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The National African American Drug Policy Coalition is a coalition of pre-eminent African American professional organizations united to promote drug policies and laws that embrace the public health nature of drug abuse and provide a more effective and humane approach to address the chronic societal problem of drug abuse.

Member Organizations

National Bar Association

National Association of Black Psychologists

National Association of Black Sociologists

Howard University School of Law

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.

National Dental Association

National Black Caucus of State Legislators

Association of Black Sociologists

National Black Nurses Association

National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives

National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice

National Black Alcoholism & Addictions Council, Inc.

Black Administrators in Child Welfare, Inc.

Association of Black Health-System Pharmacists

National Medical Association

National Black Police Association

National Alliance of Black School Educators

National Institute for Law and Equity (NILE) email

National Conference of Black Political Scientists

Black Psychiatrists of America, Inc.

National Black Prosecutors Association

National Organization of African Americans in Housing

Thurgood Marshall Action Coalition

2007 CBC Foundation ALC
Congressman Elijah Cummings and NAADPC
Issues Forum

Terrorism at Home:
Breaking the Grip of Gangs and Drugs in Our Communities

37th CBCF Annual Legislative Conference

The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings
Maryland, 7th Congressional District


www.naadpc.org
CO-SPONSOR

 

SPONSOR AND MODERATOR
The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings
Maryland, 7th Congressional District
 


The Honorable Kurt Schmoke
Dean, Howard University School of Law
 Moderator and Chair NAADPC, Inc.

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ON-LINE PANEL PRESENTATION #1

Family Over Everything: How Youth get Roped into Gangs and How to Steer Them Away
Video Webcast - Panel #1 Click Here
Download: Program and Speaker Biographies (PDF)
C. Debra Furr-Holden, Ph.D.,
Research Scientist
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
"Environmental determinants
of gang behavior"
The Honorable
Martha Lynn Sherrod
Drug Court Judge, Huntsville, Alabama
"Gangs, juvenile diversion,
and prisoner reentry"
   
The Honorable Kendrick B. Meek
FLORIDA, 17th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
http://kendrickmeek.house.gov/
   
Frank L. Clark, Jr. Director
Gang Intervention and Investigation Unit
Maryland Department of Juvenile Services
"Recognizing the signs of gang involvement."
   
Philip J. Leaf, Ph.D.
Director
Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence "Providing alternatives for youth"
William B. Lawson, M.D., Ph.D., DFAPA
Professor, Chair and Director
Mood Research Program Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Howard University College of Medicine and Hospital
"The impact of urban warfare on youth"
   


ON-LINE PANEL PRESENTATION #2

Stop Snitchin' and Other Lessons Learned: Building Trust in Our Communities
Video Webcast - Panel #2 Click Here
Rahim Jenkins
Senior Policy Advisor
Ex-Offender Affairs
Office of the Mayor, Government of the District of Columbia
"Why witnesses don't come forward"
Kenneth E. Barnes, Sr., MS
President
Reaching Out to Others Together, Inc. (ROOT)
"Issues that victims of
gang violence face"
   
Chief Clarence Edwards
Past President
National Organization of
Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)
   


ON-LINE PANEL PRESENTATION #3

No Witness, No Justice: The Critical Juncture between Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement
Video Webcast - Panel #3 Click Here
Nkechi Taifa, Esq.
Senior Policy Analyst
Open Society Institute
"When federal law enforcement should leave matters to state and local law enforcement authorities"

Thomas H. Carr
Director Baltimore/Washington
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA)
 "Minimizing overlapping duplication of law enforcement efforts in dealing with citizens"

   
SPECIAL PRESENTATION

The Honorable Bobby Scott
VIRGINIA, 3rd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
   
Warren W. Hewitt, Jr., M.S
Senior Advisor SAMHSA
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
"Federal research and policy
on gangs and drugs"
Ura Jean Bailey, Ph.D.,
Secretary/Treasurer RWJF
Co-Project Director, NAADPC, Inc.
Graduate Professor and Director
Center for Drug Abuse Research Howard University
"Effective building of coalitions to reduce gang and drug involvement"
   

Closing Remarks by Congressman Elijah E. Cummings
   
 

 

 
 

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