Youth Affairs

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AFFAIRS AGENDA 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 COUNCILMEMBER ZACHARY PARKER, CHAIRPERSON, COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AFFAIRS ANNOUNCES A PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON Office of the Attorney General (Juvenile Matters) Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) Thursday, March 6, 2025, 9:30 a.m. Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building and virtually via Zoom Watch live at: https://dccouncil.gov/hearings/ And https://www.youtube.com/@councilmembe rzacharyparker AGENDA I. OPENING REMARKS II. PUBLIC WITNESSES (PANELS 1 & 2) Panel 1: 1. Kenneth Barnes Public Witness 2. Levon Williams Public Witness 3. Jawanna Hardy Guns Down Friday 4. Jerald Tharpe Public Witness COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AFFAIRS AGENDA 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 Panel 2: 5. Young E Class Public Witness 6. Brendell Smith Public Witness 8. Neena Murphy Martin Fourth District MPD Citizens Advisory Council (4D MPD CAC) 9. Kristi Matthews-Jones* DC Girls’ Coalition III. GOVERNMENT WITNESS (1) 1. Office of the Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb, Attorney General, District of Columbia IV. PUBLIC WITNESSES (PANELS 3-6) Panel 3: 10. Joshua Miller Open City Advocates 11. Penelope Spain Open City Advocates 12. Ellie Driscoll Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs 13. Kyla Woods Juvenile Justice Advisory Group (JJAG)  COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AFFAIRS AGENDA 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 Panel 4: 14. Magdalena Tsiongas* Council for Court Excellence 15. Jimmie Williams* Washington Literacy Center 16. Anya Kreider Disability Rights DC 17. Jordan Villanueva Public Witness Panel 5: 18. Laura Cascada* Better Food Foundation 19. Sophie Cazares* Public Witness 20. Max Broad DC Veg Week 21. William Nooter Public Witness Panel 6: 22. Emilienne Sindjui Pacific Healthcares Inc. 23. Khyree Feazell* Public Witness 23. Chernita Boyd* Public Witness 25. Sharece Crawford Public Witness *Virtual Participant COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AFFAIRS AGENDA 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 V. GOVERNMENT WITNESSES (2-4) 2. Office of Independent Juvenile Justice Facilities Oversight Mark Jordan, Executive Director, Office of Independent Juvenile Justice Facilities Oversight 3. Public Defender Service Katerina Semyonova, Special Counsel to the Director (Policy and Legislation), Public Defender Service 4. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services Sam Abed, Director, Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services VI. ADJOURNMENT