Penn Community Violence Prevention Community Advisory Board
Community residents, business owners, school officials, & non-profit organizations are integrally connected to our Community Violence Prevention
About Penn Community Violence Prevention (PCVP)
In line with the slogan of the Penn Injury Science Center, the Penn Community Violence Prevention (PCVP) team provides trauma-informed violence interruption services to youth and young adults in West and Southwest Philadelphia, with the goal to stop it before it happens, fix it before it gets worse, and help individuals and communities live on to see the next chapter of Philadelphia without gun violence…
PCVP is the first program of its kind at Penn, in partnership with the first hospital-based violence intervention program at Penn (the Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program). Together they bring Penn into position to have a direct impact on the violence epidemic in Philadelphia. See other programs within the Community Violence Intervention Hub.
Community Advisory Board
The PCVP Community Advisory Board is composed of community residents, business owners, school officials, non-profit organizations, and other community leaders who are dedicated to reducing community violence in West and Southwest Philadelphia.
The board meets monthly to provide input and design coordination and co-implementation of community violence prevention and intervention, with a focus on West and Southwest Philadelphia.
Board Members
Brandy Blasko, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
School District of Philadelphia
Nicole Brooks
Therapist
Consortium Inc.
Latonya Bryant
Parent, Community Member
Hakeem Devore
Founder / Director
Inner City Peace Organization
Darryl Flynn
Program Manager
Consortium Inc.
Kynisha Johnson
Restorative Practice Administrator
Office of School Safety, School District of Philadelphia
Mike Meyers
Security Officer
Fresh Grocer
Terrell Roby
School Safety Supervisor
School District of Philadelphia
Kevin Rosa
Program Coordinator for the Youth Violence Reduction Initiative (YVRI)
School District of Philadelphia
Felix Rosado
Program Coordinator
Healing Futures Youth Art & Self-Empowerment Project
Katrina Williams
School Safety Officer
Bluford Elementary School