
month
event.
It
involves
almost
15
different
meetings
or
units
that
goes
through
what
cure
violence
is
about.
It
also
talks
about
a
debriefing
of
the
data
and
that's
one
of
the
key
components
that
we're
talking
about.
D
So
one
of
the
things
that
our
team
has
been
doing,
we've
been
we've
been
reaching
out
to
piedmont
hospital,
the
sheriff's
department,
the
police
department,
to
bring
in
data
to
identify
the
different
trends
that
may
be
available
in
our
community
and
one
of
the
things
we
found
just
from
like
january
2020
to
february
2021,
we
had
almost
over
1500
different
assaults
that
included
stabbings
rapes,
gunshot
wounds
that
went
through
piedmont,
north
and
pete
midtown,
and
of
that
the
cost
associated
with
that
was
in
the
millions.
D
But
that's
what
we're
trying
to
focus
on
and
what
we're
trying
to
do
with
the
assessment.
So
the
assessment
will
bring
in
several
different
things,
important
to
us
and
sorry
about
the
writing.
But
one
of
the
things
that
we
want
to
talk
about
is
the
cure.
Balance
assessment
has
a
cure,
balance
workshop.
D
That
would
be
between
one
to
three
meetings
because
of
the
number
of
people
that
would
be
involved
in
that.
So
that
will
talk
about
basically
what
we
plan
to
do.
What
cure
violence
is?
How
does
it
work?
What's
the
methodology
behind
it,
it'll
also
go
through
the
roles
and
responsibilities
of
our
community-based
partners
and
also
as
well
as
community
leaders
and
community
itself
will
be
involved
in
that
process.
We
also
look
at
the
target
area.
That
is
a
week-long
process
where
we
actually
go
on
site
to
the
different
target
areas.
D
Our
investigation,
as
far
as
our
team
has
identified
the
31903
as
being
one
of
our
leading
target
areas
followed
by
31906
and
31907,
which
is
our
our
east
end
area,
our
south
end
area
in
our
midtown
area.
So
those
are
the
areas
that
we
identified
just
from
the
work
we've
done
over
the
last
two
years.
The
net
species
is
official
review
meeting.
That
official
review
meeting
is
basically
where
we're
sitting
down
and
going
through
all
the
data
that
was
collected
and
as
well
they're
coming
back
with
what
is
the
pre-implementation?
D
What
is
the
implementation?
Also?
They
also
help
us
understand
what
will
be
the
challenges
to
us
as
we
move
forward?
What
are
some
of
the
responsibilities
of
our
partners
and
our
community-based
organizations
as
well
as
the
cost,
is
what
everybody's
looking
for?
The
next
part
is
as
part
of
this
assessment.
D
We
also
have
an
individual
community
partners
meeting
and
what
that
is
involved
is
community
partners,
community-based
organizations
and
people
from
our
community
come
together
and
these
partners,
along
with
hospital
law
enforcement,
we
look
at
the
data
and
the
cure
violence.
Global
team
basically
goes
in
and
listens
to
us
to
see
what's
going
on
in
our
community,
so
the
community-based
organizations
will
be
a
very
vital
part
to
this,
because
they
will
be
able
to
bring
some
of
the
things
that
we
may
not
see.
D
Just
in
the
data,
the
data
will
tell
us
a
story,
but
this
will
be
the
confirmation
part
that's
having
the
community-based
organization
there.
They
can
provide
the
confirmation
that
this
is
what
we
see
in
the
data,
and
this
is
absolutely
true,
and
then
we
talk
about
the
potential
workers
cure.
Violence
model
uses
outreach
workers,
it
uses
violence
interrupters,
it
uses
program,
directors
to
facilitate
and
move
through
with
implementation
we're
under
the
health
department.
D
At
this
point,
because
we
will
be
the
coordinating
implementation
agency
that
come
up
with
different
solutions,
but
the
outreach
workers
will
be
the
ones
that
are
keeping
up
with
the
events
that
are
going
on
in
the
community.
We
will
run
a
database
that
database
will
allow
us
to
keep
up
with
anniversary
dates
when
someone
is
getting
out
of
prison
or
winning
of
any
curve
to
ensure
that
we
don't
have
any
retaliatory
events.
D
D
They
had
some
issues
with
their
implementation.
A
lot
of
it
was
dealing
with
leadership.
A
lot
of
it
was
dealing
with.
They
were
not
keeping
up
with
the
data
as
they
were
supposed
to.
It
is
very
key
that
we
keep
up
with
that
information
and
that
we
share
that
information,
because
we
have
we'll
have
yearly
and
annually
do
reviews
to
ensure
that
we're
headed
in
the
right
direction
and
making
an
adjustment
as
we
move
forward.
D
Then
we
talk
about
the
hospital
trauma
center
meeting.
That
is
very
key
because
one
of
the
areas
that
we
will
need
outreach
workers
are
in
the
hospital.
This
is
for
the
shooting
victims
that
come
in
and
when
talking
to
piedmont,
they
were
basically
saying
look
guys
what
y'all
think
is
covet
taking
up
most
of
our
emergency
room.
No,
it's
gunshot
boom
victims.
D
That
is
the
idea
behind
that
hospital
trauma
meeting
and
then
the
virtual
assessment
visit
is
just
a
report
that
they
come
up
with.
That
tells
us
all
the
information
that
they've
looked
at
and
then
we'll
have
one
to
two
debriefings
that
will
occur
as
well.
Along
with
what
the
implementation
site
should
be,
and
if
it's
city
wide
is
the
individual
neighborhoods
or
what
the
hot
spots
are
and
then
that
will
in
turn
give
us
the
cost
so
right
now,
that's
what
we're
waiting
to
try
to
do
not
waiting
to
do.
D
But
that's
what
we'll
be
scheduling
for
the
may
time
frame
to
ensure
that
we
can
get
out
over
the
last
two
years,
we've
had
meetings
on
our
own
to
talk
with
the
communities
to
get
back
with
the
community-based
organizations,
because
I
know
a
lot
of
there
was
a
lot
of
questions,
thinking
that
we
were
the
only
ones
working
towards
us.
No
we're
not.
We
had
several
meetings
and
then
covet
hit,
which
made
us
when
we
were
not
able
to
keep
continuing
to
have
these
meetings.
So
that's
what
happened,
and
so
that's
why.
D
If
we
haven't
talked
to
you
yet
it
was
not
because
we
were
not
trying.
It
was
simply
because
we
ran
into
covet
and
all
the
restrictions
associated
with
that,
but
we
are
still
trying
to
continue
to
do
that.
We
will
have
to
go
more
virtual
now
to
get
those
community
partners
on
board
to
talk
more
about
the
program,
but
we
need
you
to
be
part
of
that
assessment.
We
need
you
to
come
forward
and
talk
about
the
things
that
you're
seeing
in
the
community
as
well,
because
we
want
to
ensure
when
we
do
this.
D
They
will
not
go
with
us
because
they
want
it
to
be
done
right
and
the
funding
and
the
money
that
we
talk
about
does
not
go
outside
of
this
community.
It
stays
in
this
community.
This
is
not
something
we're
playing
we're
paying
pure
violence
global
to
do
for
us
we're
the
ones
that
handle
the
the
process,
we're
the
ones
that
helped
handle
the
implementation
cure.
Violence,
global
is
our
consultants
and
our
support.
D
So
the
other
part
on
this
is
identify
the
the
cbo's
that
I've
talked
about
earlier
and
talked
about
the
partners
that
is
key
and
then
the
last
time
is
one
of
the
things
we
were
looking
at
in
our
program
in
the
roadmap
we
have.
This
is
was
out.
This
was
our
roadmap,
and
this
is
what
we
were
looking
to
try
to
implement
in
the
fourth
quarter
this
year
and,
like
I
said,
colvin
kind
of
pushed
us
back
a
little
bit,
but
we
still
think
we
have
an
opportunity
to
do
that.
D
E
Yes,
sir
adrian
chester
and
thank
you
all
for
being
present
and
the
work
that
you
all
have
done
leading
up
to
this
point,
I
guess
from
an
initial
standpoint:
how
do
you
all
envision
or
what
are,
what
are
other
models
from
cure,
the
violence
of
how
churches
and
ministers
have
been
utilized
to
be
a
part
of
the
equation,
and
what
is
you
all's
projected
expectation
of,
I
guess,
churches
and
ministries
in
this
work,
moving
forward
right.
D
One
of
the
things
that
we're
looking
for
base
phase
communities
to
do
is
basically
be
the
location
for
resources,
because
one
of
the
things
that
were
talking
about-
and
you
heard
dr
asante
said-
is:
we've
got
to
get
back
to
the
seed
of
the
issue,
not
violence.
Violence
is
the
end
result.
So
one
of
the
things
we're
going
to
talk
about
is.
We
know
that
in
these
communities
a
lot
of
people
don't
know
about
the
resources
we
have
in
columbus,
so
the
churches
and
things
will
be
a
good
avenue
for
we'll,
provide
you
information.
D
As
far
as
what's
available
from
resources
dealing
with
education,
dealing
with
mental
health,
behavior
food
poverty,
homelessness,
all
that
stuff
and
make
sure
you
have
a
database,
you
can
go
out.
Somebody
comes
to
your
facility
and
needs
a
resource
you'll
be
able
to
provide
them
several
options
for
that.
So
that's
one
of
the
things
where
the
the
faith-based
community
comes
into
play
is
because
you're,
basically
in
the
heart
of
the
community,
and
so
that
is
usually
where
they
first
go
to.
D
E
So
I
guess
a
follow-up
question
to
that.
You
know
specifically
here
in
columbus,
there
have
been
organizations
and
individuals
who
have
been
boots
on
the
ground
per
se.
Those
grassroots
organizations
such
as
you
know,
project
rebound
and
others.
Will
those
persons
be
included
in
these
conversations?
And
how
do
you?
How
do
you,
I
guess,
what's
the
vision
to
make
sure
that
those
part
collaborating
partners
who've
been
doing
the
work
are
not
excluded
from
the
opportunities
now,
if
they
so
choose
to
be
a
part.
D
Right,
so
this
is
not
an
exclusion,
we
need
every
grassroot
organization
and
that's
what
we
were,
starting
with
the
meetings
that
we
had.
D
Only
seven
people
raise
their
hand
and
they
have
this
facility
in
their
community.
So
what
that
was
telling
me
is,
if
you
don't
know
the
big
organizations
you're,
probably
not
going
to
know
the
grassroots
organizations,
so
the
purpose
of
us
is
to
ensure
that
we
bring
to
light
all
organizations
from
grassroots
all
the
way
up
to
corporate
level
and
to
make
sure
everybody
knows
who's
available,
what
they
offer.
How
to
get
in
contact
with
them,
but
also
make
sure
that
everybody's
included
we
have
to
collaborate
on
this.
This
cannot
be
a
solo
project.
D
F
Hey,
we
have
a
question
from
facebook
asking
if
you're
going
to
work
in
the
bib
city
area
as
well.
D
Right,
the
the
assessment
will
look
at
the
entirety
of
columbus.
It
will
not
simply
be
you
know
south
side,
but
what
we're
looking
at
is
we're
trying
to
identify
the
areas
that
were
that
are
impacted
the
most
and
then,
as
we
move
forward,
we
will
probably
have
additional
rollouts
as
as
time
permits,
but
that
is
the
key
thing.
F
D
So
that's
that's
what
I
was
talking
about.
The
data
review
and
the
debriefing
in
that
session
is
where
we
bring
the
data
from
the
hospitals.
We
bring
the
data
from
the
law
enforcement.
We
also
bring
data
from
the
community-based
organizations
and
the
community
themselves
in
front
of
cure
violence
global.
So
they
can
hear
the
things
that
we
are
seeing
and
being
exposed
to.
D
They
will
take
that,
along
with
their
target
visit
and
come
up
with
a
cate
with
a
tailored
implementation
for
columbus
georgia,
and
that
doesn't
mean
that
the
implementation
would
be
one
holistic
implementation
where
casita
bib
city
eastside
all
covered.
They
will
be
individual
based
off
of
what
they
see.
So
we
could
have
three
different
implementations
for
three
different
communities.
So
it's
not
necessarily
one-size-fits-all
fits
all.
It's
all
about
the
information
and
what
it
what
it
proves
to
be.
F
So
what
can
citizens
do
to
help
this
process?
I
know
you
said
that
it
was
as
if
this
company
is
interviewing
our
community
too.
What
can
citizens
do
to
help
and
how
do
they
get
involved?.
D
Well,
one
of
the
things
they
can
do
is
just
come
forward
and
provide
information
as
best
as
can
what
we
can't
see
all
the
time.
You
know
the
data
is
going
to
provide
a
lot
of
it,
but
it's
going
to
provide
kind
of
what's
happening,
but
we
also
need
to
understand
why
it's
happening.
What's
the
seed,
that's
causing
violence
or
causing
different
issues
in
the
community,
because
you
know
what
we've
seen
sometimes
from
the
top
or
from
the
outside,
we
don't
always
see.
D
What's
on
the
inside,
so
contacting
us
on
our
email
addresses
at
you
know:
west
central
health
department
providing
us
that
information.
We
are
happy
to
sit
down
and
talk
with
them.
We
have
a
cure:
violence,
columbus,
georgia,
facebook
page
that
you
can
messenger
and
message
us
on,
and
contact
us
in
our
emails
and
information
is
on
there
as
well,
but
they
are
important
to
this
as
well.
D
Right,
the
slide
that
is
being
shown
is
what
we
call
the
big
picture,
and
the
big
picture
is:
is
the
nucleus
of
what
we're
trying
to
accomplish
in
columbus?
As
you
can
see,
specifically,
the
focus
in
the
middle
is
the
community,
and
the
community
is
basically
leading
the
local
movement.
That's
what
this
picture
shows
and
around
it.
D
We
surround
them
with
the
partners
that
are
have
the
different
resources,
like
you,
you'll
see
the
academy
medical
centers,
the
faith-based
institutions,
community
information
systems,
law
enforcement
and,
at
the
top
you'll
see
the
public
health
department,
which
is
basically
the
coordinating
implementation
solution
for
cure
biology
and
then
the
schools
of
public
health.
These
are
all
key
and
have
to
be
in
place
for
us
to
be
successful
because
they
provide
different
levels
of
resources,
but
they
also
address
different
things
that
we
will
be
tackling
dealing
with
the
social
determinants
of
health.
So
you
talk
about
education.
D
You
talk
about
health.
You
talk
about
economic
development.
We
have
been
discussing
with
gerald
at
columbus
chamber
about
economic
development.
What
are
the
things
we
can
do
from
there?
Also
talking
about
public
safety,
and
when
I
talk
about
public
safety,
I
mean
safety
in
those
neighborhoods
where
they
can
be
out
and
walk
around.
D
H
Sir,
yes,
I'm
doctor
g,
l,
even
hood
and
with
92.1
fm
broadcast
our
question.
The
preliminary
report
that
assessment
that
you
are
provided
to
cure
to
the
cure
corporation,
that
I
guess
a
proposal
for
them
to
come
in.
What
have
you
is
that
document
available.
D
Yeah,
so
we
haven't
provided
anything
as
far
as
the
assessment,
documentation
and
data
that
I
was
talking
about.
We've
been
collecting
it.
What
we've
been
talking
through,
so
the
cure
balance
global
has
a
process,
so
they
give
us
information
on
how
we
need
to
go
about
about
trying
to
get
people
involved
in
it,
but
also
understanding
what
we
need
to
collect
as
that
data.
So
we
haven't
provided
any
data
to
them.
D
We've
just
been
in
discussion
with
them
to
make
sure
we're
on
the
right
path
as
far
as
getting
prepared
for
an
assessment,
and
so
once
we
get
all
the
data,
we
will
then
provide
that.
But
yes,
we
can
we're
more
than
happy
to
start
providing
data
to
anybody
who
wants
to
see
it
so
they'll
understand
what
we're
seeing.
Okay.
H
So
when
you
said
that
they
interviewed
you,
you
made
this
just
a
conversational
interview
right,
not
in
the
documentation.
D
Right
so
what
I
was
saying
the
interview
earlier
was
saying:
during
that
assessment
they
will
be
doing
their
own
interviewing
and,
on
you
know,
doing
their
own
investigation
to
who
we
are
now.
We
did
have
a
one-on-one
meeting
with
them
with
our
team
and
two
of
their
their
representatives,
and
we
were
that
was
kind
of
an
interview
as
well,
but
holistically.
There
would
be
interview
of
all
the
community
partners,
community-based
organizations
and
the
support
that
we
will
have
at
that
assessment.
So
during
the
assessment
you're,
probably
getting
interviewed
as
well.
H
Let
me
just
also
say
that
I
hope
that
first
of
all,
I'm
delighted
to
know
that
it
is
the
public
health
model
that
is
a
model
that's
been
in
the
making
for
some
time
and
that
with
the
media
here
and
in
our
case
we
have
a
talk,
show.
We
hope
that
you
will
utilize
that,
because
there's
a
lot
of
misinformation,
a
lack
of
information
right,
you
know
that's
occurring.
H
So
I
think
that
when
we
can
have
a
dialogue
like
this,
where
the
public
can
actually
hear
engaged,
you
know
in
those
on
those
instruments
of
broadcast
as
soon
as
possible,
because
the
sooner
the
better,
then
that
way,
some
questions
won't
ever
come
up
at
all.
So
I
would
suggest
that
you
know
that
we
get
started
so
that
people
will
be
clear
about
what
they're,
embracing
as
soon
as
possible.
Absolutely.
F
I
know
that
you
have
a
little
bit
touched
on
this,
but
I
have
heard
a
lot
and
I
would
love
to
give
you
an
opportunity
to
say
what
do
you
say
to
people
who
who
assert
that
we
don't
need
to
bring
in
an
outside
company
to
fix
our
violence
issue.
D
You
know
working
in
the
corporate
world
working
in
the
banking
industry.
One
of
the
things
I
see
is
a
lot
of
times
that
we
don't
know
everything,
and
sometimes
somebody
has
done
it
better
and
in
this
situation
we
have
somebody
who's
been
working
on
this,
since
2000
has
implemented
in
over
100
cities
in
10
countries
around
the
world
and
different
implementation
segments
for
that
regarding
either
domestic
violence,
gang
violence,
shootings
assaults
and
rape,
and
what
we've
done
and
what
we
saw
was
when
we
started
investigating
it.
D
That
is
their
business
but
they're
coming
here
to
help
us
get
set
up
and
everything
stays
internally
here.
It
is
simply
their
consultants.
It's
like
a
doctor
prescribing
you.
Medication
for
a
helmet,
you
know
he
he's
giving
you
the
examples,
it's
up
to
you
to
implement
it
and
stay
focused
on
that
regimen.
That
he's
provided
to
you.
So
you
know
for
us.
D
Why
not
look
at
something?
That's
been
tried
and
true,
yes,
they
have
success.
You
know
we
know
that
in
trinidad,
like
I
mentioned
earlier,
that
they
have
some
issues,
but
that's
what
they
are
about
is
making
sure
you
understand
the
pitfalls,
but
also
you
understand
the
challenges.
There
will
be
challenges
in
this
in
this
scenario.
So
why
not?
Why
recreate
the
wheel?
As
some
of
the
gentleman
said,
we
already
have
grass
roots
and
boots
on
the
ground
organizations.
D
D
Right,
I'm
going
to
let
separate
singing
come
up
and
close
us
out
of
othello.
I
I
You
fit
this
model
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
you're
part
of
that,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
know
where
you
are.
We
can't
meet
ourselves.
We
can't
meet
enough
because,
as
reggie
talked
about
before
that,
we
were
in
either
churches
or
the
sheriff
led
us
to
several
different
places
and
we're
still
in
that
posture
anywhere,
we
can
go
where
people
are
actually
providing
information
and
resources
and
help
to
this
community.
We
want
to
be
there.
I
We
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
being
able
to
stand
before
you,
I'm
honored
and
blessed
to
be
a
part
of
a
team
such
as
this.
That
has
a
heart
for
this
community
and
our
theory,
and
our
theology
is
this:
we
together
can
cure
violence
in
columbus,
georgia.
If
there
are
no
further
questions,
I
think
we'll
be
okay.
I'm
sorry.
F
Sorry,
I
got
another
question,
so
we
have
a
question
about
operational
cost
and
return
on
investment
to
the
community
and
are
resources
available
in
this
program
to
provide
employment
opportunities
for
the
target
population.
I
I
D
We
can
be
reached.
Oh
let's,
here's,
our
emails
and
information
up
here.
Like
I
said
we
have
a
facebook
page
cure
violence,
georgia,
columbus,
georgia.
We
also
are
under
the
health
department,
west,
central
district
health
department,
and
we
have
links
on
our
facebook
page
to
go
to
that
page
and
it
has
our
email
addresses
and
phone
numbers
as
well.
D
J
D
It's
part
of
the
it's
part
of
the
resources
yeah.
It's
part
of
the
different
resources
that
we
sorry
so
one
of
the
things
that
we're
looking
at
is
employment
and
looking
at
different
things.
So
give
you
an
example.
One
one
of
the
scenarios
we
looked
at
was
what
we
call
a
reentry
program
for
those
coming
out
of
prison
or
even
in
the
juvenile
justice
system.
D
Right
now
in
the
state
of
georgia,
we
have
21
certificate
programs
that
fall
underneath
the
georgia
technical
college
system
of
these
21
certificate
programs
they're,
seeing
a
98
employment
rate
right
and
they're
everything
from
electrician
plumber
construction
work,
hvac
diesel
motors
up
in
gainesville.
They
actually
have
a
linesman
course
as
well.
So
you
know
bell
south
georgia
power
and
things
like
that.
So
we
are
working
with
different
partners.
You
know,
goodwill
has
a
job
opportunity
program
and
all
the
different
programs
around
that
are
already
available.
D
So
that's
one
of
the
things
we're
looking
at
as
a
channel
that
we
have
to
address
as
far
as
the
jobs,
because
what
we're
seeing
we
get
a
lot
of
times
the
question
that
people
are
saying:
there's
no
jobs,
but
there
are.
It
may
not
be
a
job
that
you're
experiencing
or
you're
missing
your
ged,
or
something
like
that.
D
Get
you
through
that
make
sure
you
have
mentor,
because
what
we're
seeing
is
that
once
they
take
on
any
kind
of
new
option
or
something
they
go
back
to
their
community
without
any
support,
so
we've
got
to
address
that.
Secondly,
if
they
go
through
one
of
these
certificate
programs
like
electrician
program-
and
we
want
to
look
for
partners
who
are
electricians,
who
can
give
these
folks
the
opportunity
to
learn,
learn
the
knowledge
that
is
needed
to
be
a
good
electrician.
D
But
then
what
we
want
to
do
is
set
up
a
program
where
it
outlines
how
to
start
your
own
business
from
beginning
to
end,
meaning
how
you
go.
Get
your
business
license,
how
you
sign
off
for
your
llc,
what
you
got
to
do
with
the
state
and
all
those
deals
and
ensure
that
they
have
the
foundation
to
be
able
to
go
to
school.
D
Get
the
ged
get
a
certificate,
go
work,
but
then
also
start
their
own
business
properly
and
quickly,
without
the
struggle
of
what
we
see,
because
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we
also
notice
in
our
investigation
that
is
very
difficult
for
small
business
owners,
sometimes
to
navigate
the
road
of
starting
my
own
business.
So
we
want
to
ensure
that
we
have
that
gap
covered.
So,
yes,
we
are
already
looking
at
those
opportunities
and
trying
to
have
that
in
place
as
well.
D
You
know
we
really
truly
appreciate
everybody
giving
us
this
opportunity
and
we
we
hear
and
know
that
you
know
unfortunately,
covet
stepped
in
and
kind
of
dampened,
some
of
our
momentum
that
we
had
starting
in
2019,
but
we
are
definitely
persistent.
We're
definitely
dedicated
to
see
this
through.
We
all
have
other
jobs.
You
know
I
work
for
teases.
He
owns
his
own
business,
he
she
works
for
the
health
department,
ashley
works
for
a
health
department
and
then
cedric
is
a
connect
pastor.
D
D
G
D
Our
vision
was,
we
sat
down
and
did
some
investigation
to
what
we
wanted
to
be.
You
know
we
looked
at
501c,
we
looked
at.
You
know:
crime
prevention.
We
looked
at.
You
know:
law
enforcement.
We
looked
at
united
way.
We
looked
at
all
these
different
organizations
and
after
we
went
into
investigation
and
really
understood
what
the
violence
model
was
about.
It
led
us
back
to
the
health
department,
and
that's
why
I
said
divine.
You
know
we
met
dr
asante
sat
down
with
her.
D
You
know
gave
her
what
we
were
trying
to
do
and
she
understood
immediately
because
it
is
coordination
and
implementation
from
under
the
health
department.
We
felt
like
it
was
best
that
we
come
underneath
the
health
department
we
felt
like
trying
to
do
a
501c
like
you.
The
questions
are
now
who
are
you?
We
would
get
that
same
view,
we're
trying
to
do
a
501c.
D
We
wanted
to
be
on
somewhere
where
it
has
credibility,
but
also
had
accountability.
It
had
a
structure
that
was
already
in
place
for
showing
where
money
is
spent
and
what
money
is
received
and
we
were
accountable
to
the
community.
The
biggest
thing
that
we
saw
as
far
as
the
health
department
was
most
of
the
the
people
that
we're
trying
to
address
is
high
risk,
usually
go
to
the
health
department.
D
So
not
only
was
it
a
good
place
to
have
accountability,
but
it
was
a
great
place
for
us
to
be
able
to
to
look
at
those
who
need
or
are
high
risk
and
be
able
to
help
them.
So
we
made
a
collective
decision
to
come
under
the
health
department,
and
our
team
would
is
just
basically
almost
like
an
executive
committee
that
oversees
everything
but
is
just
trying
to
put
everything
together.
G
D
D
First
of
all,
I
started
my
own
business
and
while
cedric
and
I
were
talking,
we
realized
that
we
had
the
passion
to
make
a
change
in
our
community.
We
just
didn't
know
how
so
what
we
tried
to
do
was.
We
talked
with
one
of
the
community
advocates
in
the
community.
He
brought
us
seven
candidates
and
we
basically
said
using
our
resources
and
boards
that
we
were
on.
Is
there
something
we
can
do
to
kind
of
remove
your
roadblocks?
D
How
can
we
help
you
and
it
was
everything
from
transportation,
poverty,
homelessness,
child
care,
and
so
what
we
did
was
we
looked
at
trying
to
get
them
into
columbus
tech,
removing
the
fees
and
stuff
getting
them
in
columbus
tech
to
get
them
started,
and
out
of
that,
we
only
had
you
know
one
of
the
seven
really
take
advantage
of
it.
So
then
we
started
sitting
back
and
going
okay
that
we
didn't
do
that
right.
What
what
did
we
do
wrong?
Let's
re-uh
think
about
it.
D
So,
over
the
years
it
came
through
and
that's
when
we
offered
the
good
the
bad
ugly
tour
that
the
mayor
had
we
bumped
into
something
and
after
wanted
events,
I
came
home
and
turned
on
the
tv
and
cure
violence
popped
up
on
the
screen.
It
was
on
the
public
on
the
pbs
channel,
not
a
channel
I'll
watch,
and
so
after
talking
with
cedric
and
really
going
back
and
doing
the
investigation,
that's
when
we
identified,
we
thought
this
was
a
viable
source
for
us
to
really
cure
the
violence.
D
She
was
doing
grants
and
working
on
things
that
talked
about
violence
as
a
health,
and
she
was
like
man
there's
all
kinds
of
things
out
there
from
the
cdc
department
of
justice
dealing
with
balances
of
health
and
it
just
kept
moving
forward
from
there
and
we
just
kept.
You
know
there
were
things
that
were
being
placed
in
front
of
us
that
we
didn't
even
know
we
needed.
So
that's
how
we
came
about
and
it's
been
like.
I
keep
saying
a
divine
passion.
G
Well,
at
some
point
you
got
connected
to
the
mayor's
office
right
and
the
city
right,
and
it
was
something
the
mayor
I
didn't
know
about
you
and
what
you
were
doing
and
the
mayor
kept
talking
about
it
right
so
and
he
kept
talking
about
it
and
then
finally,
he
got
to
the
point
that
he
wanted
to
stop
talking
about
it
and
do
something
about
it
and
that's
how
it
got
on
the
city
council
agenda
and
that's
how
you
get
funded
the
initial
25
000
with
a
set-aside,
if
you
will
of
up
to
500
000.
G
If
you
do
the
cure,
violence,
global
and
things
work
out,
there's
up
to
500
000,
and
I
know
the
mayor
called
to
my
attention
that
the
city
manager
over
in
savannah
who's,
a
former
city
manager
here
in
columbus,
michael
brown,
was
proposing
for
the
city
of
savannah
up
to
500
000,
and
we
know
that
it's
in
100
cities
or
so,
but
he
kept
talking
about
it
and
ultimately
got
the
council.
You
got
the
25
000.
G
D
So
what
we
started
doing
is
calling
city
leaders
and
calling
the
community
based
organizations
that
we
knew
of
I
mean
we
went
to
overflow
barbershop
to
several
different
barbershops
around
the
area
we
were
meeting
with,
whoever
we
could
sheriff
countryman
had
a
couple
of
events
that
we
joined
in
on
just
to
kind
of
pitch
what
we
were
talking
about
and
what
we
were
looking
to
do
and
one
of
our
events,
the
mayor
and
attended
the
event
and
what
we
did
was
sat
down
and
explained
that
to
the
crowd.
D
I
think
we
had
30
people
there
and
that's
where
it
started.
Then
we
sat
down
and
met
with
him
again,
just
to
kind
of
give
him
the
same
footprint
of
what
we
were
trying
to
do
and
that
you
know
we
needed
the
city
as
a
partner.
At
some
point,
once
we
got
through
all
our
investigation
and
analysis,
what
needed
to
be
needed
to
happen,
and
so
we
just
kept
them
updated
on.
You
know
a
frequent
basis.
D
Just
let
them
know
where
we
were
and
what
we
were
doing
and
then
that's
how
everything
came
to
the
tuesday
meeting
was
you
know
we
were
moving
closer
and
we
were
letting
them
know.
Our
roadmap
had
us
trying
to
get
cure
violence
here
in
may,
or
you
know,
april
or
may,
and
so
that's
how
we
came
in
contact
with
the
cities
through
our
touring,
what
we
were
doing
before
covet
and
then
just
the
constant
updates
to
the
city.