CTRIBAT Institute for Social Development presents a Gun Violence Prevention Interactive Workshop.

On Friday July 20, 2007, at 4:30 P.M.-8:00 P.M. at located at the Rose Center 101 Ashmun Street in New Haven, Connecticut CTRIBAT Institute for Social Development will kick off the summer pilot: CTRIBAT Leadership Retreat 2007 “Total Response”

An interactive workshop/lecture will be conducted on Gun Violence Prevention. This is the first in a series of three workshops that have been designed by CTRIBAT to address the issues that confront Our Youth and to give them the proper tools to cope with life in an Urban Environment.

Guest Speakers will include:
Assistant Chief Herman Badger- New Haven Police Department
New Haven Board of Alderman Yusef Shaw
Kashif Abdul-Karim- Office of Juvenile Justice Department Parole Services Division
Clinton Robinson- CTRIBAT Director of Development
Officer Shafiq R. F. Abdussabur- Executive Director CTRIBAT

This workshop is only open to select groups. A parent or guardian is required to attend this event.

CTRIBAT Institute for Social Development is most noted for it success in reducing gun violence among urban youth.The CTRIBAT 2006 Summer Leadership Retreat “Front Line” targeted the population of At-Risk male youth ages 8 years-old to 17 years-old and created the conditions that led to the 400% reduction of Firearm Related Incidents in the Urban Sector of New Haven Connecticut known as the Dixwell Avenue-a historical African American community adjacent to Yale University.

Learn More about CTRIBAT at: WWW.CTRIBAT.ORG

Board of Directors: Fred Fulcher Jr. MSW. LADC., Lou Ann Bohman, Brenda Johnson, Sally Brown, Siraaj Muhammad. Honorary Board of Directors: Chief Francisco Ortiz Jr., Officer Carl Myers, Drew King. Founder/Executive Director: Shafiq R. F. Abdussabur. Executive Producer Arts & Media: Chip Croft. Directors of Development: Teretha Brooks, Clinton Robinson. Program Directors: Josh Lindo, Sonda Whitfield, Tracey Suggs, Edward Booker. Training Instructors: Officer Russell Blackwell, Officer Jason Jackson, Officer Joe Dease Jr. Committee on Research & Assessment: Shafiq Abdussabur, Mubarakah Ibrahim, Chip Croft, Teretha Brooks, Petisia Adger.

Our Partners: City of New Haven: Mayor John DeStefano, Jr., Office of Police: Chief Francisco Ortiz, Jr.,
New Haven Public Library, Planned Parenthood, Yale University Office of New Haven and State Affairs,
Yale New Haven Hospital, Male Involvement Network, TYCO Printing, SEA-TV, Yale Police Department
The Connecticut Children &Family Center, Inc., Housing Authority Of New Haven, Jawala Scouts
New Haven Independent, Empower New Haven, Balance Fitness Studio For Women, Nation Drill Team
BOLDMINDS Cultural Art Accents, Local 530, National Association Black Law Enforcement Officers

CTRIBAT Institute for Social Development is a Not-For Profit Organization




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