Six Months On: Gun Violence in Dayton and the US
Six Month Anniversary
Community Forum
To mark the anniversary of the mass shooting in Dayton's Oregon District, we cohosted an event on gun safety with the Center for Social Concern. The forum, sponsored by the Endowment for Education in Nonviolence, began with guest speakers from El Paso and the University of Minnesota. It ended with a roundtable discussion on gun violence by local civic leaders, introduced by Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley and moderated by Governor Bob Taft.
Fitz Center for Leadership in Community
February 4, 2020
1401 S. Main St, Dayton, OH. Room 130a-b | 2-6:30 p.m.
Our message
We gathered to commemorate the victims of the August 4 shooting and other recent episodes of gun violence, and discussed proposals to redress this human rights issue.
Schedule of Events
Barbara Frey, Senior lecturer in the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota and former U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights violations committed with small arms and light weapons
Christina Garcia, Director of the Crime Victims Program at Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center in El Paso, Texas
Jeff Schmitt, University of Dayton associate professor of law
Christina Garcia, Director of the Crime Victims Program at Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center in El Paso, Texas
Jeff Schmitt, University of Dayton associate professor of law
Local groups working to combat gun violence and increase civic engagement will share how the community can be more involved in these efforts.
Nan Whaley, Dayton Mayor
Peggy Lehner, State Senator
Bob Taft, Former Ohio Governor
Richard Biehl, Dayton Police Chief
Fred Cox, Executive Director Racial Justice NOW
Jared Grandy, Dayton’s Human Relations Council
Jane Keiffer, Artemis Center Executive Director
Tom Roberts, Former Ohio Senator & President of the Ohio Conference of Units of the NAACP
Will Smith, Dayton's Human Relations Council and Dayton School Board member
Nora Vish, Dayton Children's Hospital pediatrician
Sarah Wolf-Knight, YWCA Dayton Advocacy Manager
Peggy Lehner, State Senator
Bob Taft, Former Ohio Governor
Richard Biehl, Dayton Police Chief
Fred Cox, Executive Director Racial Justice NOW
Jared Grandy, Dayton’s Human Relations Council
Jane Keiffer, Artemis Center Executive Director
Tom Roberts, Former Ohio Senator & President of the Ohio Conference of Units of the NAACP
Will Smith, Dayton's Human Relations Council and Dayton School Board member
Nora Vish, Dayton Children's Hospital pediatrician
Sarah Wolf-Knight, YWCA Dayton Advocacy Manager
A performance by the Common Good Players, a candlelight vigil, and a prayer by Mr. Dion Green to memorialize the victims will conclude the event.
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There’s not one human right that’s at issue with gun violence, it’s actually a range of human rights that are at play.
Shelley Inglis, Executive Director