April 25, 2012
University of San Diego

The University of San Diego hosted the third bi-annual San Diego Gang Prevention Summit in the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice on Wednesday, April 25th, 2012. Entitled: "Building Community Connections" Learn Share Connect, this county-wide event was sponsored by the City of San Diego Commission on Gang Prevention and Intervention, University of San Diego’s Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, the Leichtag Foundation, San Diego County Office of Education, San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, and San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency Behavioral Health/Alcohol & Drug Services. More than 300 attendees participated in the conference.

• Press release (PDF)
• Agenda (PDF)
• Youth Voice Poem (PDF)

Video of the Conference

• Video of the General Powerful Sessions of the Conference
  Community collaborative briefings are included in here.

Summit Workshops

• Community Violence/Trauma Informed Care Workshop Leaders (PDF)

  Handouts:

  • Trauma Informed Lens (PDF)
  • Community Violence (PDF)
  • Systems Changes (PDF)

  Reference material:

  • Building Solutions Toolkit (PDF)

• Community Collaboration/Sustainability Workshop Leaders (PDF)

  Slides:

  • Collaborations and Sustainability (PDF)
  • Collaborations and Partnerships (PDF)

  Handout:

  • Sustainability (PDF)

  Initiatives Generated from the workshops:

  • Summary (PDF)
  • Trauma Informed care/Community Violence (PDF)
  • Collaboration/Sustainability (PDF)