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WEBINAR: Cities United: Reducing Violence and Violent Deaths Among

Black Men and BoysThursday, April 18, 2013

2:30 p.m. Eastern Time

Speakers: - Everett Gillison, Deputy Mayor and Chief of Staff, Office of the Mayor,

City of Philadelphia, Pa.- Antoinette Malveaux, Managing Director, Casey Family Programs

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• Armed with this knowledge, many communities still take a universal approach to violence prevention strategy, programming, and evaluation.

• “Universal approaches that are not sensitive to the needs of the particular have uneven impact (Powell, 2011).”– False universalism assumes that targeted policies that

address the needs of certain populations become a divisive wedge.

– False universalism also assumes that everyone benefits from universal approaches. But universal approaches that are not sensitive to the needs of the particular are never truly universal; they tend to have an uneven impact, and can even exacerbate racial inequality at times.

– We need to be universal in our goals but not in our process.

False Universalism: Reducing Violent Deaths Among Black Males

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The Cities United Vision

• Mayors and other city leaders across the country will form partnerships with other local government officials, community leaders, families, youth, philanthropies, and other stakeholders within their respective cities dedicated to reducing violence and violence-related deaths among African-American men and boys.

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Principals• City of Philadelphia• City of New Orleans• Open Society Foundations’ Campaign

for Black Male Achievement• Casey Family Programs• National League of Cities

Core Planning Team• Association of Black Foundation Executives• Grantmakers for Children Youth and Families• John S. and James L. Knight Foundation• U.S. Conference of Mayors• Three appointed youth leaders

Cities United: Key Partners

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Cities United: Participating Mayors

• Mayor Ed Pawlowski - Allentown, PA• Mayor Thomas M. Menino - Boston,

MA• Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. -

Charleston, SC• Mayor Anthony Foxx - Charlotte, NC• Mayor Rahm Emanuel - Chicago, IL• Mayor Frank Jackson - Cleveland, OH• Mayor Michael Coleman - Columbus,

OH• Mayor Michael Hancock - Denver, CO• Mayor William Bell - Durham, NC• Mayor Harvey Johnson - Jackson, MS• Mayor Greg Fischer - Louisville, KY• Mayor Paul Soglin - Madison, WI

• Mayor Mitch Landrieu - New Orleans, LA

• Mayor Setti Warren - Newton, MA• Mayor Leon Rockingham, Jr. - North

Chicago, IL• Mayor Andre Pierre - North Miami,

FL• Mayor Michael Nutter -

Philadelphia, PA• Mayor Brenda Lawrence -

Southfield, MI• Mayor Marilyn Strickland - Tacoma,

WA• Mayor Bob Buckhorn – Tampa, FL• Mayor Shelley Walsh - University

City, MO• Mayor Vincent Gray - Washington,

DC

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BMA Municipal Action Guide

BMA Guide:1. The Challenge2. Strategies3. Action Steps4. Resources

Action Steps:• Strengthening families• Improving educational achievement• Expanding access to family-

supporting jobs• Reducing violence and violence-

related deaths

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NLC’s Institute for Youth, Education, and Families

• City Leadership to Promote Black Male Achievement:– www.nlc.org/iyef – Request additional print copies by emailing

[email protected]

• Contacts: – Leon T. Andrews, Jr., (202) 626-3039 or

[email protected]– Jerrilyn Black, (202) 626-3128 or [email protected]

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Cities United: Webinar

April 18, 2013

Antoinette M. MalveauxManaging Director of Strategic Engagements and Initiatives

Why Cities United?

Many foundations focus their investments on improving the well-being of communities, and care about ensuring a socially just environment for their residents.

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Why Cities United?

Because of the epidemic of violence in some cities, certain interventions are needed to break the cycle of violence, and provide positive alternatives and pathways for the communities and residents where specific foundations fund.

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The role of Foundations

Foundations hold a valuable position in the fabric of communities. They can:

• Help raise awareness and sustain the focus on an issue

• Convene disparate organizations and leaders– politicians, policy makers, advocates, community organizations, faith institutions, etc.– to focus collectively and continually on an issue

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Foundations can: • Bring experts into a conversation to help

frame the thinking around appropriate interventions, which includes bringing research, data, and content

• Invest in programs that are innovative or show promising practices; help conduct evaluations to become evidence-based; spread evidence-based programs to other communities

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Foundations can: • Target their dollars on effected-groups in a

way government may not be able to• Be an effective partner and catalyst for

partnership within communities

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On ViolenceThis issue is gaining national attention for many reasons:

• Data• Devastating impact on communities and

neighborhoods• Devastating impact on families and children• Prevalence of guns – illegal guns that are used in

violent crimes in communities• Flashpoint incidences that catalyze action (i.e.

Sandy Hook)

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On Violence

There is a lack of opportunities and positive pathways for many low-income and marginalized youth and families, especially those of color. Opportunities include:

• Access to quality education• Access to living wage and legal employment• Policies that prevent denying access to

employment, housing, and basic rights for those re-entering society

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Foundations focused on Black Males

Foundations focused on Black Males in education achievement, include:

• Open Society Foundations: Campaign for Black Male Achievement

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Gathering of Leaders• The California Endowment: Building Healthy Communities, (3 of

14 communities in California on life outcomes for Black Men)• The Heinz Endowment: African American Men and Boys

Initiative• The Knight Foundation: What it Takes; and “Boy Don’t Turn your

Back: The Power of Resilience)

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Foundations focused on Black Males in education achievement, include:

• Mitchell Kapor Foundation: Black Boys College Bound Initiative • Schott Foundation for Public Education: The Black Male Donor

Collaborative• Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation: Black Male Retention in

College• Association of Black Foundation Executives: Black Men & Boys

Initiative• Grantmakers for Children Youth and Families: Healthy Men,

Healthy Communities

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Other emerging collaborative efforts:• The Joyce Foundation• Boys and Men of Color Foundation Leaders

Pledge to Action• Cities United• California Community Foundation – BLOOM


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How Foundations Engage with Cities United

• Foundations, regardless of the scope of grantmaking (local, state, regional, or national) can participate as partners

• Foundations that don’t have an explicit portfolio focused on men and boys of color, or black males, can participate as partners

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Locally, Foundations can engage by:• Working with Mayors in the cities that join

Cities United• If your city, or a city you fund, is not involved,

engage with the Mayor and help influence him or her to participate in Cities United

How Foundations Engage with Cities United

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How Foundations can support Cities UnitedLocally, Foundations can engage by:

• Providing support based off of results from the Cities United assessment

• Help provide access to thought leaders and opportunities to share “best thinking” in order to develop a comprehensive strategy

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• Expert consultation: consider engaging grantees and staff to work with Cities United city leaders to address specific challenges faced by Black men and boys

• Leverage your convening power: bring organizations together and support the collaboration process between groups. When Foundations call, typically organizations (i.e. community-based, city, business, and other public sector representatives), will come

How Foundations can support Cities United

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• Give advice on how to partner and collaborate: encourage existing grantees to work together to meet the needs of black men and boys

How Foundations can support Cities United

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• Fund complementary strategies. For example: fund youth engagement and youth leadership strategies that focus on or are intentional in including Black youth

• Engage Mayors in cities where your grantmaking is focused; encourage Mayors to participate in Cities United

How National Funders can support Cities United

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• Support implementing Cities United nationally. Resources are needed to fund TA efforts, communications, national convenings, national experts, project management


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• Provide experts from your consulting and grantee network to provide TA to Cities United cities

• Provide general support for Cities United


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Finding Funding for Black Men and Boys Efforts • See previously mentioned organizations• BMAfunders.org – a resource within

foundation center, funded by Open Society Foundation – provides access to

Interactive mapping tool with funding data Timeline of philanthropic milestones in the field Tools and resources for assessing project outcomes Research reports and case studies Video and multi-media content

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Cities United: Our Young Men Can’t Wait

Steps cities can take now to stop the violence.

Presented by the City of Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Landscape

The total number of murders committed in 2012 was 331

In 2011, there were 316 murders in Philadelphia.

75% of those murder victims were black males.

80% of those homicides were committed by black males.

Mayor Nutter through his national profile has engaged mayors across the country on not only the issue of the deaths of Black men and boys, but also:

Is a chief advocate for Mayors Against Illegal Guns Developed The Sandy Hook Principals Worked with Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen

Kane to close the Florida loophole

Build Political Will to Change

The PhillyRising Collaborative is the City of Philadelphia’s new way of

doing business. PhillyRising targets neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia

that are plagued by chronic crime and quality of life concerns, and

establishes partnerships with community members to address these issues.

The primary objective is to: Fight crime and the fear of crime; including terrorism Build sustainable, responsive solutions to the concerns of people

living and working in each neighborhood Develop cost-effective methods for improving service delivery to

each neighborhood; Help those living and working in the PhillyRising

neighborhoods to realize their vision for their community.

Create grids across the city to identify the neighborhoods most in need.

Originally established in 1991 by then Mayor W. Wilson Goode the

Mayor’s Commission on African-American Males is tasked to

address the issues related to unemployment, incarceration, lack of

education and health within the community. Re-instituted in

September 2011 by Mayor Michael Nutter, the commission will seek

solutions to the issues facing the community, as well as establish

policy recommendations for opportunities and programs specific to

African American Males.

Create a City-wide Commission

Through the Philadelphia Streets Department the City of Philadelphia launched a new program in January called “Philly Future Track,” which provides job-skills training and real-world work experience to 130 young adults in Philadelphia. Using service as a strategy to build civic and environmental stewardship, Philly Future Track will provide individuals with a paid position involving community service and other life and career building skills during a six-month period.

The participants were not previously enrolled in higher education and were unemployed. For three days a week over the course of six months, participants will work in teams on neighborhood beautification projects with direction from the Streets Department. The remaining two days are spent in the classroom, where participants will learn job readiness skills.

Workforce Readiness

The Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention awarded our City the

Community Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program Grant. The

Program grant provides $1.5 million, over three years, to cities to replicate

successful models and programs. The City of Philadelphia and its partners will use

this grant to reduce shootings and homicides by partnering with Temple University

to help expand the Philadelphia CeaseFire program.

The grant is targeted where the need is greatest: within neighborhoods plagued with

shootings and homicides, with the goal of reducing violence among 14-24 year olds

in those neighborhoods. Both lift up the belief that violence is a public health issue,

because hurt people hurt people.

Stop the Cycle of Violence

In January of 2012, Philadelphia launched GunStat, a collaborative, multi-agency effort

to reduce gun violence by data-based tracking of gun violence focused on targeted,

high-violence areas. GunStat is an enhancement to the crime analysis work the

Philadelphia Police Department is already using and is designed after their Crime

Briefings Strategy from 2008. It focuses on identifying violent offenders, gun crimes,

arrests, and results through the court system, and facilitates better tracking of persons

on probation or parole. Criminal justice, law enforcement, federal, and community

partners, including the Prison system and Probation and Parole, assist in the GunStat

program.

Be systematic about targeting resources where they are most needed

In September, the City of Philadelphia was accepted through a competitive

process as an expansion site for the National Forum on Youth Violence

Prevention by OJJDP.

Led by the Mayor’s Office and the Office of Public Safety and the Violence

Prevention Collaborative, the City’s Forum will bring together city

department and agencies, community nonprofits, District Attorney’s Office,

academics, and community members to create a multi-year strategic plan for

the city to reduce the number of shootings and homicides amount youth and

young adults ages 14 to 24 in the target “hotspots.” All members involved in

the process will work together to create an integrated plan around improved

prevention, intervention, enforcement, and reentry practices.

Connect city leaders in a national network

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” - Nelson Mandela

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