Empowering Communities to Reduce Violence and Improve Economic Mobility

Learn more about Detroit’s ShotStopper community violence intervention program, which provides city funds to six community-based organizations running violence intervention programs in neighborhoods with high rates of homicide and shootings. Panelists will include:

• Todd Bettison, Detroit deputy mayor
   
• Mike Peterson, ShotStoppers program administrator
   
• Zoe Kennedy, public health and safety director at Force Detroit, which is running one of the violence interventions
   
• Amanda Nothaft, director of data and analysis at Poverty Solutions, who is evaluating data on the effectiveness of the ShotStopper program

Moderated by Sam Stragand, senior program manager for the Detroit Partnership on Economic Mobility at Poverty Solutions. 

Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.

This series is free and open to the public.

Livestream of the event

Staff Expert

Trevor Bechtel

Student Engagement & Strategic Projects Manager, Poverty Solutions

Staff Expert

Amanda C. Nothaft

Data & Evaluation Manager

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