Expert panelists will discuss the crisis of gun violence in Philadelphia, causes of the current surge in shootings, ongoing litigation in support of Philadelphia’s efforts to take on gun violence, and ways that lawyers can get involved in efforts to help.
Panel
Speakers:
Dr. Ruth Abaya, attending physician in the emergency department at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), a practice-based scholar at CHOP’s Center for Violence Prevention, and assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Fellow of CHOP’s Violence Prevention Initiative, and the program manager for the Injury Prevention Program at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.
Erica Atwood, senior director, Office of Policy and Strategic Initiatives for Criminal Justice & Public Safety, City of Philadelphia.
Alex Bowerman, senior associate, Hogan Lovells. Pro-bono co-counsel in our case taking on state laws preempting local regulation of firearms in Pennsylvania.
Dr. John A. Rich, professor of health management and policy at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, and co-director of the Drexel Center for Nonviolence and Justice.
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