►
From YouTube: Councilman Green Honors Philadelphia Ceasefire 4-20-2017
Description
From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, April 20, 2017.
Councilman Derek Green (At Large) leads presentation recognizing Philadelphia CeaseFire for their ongoing violence-reduction efforts in the City of Philadelphia.
A
This
time
the
chair
recognizes
councilman
green,
who
presented
resolution
recognizing
Philadelphia
ceasefire
with
Marla
Davis
Bellamy
and
those
accompanying
her.
Please
join
the
councilman
at
the
podium
enjoying
councilman
green.
We
have
councilman
Greenlee,
councilman,
Heenan,
Cal
tomato
in
Councilwoman
bass,
Councilwoman
again,
a
Councilwoman
blackwell
councilman
doll
and
Councilwoman
Parker
and
Councilman
taubenberger
and
Councilwoman
Kyoto
said
yeah.
B
Good
morning,
it's
a
true
pleasure
to
an
honor
good
offices
fire
for
the
work
that
they
do
in
our
community.
Many
of
you've
read
in
the
past
couple
weeks,
some
of
the
bounces
when
carrying
the
city
todavia
so
to
have
an
organization
like
ceasefire,
actively
working
to
address
violence
in
our
city
and
helping
such
a
young
men,
young
men
of
color,
to
find
alternative
ways
to
come
to
dispute
resolution
and
is
a
pleasure
to
be
here
to
recognize
them
for
their
efforts.
F
Whereas
Philadelphia's
ceasefire
is
a
replication
site
of
the
National
Public
Health
Organization
cure
violence,
previously
known
as
Chicago's
ceasefire,
which
developed
a
structured,
deliberate
and
discipline
violence.
Intervention
strategy
based
on
the
premise
of
violence
as
a
preventable
public
health
issue
and
whereas
Philadelphia
ceasefires
approaches,
evidence-based
and
has
been
proven
to
be
effective
in
the
reduction
of
homicides
and
shootings
in
Philadelphia's,
22nd
and
39th
police
districts
and.
H
Whereas
crucial
to
the
success
of
Philadelphia
ceasefire
is
their
choice
of
the
most
appropriate
and
effective
people
to
deliver
their
anti
violence
message
directly
to
high-risk
individuals,
including
cease
fire
staff.
The
program
manager,
outreach
supervisor,
outreach
workers
and
violence
interrupters
and.
I
G
A
B
J
How
you
doing,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
I'm
rushing
Smith
from
Philadelphia
cease
fire
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
team.
They've
been
a
big
help.
They've
been
like
big
brothers
and
sisters,
also
miss
Marla
divas
for
being
like
not
just
a
boss,
just
like
a
mother
and
providing
me
and
guided
me,
and
always
on
me
about
you,
know,
get
my
life
together,
not
just
for
myself,
but
for
my
son
and
my
family
also
so
I
just
want
to
thank
you
guys
for
coming
today,
and
this
is
not
the
end
for
me.
J
J
Just
like
me
going
through
a
lot
of
the
things
that
I
went
through
and
you
know
I
was
blessed
by
God
and
provided
with
a
job
to
share
my
story
and
what
of
the
other
youth
such
as
myself
to
become
better
than
me,
and
you
know,
look
forward
to
you
know
achieving
more
of
their
goals.
So,
once
again,
I
want
to
thank
my
team,
Philadelphia
ceasefire,
Philadelphia
City,
tell
sue
and
the
guys
this
here
today
in
two
police
officers.
That's
here
today,
you
guys
have
a
blessed
day.
K
Good
morning,
I
want
to
thank
councilman
green
for
this
honor,
as
well
as
council
president
Clark
and
all
members
of
City
Council
for
your
ongoing
support
and
acknowledging
the
work
of
the
Philadelphia
ceasefire
program.
There
are
so
many
members
of
our
families
that
are
here,
including
our
prayer
team.
These
individuals
pray
for
us
on
the
first
Monday
of
every
month
and
they
pray
for
our
city.
We're
also
very
grateful
to
our
partners,
Department
behavioral
health
for
the
managing
director's
office.
We're
also
grateful
to
dr.
K
I
am
from
Philadelphia
a
maximun
graduate
who
has
done
a
number
of
things,
including
attending
Johnson,
C
smith
University
in
charlotte,
north
carolina,
ohio,
state
university,
the
foul
School
of
Government
and
temple
law,
school
I,
Mesilla,
dejo,
alum,
I
headed
a
small
Healthcare
Foundation
I
was
a
speaker
at
the
2,000
democratic
national
convention.
I
work
for
congressman
Evans,
dr.
Walter,
Lomax,
Mr,
Kenny,
gamble.
I
was
a
law
clerk
for
Johnnie,
Cochran,
part
of
the
wrd
family
and
the
chief
of
staff
of
the
Pennsylvania
Department
of
Health
under
dr.
Calvin
Johnson.
K
Needless
to
say,
I
have
been
involved
in
a
few
project,
have
worked
for
the
federal
government
and
state,
and
I
have
run
a
couple
of
nonprofit
organizations,
and
I
can
tell
you
without
any
reservation
this
team
and
this
program
has
been
proven
to
be
effective
in
the
reductions
of
shootings
and
it
works.
I
tell
people
all
the
time
that
I
work
for
these
groups
of
young
men
and
women
who
are
dedicated
their
lives,
24
7
365
days
a
year
in
an
effort
to
prevent
violent
crime
and
many
high-risk
neighborhoods
across
the
city.
They
canvassed
neighborhoods.
K
They
develop
risk
reduction
plans
for
those
coming
home
from
they
mediate
conflicts.
They
have
visited
over
100
schools
in
the
district
they're
on
call
twenty-four-seven
for
two
of
our
level
one
trauma
centers.
They
attend
court
hearings,
they
visit
their
clients
in
prison
and
they
help
their
clients
secure
jobs.
One
of
our
clients
recently
was
hired
to
work
in
hatboro
his
shift
with
7
p.m.
to
2am.
Our
supervisors
took
him
to
work
at
seven
pm
and
another
outreach
worker,
michael
greenwood,
picked
him
up
at
2am.
K
This
is
how
serious
these
young,
men
and
women
are
and
they're
not
volunteers,
their
full-time
employees
of
temple,
school
of
medicine.
They
make
over
thirty
thousand
dollars
a
year
with
the
same
health,
education
and
pension
benefits
of
any
simple
employee.
There
are
credible
case
messengers
who
are
from
the
neighborhoods
in
which
they
serve
their
hired
by
community
panels,
they're
trained
for
over
75
hours
a
year,
and
they
have
spent
time
in
prison.
However,
Temple
University
did
not
make
their
backgrounds
a
barrier
to
employment.
K
They
have
spent
over
7,000
hours
working
with
their
clients
this
year,
who
they
met
on
the
streets
and
schools,
hospitals
and
through
referrals,
these
men
and
women
represent
and
serve
the
young
people
of
our
city,
who
are
deeply
troubled
and
make
poor
decisions,
whether
it's
carrying
a
gun,
dropping
out
of
school,
engaging
in
a
flash
mob
or
selling
drugs.
This
is
a
public
health
issue.
K
It's
an
epidemic
and
our
program
treated
as
such,
given
the
fact
that
14,000
people
have
been
shot
according
to
police
records
since
2006
all
of
us
in
this
room
and
outside
of
us
must
embrace
the
fact
the
Philadelphia
has
a
problem.
However,
ceasefire
has
been
working
diligently
to
address
this
problem.
These
young
men
and
women
have
beat
the
odds.
One
of
them
was
living
in
a
shelter
and
we
hired
him,
and
last
year
he
brought
his
own
home
they've
been
featured
on
oprah
winfrey's
network.
K
Our
program
manager
was
contacted
one
night
by
the
Secret
Service
and
spit
the
next
school
day
with
President
Obama.
But
your
recognition
today
is
important.
It
continues
to
help
motivate
and
encourage
them,
but
we
should
not
stop
here.
We
should
consider
duplicating
this
effort
across
the
city.
This
program
has
been
endorsed
by
the
US
Conference
of
Mayors,
the
Department
of
Justice
New,
York
City's
started
with
one
ceasefire
program
and
now
has
18.
K
Baltimore
has
four,
and
there
are
60
cities
across
the
country
that
are
duplicating
this
effort
and
eight
international
countries
I'm
so
proud
of
these
young
men
and
women.
They
are
our
city's
gladiators
and
will
do
whatever
is
necessary
to
save
a
life.
They
have
influence
on
the
streets
of
our
city
and
young
people
who
are
in
crisis,
listen
to
them.