A CALL TO ACTION FOR SAFER COMMUNITIES
Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: Women Building Up, 401 State Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
The Center for Anti-Violence Education invites you to our Community Safety Symposium, a day of powerful conversations, skill-building, and collaboration to address community safety in the city. We will be exploring issues of gender based violence, gun violence, alternatives to policing, healing, immigration safety, self-defense and more.
It will be a jam packed day!
OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Cara Page, a Black Queer Feminist writer, cultural memory worker & organizer. For the past 30+ years, she has organized with LGBTQI+, Black, Indigenous & People of Color liberation movements in the US & Global South at the intersections of racial, gender & economic justice, healing justice and transformative justice.
Featuring the following programs:
A conversation with Deputy Mayor for Community Safety Renita Francois
moderated by our board member Anthonine Pierre
We’ll discuss the new community safety landscape and the Mamdani admin’s role in organizing safety solutions outside of policing.
The Evolution of Community Safety in NYC with
Obi Afriyie
G.A.N.G.S. Coalition
Rama Issa-Ibrahim
Moderator
Anthonine Pierre
NOVA Sustainability Studio
Lumumba Bandele
Communities United for
Police Reform
Celina Nixon
Center for Anti-Violence
Education
A panel on Alternatives to Policing featuring
Michelle Grier
Advocate and Therapist
Toni Smith
Drug Policy Alliance
Luba Cortes
Make the Road NY
Ramik Williams
Kings Against Violence
Initiative
Dushoun “Bigga” Almond
CAMBA
A conversation on Gender and Gun Violence with
Toni Wilson
Kings Against Violence
Initiative
Quentin Walcott
CONNECT
Devin Deane
Center for Justice
Innovations
Hailey Nolasco
Moderator
A fireside chat on Empowerment Self-Defense led by:
Rae Switlick
Center for Anti-Violence
Education
Rana Abdelhamid
Malikah
Breakfast and lunch will be provided!
Then, join us for happy hour at 5PM at Someday Bar!
Space is limited so please register as soon as possible to confirm your attendance!
If you have any accessibility needs, please email Jon Diep at jon@caeny.org.
For any questions regarding the event please email, Alexis Cariello at alexis@caeny.org.
We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, June 3rd!
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