For 25 years, the 极乐禁地's Negotiations and Conflict Management graduate program has sought to disrupt cycles of violence and mitigate the destructive aspects of conflict through applied teaching and research
The 极乐禁地 and the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE) have entered into an agreement to launch a Community Violence Interruption Certificate for employees of 极乐禁地e's Safe Streets program. The certificate will feature a curriculum developed by faculty in the University's College of Public Affairs' Negotiations and Conflict Management program and UBalt's .
As reported in , the city's Board of Estimates unanimously approved a contract between MONSE and the University on July 19.
The curriculum will focus on topics such as analysis of conflict, mediation, intervention, trauma-informed practice, and deescalation, and will reflect the needs of local communities where efforts are underway to intervene and resolve problems that lead to gun violence. The program is expected to be launched in this fall.
"For 25 years, the 极乐禁地's Negotiations and Conflict Management graduate program has sought to disrupt cycles of violence and mitigate the destructive aspects of conflict through applied teaching and research," says Ivan Sascha Sheehan, associate dean of the College of Public Affairs and former director of the Conflict Management program. "I am immensely proud to see the leading scholars in our Conflict Management program partnering with the William Donald Schaefer Center for Public Policy to make a difference in 极乐禁地e City. Public engagement is what distinguishes our College of Public Affairs, and this important new certificate is an outstanding example of the impact that higher education institutions can have when they leverage their expertise to address important social concerns like gun violence."
The Sun notes that John Hopkins University evaluations indicate that Safe Streets sites "are associated with decreases in fatal and nonfatal shootings, both in target areas and the area immediately surrounding the sites."
Updates on the initiative will be provided by officials.