Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler Care Café to Hold Panel on Gang Violence and Prevention in the Bronx on April 1st
Panel discussion will include gang prevention experts, community activists, gang violence educators and an NYPD youth gang prevention specialist
On Monday, April 1st at 6pm, Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler Care Café will hold a panel discussion and presentation for community members about gang violence and gang prevention in the Bronx. The program, titled Rewriting your Story: Alternatives to Gang Violence, is among a series of events created since the tragic murder of 15-year-old Bronx resident Lesandro Guzman-Feliz last summer. Mount Carmel Teen Project, a community-based alternatives to violence program for teens and their families, is hosting this Care Café.
Dr. Richie Jimenez, who has been a community activist and gang interventionist for 30 years, will moderate the panel discussion about how the community can rise above violence. Dr. Jimenez has built a team of ex-gang members called “Teens in Action” who travel throughout the five boroughs and have convinced 1,000 children to drop their affiliations to-date.
Wurzweiler Care Café is a roving program offered by Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work to provide free workshops and presentations on topics relating to the human condition, providing educational information, tools, resources, and referrals. Care Café is possible due to the sponsorship of New York City Councilmembers Ydanis Rodriguez and Chaim Deutsch.
Panelists include:
· Dr. Richie Jimenez, gang prevention expert
· Elvis Gutierrez, gang violence educator
· Leandra Feliz, Lesandro’s mother who has become a prominent community advocate since her son’s murder
· Bronx-based NYPD Youth Gang Prevention Specialist
· James Meagher, LMSW, Director of the Domestic and Other Violence Emergencies (DOVE) Initiative
WHEN: Monday, April 1, 2019 at 6:00pm
WHERE: Mount Carmel Church
627 East 187th Street
Bronx, NY 10458
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