May 15, 2025 - Led by Equal Justice USA, our team was a proud sponsor and planning partner with and Peace Over Everything to convene over 20 Louisiana based community -led intervention organizations working on violence prevention, public health, reentry, youth diversion, restorative justice, and other community safety efforts.This session served as the first step in building a formal Statewide Collaborative for Community Safety, focused on shared values, goals, and coordinated advocacy. We concluded with a power press conference to #protectCVISpeakers included LA Day of Action Lead Organizer Josie Alexander, Senior Louisiana Strategist Equal Justice USA; Former BRPD Police Chief Murphy J. Paul; Senators Regina A. Barrow (Baton Rouge and Royce Duplessis (New Orleans); Tamara Jackson, Executive Director of Silence is Violence ; Dr.Kim Mosby Associate Director of Research, VERA NOLA; Ardana Winbush, Chief of Streets, Pivot 4 Peace; Khoury Brown, High Risk Interventionist Lead, BR Community Street Team
