Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer has appointed the members of what's now called the Violence Prevention Workgroup.The panel was announced last month after back-to-back shootings in the West End.The group will first take count of all the youth services programs and charities in West Louisville. The next step is to create a crisis response team to help victims of violence. Fischer has asked them to complete these tasks by October. The group's first meeting is Monday, June 18 at 5:30 in Metro Hall.
Here are all the members:
- Chair Dr. Blaine Hudson, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Louisville
- Vice Chair Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, Director of the Department of Public Health and Wellness
- Darrell Aniton, Louisville Metro Office of Youth Development
- Merv Aubespin, retired Courier-Journal editor and author
- Reverend Pedro Basden, Quinn Chapel AME
- Col. Kenton Buckner, LMPD
- Dr. Kevin Cosby, pastor of St. Stephen’s Church
- Bob Cunningham, civil rights leader
- Raoul Cunningham, President of Louisville NAACP
- Ralph De Chabert, Diversity Director for Brown Forman Corporation and Chair of Ali Center Board
- Christopher 2X, community activist
- Judge Sean Delahanty, District Court Judge
- Waymon Eddings, Chair for the Parkland Community Advisory Board
- Judge Brian Edwards, Circuit Court Judge
- Tad Hughes, University of Louisville Southern Police Institute
- Dana Jackson-Thompson, Executive Director for Network Center for Community Change
- Councilman David James, who represents Old Louisville and parts of west Louisville
- Rev. Vincent James, Elim Baptist Church, located in the Parkland Neighborhood
- Dr. Ricky Jones, University of Louisville, Department of Pan African Studies
- Eleanor Jordan, President of the Parkland Neighborhood Improvement Association
- James Leavell, Urban League, Reentry Programming
- Dr. Renee Mapp, Executive Director for Wesley House Community Services
- John Marshall, JCPS Diversity Director
- Rhonda Mathis, Community Activist
- State Rep. Darryl Owens
- Troy Pitcock, Louisville Metro Police Foundation
- Neal Robertson, community and neighborhood leader
- Christina Shadle, Greater Louisville Inc.
- Councilman David Tandy, who represents downtown and parts of west Louisville
- Steve Tarver, President and CEO of YMCA Greater Louisville
- Sam Watkins, President of Louisville Central Community Centers
- Lavel White, Connected Voices youth leader
- Richard Whitlock, Getting All People
- Jack Will, Executive Director for Jefferson County League of Cities
- Aubrey Williams, Sr., attorney
- Sylvia Wright, Shawnee Weed & Seed
- Dr. Tony Zipple, President & CEO of Seven Counties Services
