CHRC to serve on City of Cincinnati "Violence Prevention Task Force"

CHRC's Executive Director, Dr. Ericka King-Betts, & Community Outreach Advocate, Pastor Pete Mingo, have been asked to serve on a Violence Prevention Task Force to explore how human services organizations can best support violence prevention in the city.

In the fall of 2014, City Council recommended the establishment of this task force to explore the aforementioned; create a city-wide collaborative focused on violence prevention; and identify a potential timeline and costs for City Council to consider.

The Task Force is compromised of representatives from local foundations, nonprofits, the Mayor’s and City Manager’s offices, the City’s Human Relations, Health, Police, and Recreation Departments, community members from the Human Services Advisory Committee, the Human Services Chamber, faith based leaders, and human services funders.

We look forward to working with the Task Force to identify and implement strategies to reduce violence prevention in our city.

Special thanks to CHRC's Senior Program Manager, Althea Barnett, for attending today's meeting.