Oct 22, 2025 Public Safety Committee

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[Roll Call]

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REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. I'M YOUR CHAIR. DAN SYME, MY

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[2. R-127-25     A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $1,000,000 FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT PROGRAM AND UP TO $86,364 FROM THE CABINET FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (CED) THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT RESOURCES ACCELERATING NEEDED TRANSFORMATION (GRANT) PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE LOUISVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Action Required By: April 16, 2026 Sponsors: Dan Seum, Jr. (R-13) ]

RESOLUTION PASSES. IT WILL BE SENT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT.

[1. ID 25-0639     UPDATE ON THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION – Jason Tatum and Ashley Webb, Office of Violence Prevention]

YOUR BUTTON. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY, LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN. GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL WOMEN AND MEN. I AM ASHLEY WEBB, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION. OUR DIRECTOR, JAMES TATUM, IS WITH US TODAY, AS WELL AS KAVITA STARKS, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INTERVENTION SERVICES RIGHT HERE. AND THEN STEPHON ROBINSON WILL ACTUALLY BE PRESENTING WITH ME TODAY. HE IS AN OUTREACH COORDINATOR AT THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION.

I AM READY TO DIG IN IF YOU ALL ARE. SO THE FIRST THING THAT I WAS GOING TO DO IS WALK THROUGH OUR PIVOT TO PEACE MODEL, AND I'M GOING TO START OFF BY TALKING ABOUT OUR FOUR CB SITES.

AND THIS MODEL IS A MODEL WHERE WE UTILIZE CREDIBLE MESSENGERS TO REACH HIGHITY. AND CREDIBLE MESSENGERS MEAN THAT THEY ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE. THEY ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE PREVIOUS JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT OR HAVE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEMSELVES. THESE ARE THE FOUR AREAS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUR CVI SITES. THE PURPOSE IS TO ENGAGE WITH, AGAIN, HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS, WHICH THAT COULD MEAN THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS, VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE THEMSELVES, OR ARE AT HIGH RISK OF BEING PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE. IN THESE FOUR AREAS, WE HAVE CREDIBLE MESSENGERS THAT ARE EXTREMELY EMBEDDED IN COMMUNITY, AND BECAUSE OF THIS, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DEFLECT CONFLICT BEFORE IT ARISES INTO ACTS OF VIOLENCE. THEY ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH HIGH

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IT CAN BE THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCEPT REFERRALS FROM ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY. ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IS WHEN WE IDENTIFY THAT THERE'S AN AREA THAT IS BECOMING, AND I'M JUST GOING TO CALL IT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, A HOTSPOT WHERE WE'RE SEEING A RISE IN ACTIVITY. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DEPLOY OUR OUTREACH INTO THOSE AREAS TO THEN ACT AS VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS IN THOSE AREAS. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT OUR OFFICE HAS DONE JUST RECENTLY. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER, WE GOT A CALL FROM THE LIBRARY AND THEY WERE SEEING INCREASED ACTIVITY AT THREE OF OUR LIBRARIES, AND THEY WANTED TO PARTNER WITH US SO THAT THOSE AREAS WOULD BE SAFE. THERE WAS A LOT OF THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF ESCALATING CONFLICT TAKING PLACE AT THREE OF THE LIBRARIES PARK, DUVALLE, SHAWNEE AND WESTERN. WE HAD THE ABILITY TO DEPLOY OUR OUTREACH WORKERS TO THOSE LOCATIONS, AND WE'VE SEEN ZERO CALLS INTO THE POLICE SINCE THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN ABLE TO LET US KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING SAFE COMING IN AND OUT AND USING THOSE FACILITIES. WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DEPLOY OUTREACH.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE WOULD BE AT THE BUS STOPS, AND OUR OUTREACH HAS BEEN THERE DILIGENTLY DAY IN AND DAY OUT. AND SO WHILE WE DO HAVE FOUR CVI SITES THAT HAVE EMBEDDED CREDIBLE MESSENGERS THERE THAT ARE THERE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY REDUCING CONFLICT, IF SOMETHING WERE TO TAKE PLACE IN ANYONE'S DISTRICT AND THEY NEEDED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, THEY CAN DEPEND ON CONTACTING OUR OFFICE DIRECTLY. AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MEET THAT NEED WHEREVER IT IS. OUR OUTREACH IS HIGHLY SKILLED AND TRAINED, AND THEY OFFER INTENSE CASE MANAGEMENT. AND A LOT OF TIMES I THINK IT'S OVERLOOKED SPECIFICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS. BUT IT'S MEETING OUR CLIENTS WHERE THEY'RE AT, AND EVERY CLIENT HAS A DIFFERENT NEED DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. SO I'M GOING TO LET STEFAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT HIS DAY TO DAY LOOKS LIKE. BUT REAL QUICK, SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE THEY WALK PEOPLE THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND NAVIGATING WAYS TO GET A OBTAIN THEIR EDUCATION, NAVIGATING WAYS TO GET TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT. THEY WRAP THEIR ARMS AROUND THE ENTIRE FAMILY UNIT BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T JUST ENGAGE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL.

YOU HAVE TO ENGAGE WITH THE ENTIRE FAMILY, AND THEY HAVE A SKILL SET THAT ALLOWS THEM TO DO THAT. THEY ALSO NAVIGATE HELPING THESE INDIVIDUALS SAFELY NAVIGATE OUT OF GANG AFFILIATIONS. THIS TAKES A VERY SPECIFIC SKILL SET AND VERY, VERY INTENSE AMOUNT OF TRAINING.

THEY ALSO HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE CONFLICT RESOLUTION THEMSELVES AS WELL AS A LOT OF TIMES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO A PART OF THE

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SO I'VE SAID ENOUGH. STEFAN ROBINSON IS ONE OF OUR AMAZING OUTREACH COORDINATORS. HE DOESN'T DO THIS WORK ALONE. HE HAS A TEAM THAT ARE AMAZING AS WELL. AND THEN HE HAS A GREAT SUPPORT STAFF. BUT I WAS GOING TO LET HIM SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM. AND ONE OF HIS CLIENTS IS, DO WE HAVE HIM ON ZOOM? I DIDN'T KNOW. YEAH. SO FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS DAN RAY COHEN. DO YOU CARE IF I INTRODUCE YOU A LITTLE BIT? AND HOW I FIRST MET, WERE WE FIRST MET? WELL, MY NAME IS DAN RAY COWAN. COWAN. OH, GOD. OH, OFF THE BAT. OKAY. I ALSO WANT TO QUICKLY STATE THAT THIS IS A REALLY VULNERABLE EXPERIENCE TO BE SHARING YOUR WALK AND YOUR JOURNEY. SO I'M GOING TO LET THEM SHARE WHAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE SHARING. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS WHEN THEY'RE FINISHED SHARING, BUT I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SHARE THE WAY THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE. I FIRST HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP. WE WERE ACTUALLY IN FRANKFURT AT A JAB MEETING.

JUVENILE JUSTICE ADVISORY BOARD JUST SO HAPPENED THEY HAD ASKED OUR OUTREACH TO PRESENT, AND DAN RAY WAS ALSO THERE BECAUSE HE IS FORMALLY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR FOR LIVED EXPERIENCE. AND AND THE TWO OF THEM JUST AND HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL MOMENT TO SHARE AUTHENTICALLY WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE JAB, REALLY THIS JOURNEY. AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYMORE. SO YOU TWO GO AHEAD. HOW Y'ALL DOING? I'M STEPHANIE ROBINSON, A CHANGE AGENT, MENTOR, AND OUTREACH COORDINATOR WITH THE OFFICE OF PREVENTION. I AM DEEPLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK THAT I, THAT I AND THE PEOPLE I SERVE. MY MISSION IS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE, TO HELP SEE THAT CHANGE IS POSSIBLE AND THAT THEY CAN BE A POSITIVE FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND MY ROLE I ASSIST CLIENTS WITH THEIR WITH THEIR WIDE RANGE OF NEEDS, SUCH AS ENROLLMENT IN GED PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE SPOT, THE GOOD, THE GOODWILL EXCEL CENTER, OBTAINING IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS, IDS, BIRTH CERTIFICATES, JUST ANYTHING THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO NEED IN LIFE TO SUCCEED AS YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN. I ALSO ENROLLED THEM IN INTO CULINARY ART CLASSES, ALSO WORKING TOGETHER TO CLEAN UP AND UPLIFT THE SHAWNEE NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THE LOUISVILLE THROUGH THE LOVE YOUR BLOCK AND THIS STUFF, A COMMUNITY EFFORT TO INSPIRE PRIDE AND POSITIVE CHANGES WHERE WE LIVE. I ALSO CONNECT STUDENTS TO THE BOOK WORK PROGRAM LOCATED AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE IN PORTLAND, ALSO IN THE SOUTH END AS WELL, WHICH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE YOUNG MEN WHO HAS BEEN SUSPENDED OR UNABLE TO ATTEND TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION, COMPLETE THEIR COURSEWORK AND EARN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS AND GEDS. MANY OF THE FAMILIES I WORK WITH FACES CHALLENGES RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH, SO I COLLABORATE CLOSELY WITH DOCTOR DICKEY, WHO PROVIDES FAMILY AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR MY CLIENTS.

I ALSO HELP CLIENTS REPORT TO PROBATION OFFICERS, ATTEND COURT WHEN NEEDED, AND CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT THEIR GOALS. SOMETIMES I EVEN GO BEYOND THIS. I EVEN GO BEYOND MY DUTIES. COMING OUT OF MY POCKET AND PROVIDING MEALS, HYGIENE, PRODUCT OR HAIRCUTS FOR THE CLIENTS IN NEED. I'VE ALSO WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION LETTERS TO HELP MY CLIENTS SECURE JOBS, ENROLL IN SCHOOL, AND CONTINUE THEIR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH. AND

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BUT YOU WANT ME TO. CHAIRMAN, I GOT YOU. YOU CAN SHARE. LIKE I SAID, RAY, I GOT YOU. I MET THIS YOUNG MAN WHEN I FIRST WORKED AT JCC. I WAS IN JCC AS A CORRECTION OFFICER, SO I WAS ABLE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP WITH SOME OF THE HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS AND THE YOUNG MEN THAT WAS INCARCERATED AS JUVENILES. SO AND THEN THE MIX OF ME WORKING THERE THREE, FOUR YEARS, THEY CLOSED JCC. SO IN THE MIDST OF THE TRANSITIONING TO WHERE THEY WERE SENDING THE YOUNG MEN FARTHER OFF, I WAS, YOU KNOW, PREPARING THEM, TELLING THEM, HEY, YOU KNOW, THEY ABOUT TO CLOSE THIS DOWN. SO AND I KNOW IN THE FUTURE SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT'S, YOU KNOW, DOING SOME OF THE BALANCING, YOU KNOW, AND CAUSING SOME OF THE CRIME OR WHATNOT. SO I'M ALREADY TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO CHANGE AND DO BETTER. SO I MET THEM. RAY. HE'S NEVER GAVE ME NO ISSUES. HE'S ONE OF THE GOOD MEN ON THE UNIT FROM.

I AIN'T GOING TO REALLY DISCLOSE WHERE YOU'RE FROM, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU'RE FROM OR WHATEVER, BUT HE'S FROM ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS OR WHATEVER IN THE SHAWNEE NEIGHBORHOOD. MET RAY WHEN HE GOT OUT, AND I WAS DOING THIS WORK, AND I'M LIKE, MAN, YOU ALRIGHT? YOU'RE DOING GOOD. SO I'M LIKE, MAN, WHAT YOU GOT GOING ON? OR WHATEVER? SO HE WAS DOING IT. HE REALLY WASN'T DOING WHAT HE NEEDED TO BE DOING. SO LONG STORY SHORT, I'M LIKE, I'M IN THE POSITION WHERE I CAN GIVE YOU RESOURCES AND, YOU KNOW, HELP YOU WITH JOB OPPORTUNITIES, HELP YOU GET YOUR GED, HELP YOU GO TO COLLEGE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. I WAS BASICALLY MEETING HIM WHERE HE WAS AT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND HE WAS IN THE MIDST OF TRYING TO FIND HIMSELF AS A YOUNG MAN. LIKE I SAID, HE WAS INCARCERATED AS A YOUNG MAN.

SO WHEN HE GOT OUT, HE WAS STILL A KID AGAIN. SO I WAS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GRAB HIM, SEND HIM UP WITH THE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, GOT HIM INTO THE SPOT. IT WAS A THREE WEEK PROGRAM. HE GRADUATED THAT WAS ABLE TO GET INCENTIVES THROUGH THE PROGRAM. THEN HE TOOK IT FARTHER. HE WANTED TO GO TO COLLEGE. SO IN THE MIDST OF HIM, YOU KNOW, GETTING GETTING READY TO GO OFF TO K STATE, HE HAD GOT SHOT. SO IN THE MIDST OF HIM GETTING SHOT, HE WAS DEALING WITH THAT.

HIS MOM PASSED AWAY. SORRY TO DISCLOSE THAT. BUT LONGER OF HIS MOM OR HIS MOM, YOU KNOW, HIS MOM. YOU KNOW THAT'S HIS. THAT'S EVERYTHING. SO HE'S BEEN DEALING WITH THAT TRAUMA, DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, HIS BROTHERS AND STUFF. JUST JUST TRYING TO FIND HIMSELF. SO I WAS JUST ALWAYS IN HIS EAR, YOU KNOW, SAYING, TELLING HIM, YOU KNOW, DON'T RETALIATE, DON'T STAY HERE. YOU KNOW, SAYING, GO OFF TO SCHOOL, STAY, YOU KNOW, SAYING DO BETTER BECAUSE YOU REALLY CAN'T HELP YOUR FAMILY OR HELP YOUR LITTLE BROTHER HERE. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU GOTTA GO OFF AND DO BETTER SO YOU CAN PULL HIM UP. WHERE YOU AT? YOU GOTTA MEET HIM WHERE HE'S AT. LIKE I MET YOU. WHERE YOU WAS AT. SO LONG STORY SHORT, HE'S DOING FANTASTIC.

HE'S IN K STATE, HE'S DOING REAL ESTATE STUFF. HE'S CATCHING FLIGHTS. HE'S GOING OUT OF TOWN DOING THINGS THAT MOST OF THE YOUNG MEN THAT HIM AND I KNOW THEY'RE NOT DOING, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WE LOST SOME OF THEM DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE, DUE TO OPIATES AND STUFF. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S IT'S A BLESSING TO SEE THIS YOUNG MAN IN COLLEGE. HE'S ACTUALLY ON CAMPUS RIGHT NOW, SO THAT'S. DAMN RAY. DANG RAY COWAN. DID YOU WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING DAN RAY OR WAS THAT. YEAH. STEFAN SUMMED IT UP PRETTY GOOD. I'LL JUST LIKE, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. LIKE ASHLEY SAID, THIS IS A PRETTY VULNERABLE MOMENT FOR ME,

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US. I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE A SECOND. I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE MOST AMAZING STAFF IN THE LAST TWO WEEKENDS. TWO WEEKENDS AGO ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM YOUTH OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THEY WANT THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD, MORE LISTENED TO, MORE ELEVATED. THEY WANTED OPPORTUNITIES. FOR US TO BE CELEBRATING THE GOOD IN WHO THEY ARE. AND SO TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD A YOUTH PHOTOVOICE IT WAS AT THE HENRY CLAY AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE YOUTH THERE. THEY CAME FROM METRO. THEY WERE CLIENTS. OUR OUTREACH NOT ONLY SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT THEM, THEY TRANSPORTED THEM THERE ON THEIR FRIDAY NIGHT. WE CELEBRATED. WE CELEBRATED THESE YOUTH FOR THEIR GROWTH AND FOR WHO THEY ARE AS HUMAN BEINGS. THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, GO AHEAD.

NOT THE CUT OFF, BUT IN ALL THE YOUNG MEN THAT WAS THERE THAT PARTICIPATED. THEY'RE FROM DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY'RE SOME OF THE SOME OF THE SOME OF THEIR FRIENDS IS PROBABLY BEEFING WITH EACH OTHER. BUT DUE TO THE NYPD, IT'S A PROGRAM. LIKE I SAID, MY MY TEAM, THE OUTREACH TEAM, WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE DIFFERENT YOUNG MEN ON OUR CASELOAD FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE OF THE COMMUNITY TO WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THEM COME TOGETHER FOR ONE CAUSE. AND AT THIS EVENT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A IT WAS A GREAT TIME. LIKE SHE SAID, THE PHOTOS WAS BASICALLY BASICALLY AN EXAMPLE OF OF HOW YOU SEE YOUR CITY OR, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, THE BED, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. SO IT WAS BASICALLY EXPLAINING HOW THEY FEEL IN THE PHOTO. LIKE, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO COME, WE'LL PROBABLY DO IT AGAIN. IF Y'ALL WANT TO COME OUT AND SEE, YOU GOTTA ACTUALLY SEE IT TO TO TO BELIEVE IT. IT'LL BE AT THE VIOLENCE REDUCTION SUMMIT ON FRIDAY. AND LIKE I SAID, THEY FROM DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY TELL IT AT THE END OF IT. THEY TOLD EACH OTHER, MAN, I LOVE Y'ALL. THEY TELLING DIFFERENT LIKE NO OFFENSE. EXCUSE ME. THE QUOTE UNQUOTE THEY TELLING THEIR OPPS I LOVE YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. SO THAT'S THAT'S IMPACT. THAT'S A, THAT'S VERY IMPACTFUL AND THAT'S VERY MEANINGFUL. AND THIS PAST SATURDAY WE HAD ANOTHER EVENT TO WHERE WE WAS ABLE TO GET A LOT OF YOUNG MEN FROM, LIKE I SAID, FROM DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, DIFFERENT FRIENDS ABLE TO COME TOGETHER FOR ONE SCENE UNDERNEATH ONE ROOF. IT WAS A LITTLE INCIDENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BASKETBALL WAS A THREE ON THREE TOURNAMENT. SO YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO COMPETE. YOU KNOW, NOBODY WANT TO LOSE. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? EVEN IF IT'S A CARD GAME TIC TAC TOE I DON'T WANT TO LOSE ON NOTHING.

SO SO THESE YOUNG MEN, THEY COMPETITIVE AND YOU KNOW OUR COACHES THE OUTREACH WORKER YOU KNOW HE WAS HE WAS HE'S A COMPETITOR TOO. SO HE'S COACHING THEM TO YOU KNOW TO WIN. YOU KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING GOOD THAT WE'RE DOING. THIS IS BASKETBALL. SO LONG STORY SHORT THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. IT WAS A LITTLE SCUFFLE IN THE MIDST OF THE SCUFFLE. A BROTHER WAS PROTECTING THE BROTHER. SO IN THE MIDST OF IT, THE BROTHER CORRECTED THE BROTHER. LIKE YOU, TRIPPING. YOU WASN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. SO DUE TO, YOU KNOW, THE CREDIBLE AND THE SUITABLE PEOPLE, THE OUTREACH WORKERS AND STUFF, WE WAS ABLE TO TO CONCLUDE THAT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SQUASH THE SQUASH THE BEEF AND AND THEY ACTUALLY SHOOK HANDS AND WE WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO FINISH THE GAME AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND HE ACTUALLY SENT ME A TEXT MESSAGE SAYING, MR. STEPHON, I'M SORRY FOR THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND SO WE WAS ABLE TO, LIKE I SAID ONCE AGAIN, BRING ALL THE YOUNG MEN FROM DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, DIFFERENT FRIENDS, BLOODS BEEN SPARED AND THEY STILL COME TOGETHER AND ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, RESPECT WHAT THE MISSION IS. THANK YOU. I DON'T REALLY NEED TO SAY ANY MORE ABOUT THE WORK THAT MY AMAZING TEAM, ALONGSIDE OF EVERYONE DOES. THEIR HEART IS OUT THERE EVERY DAY, BUT THEIR SKILL SET IS EXCEPTIONAL, SO I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN PART THAT I WANT TO SHARE ABOUT THE PIVOT TO PEACE NETWORK. WE HAVE SEEN A TREMENDOUS REDUCTION IN VIOLENCE. IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THAT, AND IT FEELS HARD TO EVEN SAY THAT. BUT THIS WORK IS WORKING. THE SAFE LOUISVILLE

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AND THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THIS IS THAT AS COMMUNITIES ARE BEING IMPACTED, WE COME TOGETHER IN A HEALTHY WAY WITH COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT THE FOCUS IS IN A VERY POSITIVE LIGHT. BUT IN THESE, WE ALSO OFFER MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES. WE OFFER FAITH BASED LEADERSHIP THERE AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THOSE THAT WOULD NEED THEM. ANOTHER DIVISION INSIDE OF OVP.

OH YEAH, OF COURSE. HOW ARE WE DOING ON TIME? OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THE ON THE SANCTUARY PART OF IT, EACH TIME WE GET A SHOOTING NOTIFICATION, WE ESTABLISH A TEAM AND WE GO OUT. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING TO, TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE TO GO OUT, YOU KNOW, AND TELL THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS NOT NORMAL. BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE'S AFFECTED BY THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T INTERNAL. BUT JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO YOU. BUT IT'S AFFECTED EVERYONE. SO WE COME OUT BRINGING THEM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST HOT DOGS, HAMBURGERS, WE JUST COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE FAMILY AS WE CAN BRING, WE BRING, LIKE SHE SAID, WE BRING MENTAL HEALTH, BRING THE COUNSELORS OUT, WE BRING THE THERAPY OUT, WE BRING THE OUTREACH WORKERS OUT. WE GO OUT AND CANVASS AS WELL, DOING THIS, DOING THIS EVENT IN THE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE'RE REACHING PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT AS PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT, BUT THAT WE ARE IMMEDIATELY THERE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN OUR OTHER DIVISION INSIDE OF OVP IS OUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON PREVENTION. SO WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THINGS AS THEY'RE HAPPENING, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK TO OUR FUTURE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THINGS THAT HAVE LONG TERM EFFECTS DOWN THE ROAD. AND SO A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH LIFTING COMMUNITY VOICE. WE HAVE ANTIVIOLENCE COALITIONS, AND INSIDE OF THOSE COALITIONS, THE ENTIRE PURPOSE IS TO GO INTO INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND LISTEN TO THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY WHAT DO THEY WANT AND NEED TO SEE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SOME EXAMPLES OF THIS IS IN THE SHAWNEE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE SEEN A BACKYARD GARDEN TURN INTO A PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUTH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IN PORTLAND, WE HAVE SEEN THE NEEDS BE EXPRESSED THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUTH THAT NEED FINANCIAL LITERACY AND MENTORSHIP, SO WE'VE SEEN PROGRAMS LIFTED UP. THESE WERE DETERMINED AND DECIDED BY COMMUNITY. WE ALSO HAVE SEEN EVENTS IN NEIGHBORHOOD BE SUPPORTED TO BRING SOCIAL COHESION, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT HEALTHY COMMUNITIES COME FROM HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND IDENTIFYING WAYS THAT WE CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO INSIDE OF OUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION IS ELEVATE YOUTH VOICE. ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO BRING OUR YOUTH TO THE TABLE TO NOT ONLY LISTEN, TO ELEVATE, BUT ALSO IMPLEMENT THE THINGS WE HEAR THAT THEY NEED IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO. SO A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THAT IS WE HAD OUR YOUTH SUMMIT. IT WAS BACK IN AUGUST. WE WILL BE HAVING ANOTHER ONE IN APRIL. IT WAS PACKED WITH YOUTH GIVING US THE ANSWERS THAT THEY NEED TO SEE IN THEIR LIVES. AND THEN ON FRIDAY WE HAVE OUR VIOLENCE REDUCTION SUMMIT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE BRINGING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, WHETHER IT'S GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS, GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SHOWCASING THE YOUTH PHOTOVOICE THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE YOUTH VOICE THERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A YOUTH VOICE PANEL. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS CS, WE CALL IT DIVISION DOES. WE JUST LIFTED. IT'S AN INITIATIVE OUT OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, GET BUSY,

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BUT IF WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THEM ON THE RIGHT TRACK, RIGHT, IF THEY REENGAGE OF HOW DO WE HOW DO WE PARTNER WITH THE LMPD AND WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER INITIATIVES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRY TO AT LEAST GET THEM BACK, BUT AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND ALSO JUST KNOW IN ANY OF YOUR ALL'S AREAS, IF YOU EVER HAVE A NEED FOR US, EVEN IN REGARDS TO YOU, SEE SOME THINGS TAKING PLACE AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION AND YOU COULD UTILIZE OUR SERVICES FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION, FOR OUTREACH, TO GO OUT AND HAVE PRESENCE. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO US FOR THOSE REASONS. YEAH. APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW I REACHED OUT BECAUSE I HAD AN ORDERED GROUP WITHIN AGAIN, OKOLONA, THAT THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING. THEY WANTED TO PROVIDE A COOKOUT.

THEY WANTED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF ACTIVITY. RIGHT. AND SO I DID MAKE THAT ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIP SO THAT AS THEY CONTINUE TO WANT TO GROW, THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING IT ON THEIR OWN AND THEY'RE USING, YOU KNOW, THE SKILLED RESOURCES TO ALSO LEARN. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN JOSEPH, PLEASE. YEAH. EARLIER IN YOUR PRESENTATION, AM I AM I RIGHT? AND YOU SAID YOU REFERENCED IN YOUR. YEAH. IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH.

YES, SIR. IN WHAT? NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH BOARD. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH BOARD IS SOMETHING THAT WAS FIRST ORGANIZED BY THE YES PROGRAM WITH THE USE WITH THE YOUTH SERVICES AND WHATNOT. SO WE HAD I THINK IT WAS LIKE 12 YOUNG MEN THAT WAS ABLE TO COME, AND EACH OUTREACH WORKER WAS ABLE TO BRING 2 OR 3 PEOPLE ON THAT CASELOAD THAT WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM. AND THE PROGRAM WAS ON WEDNESDAYS FROM 5 TO 7. WE PICKED 5 TO 7 BECAUSE THIS IS LATER ON IN THE DAY. SO WE AT LEAST WE KNOW FOR 2 OR 3 HOURS WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT, LIKE WHEN THEY'RE STARTING TO GET DARK. IN THE NIHB PROGRAM, WE DISCLOSED LIKE WE WENT OVER JUST GETTING THEM INVOLVED IN, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST JUST BEING ABLE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. SOME DAYS WE EACH DAY WE'LL TELL THEM, WHEN YOU COME BACK, GIVE US A CURRENT EVENT OF WHAT'S GOING

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AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, IT'S FANTASTIC. IT NEEDS TO, IN MY OPINION, NOT ON YOUR END, BUT IT NEEDS TO GROW IN THE CITY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH BOARD. AND I THINK THAT WE AS COUNCIL PEOPLE NEED TO I NEED TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT SEEING IF WE CAN GET NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH BOARDS WITHIN OUR OWN DISTRICTS AND GETTING THE VOICE OF OF THE YOUTH, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES THEY GO UNHEARD AND THEY ARE A VALUABLE RESOURCE TO OUR TO OUR AREA. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. I GET THE IMPACT OF NYP THOUGH OUR NIBS MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THOSE LETTERS HIT CLOSE TO HOME SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. THANKS. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN, I WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK JAYSON TATUM AND ASHLEY WEBB FOR THE WORK THEY'VE THEY'RE DOING AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH OTHER FOLKS. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK DAN RAY AND STEPHON. YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT'S MAKING THIS HAPPEN. YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE CHANGE. YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE MORE AND MORE. I CAN SEE I CAN SEE YOUR PARTNER HERE. DAN RAY. HE'S BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THESE ELEMENTS. HE'S GOING TO AFFECT OTHER PEOPLE. AND IT'S JUST IT'S JUST GOING TO GROW. AND I, I COMMEND YOU IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HELP FUND YOU. I STARTED THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM AT FARNSLEY MIDDLE, AND I REMEMBER HAVING TO BUY MANY AND MANY OF MCDONALD'S FOR MY BOYS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HAVING TO DO THAT. AND IF WE CAN FUND YOU IN ANY WAY, IF, IF OVP CAN OR WHATEVER YOU NEED IT AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. I KNOW I WENT TO BRECK METRO AND TALKED TO SOME KIDS.

I'VE HAD A BAD PAST AND I TALKED TO THESE KIDS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S KIDS THAT ARE SELF-SABOTAGING SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE. AND WE NEED TO, TO TO GRAB THEM AND HOLD THESE KIDS. AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IS YOU'RE DOING IT. THE WHITE CHURCH ARE GETTING OUT OF YOUR WAY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO RELATE TO WHAT YOU'RE HAVING TO RELATE TO, AND THEY'RE LETTING YOU DO YOUR THING, AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO WIN THESE KIDS OVER. THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW YOU CARE. THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW YOU LOVE THEM. JUST LIKE JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH ME. I HAD THE BAD NEWS BEARS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I BUSTED THEIR BUTTS, BUT I ALSO BANDAGED THEIR WOUNDS, YOU KNOW? SO YOU GOTTA HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW YOU CARE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S AUTHENTIC. I CAN SEE IT. IT'S ORGANIC. ONE OF THE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH. ARE YOU ARE YOU RESTRICTED AT ALL BY USING ANY FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS OR HELPING THESE THESE JUVENILES GET INTO FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS? WE'RE NOT RESTRICTED AT ALL. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO ALL FAITH BASES AND ALL DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALL COMMUNITIES, LIKE WE'RE NOT RESTRICTED ON ANYTHING. GOOD. WELL, I, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS ARE YOU GUYS ARE DOING

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ONE MORE QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE IN NYP, RIGHT. THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH BOARD. SO IT'S THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF THIS. I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING THING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONNECT WITH YOU ALL TO SEE HOW TO GET THAT STARTED. I KNOW I'VE GOT TWO HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE RIGHT THERE IN MY. ONE IS IN THE DISTRICT AND ONE IS RIGHT OUTSIDE. BUT THEY'RE THEY COULD I THINK IT COULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO THOSE SCHOOLS. SO I WOULD LOVE TO GET THAT CONNECTION. YEAH. WE'RE ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO HAVE ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANKS AGAIN. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WAKES UP ONE DAY AND SAYS, I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO RUIN THE REST OF MY LIFE.

YOU KNOW, THEY GET CAUGHT UP IN SITUATIONS AND YOU'RE THERE TO DRAG THEM OUT OF, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR IT. IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. WE HAVE NO MORE

[Adjournment Note: Agendas are followed at the discretion of the Chair. While an item may be listed, it does not mean all items will be heard and/or acted upon by the Committee.]

THANKS

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.