Director Ashanti Hamilton will share his work as the head of Milwaukee’s Office for Community Wellness and Safety. The aim of this office is to stop violence before it starts. Community-wide prevention is the most effective, long-term solution to violence, and the Office of Community Wellness & Safety engages a wide range of partners to facilitate a multidisciplinary, population-level approach to influence the social, behavioral, and environmental factors that contribute to violence. The Office of Community Wellness & Safety brings together agencies, experts, and community resources on efforts that reduce: Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, Human Trafficking, Children Witness to Violence, Community Violence, Gun Violence and Interpersonal Violence, Intentional injury, and Homicide.
Instructor
In August 2022, Ashanti Hamilton accepted the position of Director of Office of Violence Prevention. Director Hamilton brings a long history of working directly with community to implement successful, neighborhood-level violence interruption programs, such as 414Life. In bringing this experience… read more