National Black on Black Violence & Crime Conference
Posted by on July 16, 2012
Black on black violence conference set for city
The Father’s Day Rally Committee will sponsor the National Black on Black Violence & Crime Conference – Black Self Genocide: Confronting the Enemy Within from Friday, August 10th through Sunday, August 12th at St. Joseph’s University, 54th Street and City Avenue in Philadelphia.
Participants will include community violence and crime prevention activists, leaders of anti-violence groups, criminal justice and social service practitioners, local and state government leaders, youth leaders, school officials, behavioral health providers, faith community leaders, and elected officials.
The goal of the conference is to develop a national network of individuals and groups that are working to eradicate violence and to disseminate evidence-based information on black on black violence and the crime prevention programs that are effective.
For more information, go here.
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