Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Connecting Faith, Fatherhood, Youth Violence & Reentry

Posted by Eugene Schneeberg on May 16, 2012 at 12:17 PM EDT

The U.S. DOJ Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships was pleased to participate in the 2^nd Annual Summit on Preventing Youth Violence in Washington, D.C. as a part of the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention. The Forum is an effort to elevate youth and gang violence as issues of national significance, and to enhance the capacity of localities to more effectively prevent youth and gang violence. I was particularly excited this year that so many powerful national and local faith-based and non-profit leaders were able to participate including:

Lecrae Moore, Grammy Nominated Hip Hop artist
Pastor Keith Norman, First Baptist Church, Memphis, TN
Pastor Michael McBride, PICO National Network
James Rodriguez, President, Fathers & Families Coalition of America, Inc.
Deborah Aguilar, Founder, “A Time for Grieving”, Salinas, CA
Sue Badeau, Casey Family Programs

Lecrae Moore, Grammy Nominated Hip Hop artist shares at the 2012 Summit on Preventing Youth Violence May 16, 2012.

national and local faith-based and non-profit leaders participate at the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention May 16, 2012.

Read about the 2012 Summit on Preventing Youth Violence

The next day the CFBNP worked with the White House Office of Public Engagement to recognize twelve leaders as Champions of Change for their work to prevent Youth Violence within their communities.

2012 Youth Violence Prevention Champions May 16, 2012.

Youth Violence prevention champions of change May 16, 2012.

Read about the White House Youth Violence Prevention Champions of Change

Lastly, the CFBNP recently held two very successful webinars on Faith and Community Based approaches to Reentry and Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives.