Judiciary and Public Safety
Regular MeetingWashington, DC · October 30, 2023
Agenda
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY,
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, &
COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION AND
LABOR
NOTICE OF A JOINT PUBLIC OVERSIGHT ROUNDTABLE
on
Violence Reduction Programs in the District
Monday, October 30, 2023, at 9:00 a.m.
Room 500, John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
To Watch Live:
Councilmember Pinto’s YouTube Page (www,youtube.com/@cmbrookepinto)
DC Council Website (dccouncil.gov)
Council Channel 13 (Cable Television Providers)
Office of Cable Television Website (entertainment.dc.gov)
AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. OPENING REMARKS
III. WITNESS TESTIMONY
a. Update on Violence Reduction Efforts and Mayor’s Order 2023-061
1. Kevin Donahue, City Administrator
b. Public Witnesses
In-Person
1. Carlos Andino, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
2. Micaela Deming, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence
3. Ruth Wilcox, Public Witness
4. Roger Marmet, Peace For DC
5. Charnal Chaney, BOLD YOGA
6. Joshua Miller, Open City Advocates
7. Terra Martin, Parent Watch
8. Kathy Henderson, ANC 5D06
Virtual
9. Benny Del Castillo, Network for Victim Recovery of DC
10. Virginia Spatz, Public Witness
11. Regina Bell, Washington Teachers’ Union
12. Scott Goldstein, EmpowerEd
13. Daivon Lewis, Father Factor Inc.
14. Donyee Bradley, Father Factor Inc.
15. Jacqueline Pogue Lyons, Washington Teachers’ Union
16. Robert Vinson Brannum, Public Witness
17. Laura Fuchs, Social Studies Teacher, HD Woodson, DCPS, WTU and DC-CORE
18. Peter Wood, ANC 1C03
19. Katie Donnelly, Children’s National Hospital Youth Violence Intervention Program
20. Kara Chaplin, Crime Victims
c. Roundtable Discussion: Violence Prevention Workers, Experts, and Community
Advocates (beginning at 12:00 PM)1
1. David Muhammad, National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform
2. Marcus Ellis, Peace for DC
3. Jo Patterson, Parent Watch
4. Jay Brown, Community Shoulders
5. Dwayne Falwell, Together We Rise Community Development Model LLC
6. Tony Lewis, Jr.
7. Ryane Nickens, The TraRon Center
d. Government Witnesses
1. Kevin Donahue, City Administrator
2. Gabrielle Breven, Chief, Violence Reduction Unit, Office of the Attorney General
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Note: in the event that testimony from public witnesses has not concluded before the start of the roundtable
discussion at 12:00 PM, public witness testimony will continue after the roundtable discussion, prior to testimony
from the government witnesses.
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