ROAR (Rebuild, Overcome, and Rise) Center, in partnership with Survivors Empowered, invites you to attend a free day long event centering survivors of gun violence.
Register here, https://bit.ly/3EGAyc0
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.
Facilitators/Presenters include:
James Timpson, Director for Community Partnership and Safety for Roca Maryland and Roca Impact Institute
Darlene Cain, President and Founder of Mothers On The Move
Rev. Dr. Greta Willis, Director of Liberty Elementary Grief Support Program
Erricka Bridgeford, CeaseFire365
David 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 Empowered
Chanel 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 Work
Heather Warnken, Executive Director, Center for Criminal Justice Reform Center
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, in the form of gift cards, are available for the first 50 survivors to register, who do not get paid to work in this field.