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Reimagining Community Safety: Empowering Communities to Change the Landscape

The Division of Diversity and Engagement and Haslam Office of Diversity Relations present Reimagining Community Safety: Empowering Communities to Change the Landscape.

There will be two sessions held on November 3, both featuring Professor and Director of the University of Buffalo Center for Urban Studies, Dr. Henry Louis Taylor, Jr.

The community is invited to attend one or both. Registration is required.


Session One | Student Union 270 | 1:30 PM–3:30 PM


1:30 PM–1:40 PM Welcome & Opening Remarks

Dr. Javiette Samuel, Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Engagement & Director of Community Engagement and Outreach

Dr. Bob Kronick, Professor Emeritus

Clarence Vaugh, Director, Haslam College of Business, Office of Diversity and Community Relations

1:40 PM– 2:30 PM Presentation

Dr. Henry Taylor, University at Buffalo, Founding Director of the Center for Urban Studies, presents The Challenge of Public Safety in the Age of Urban Violence: Lessons Learned from Buffalo

2:30 PM–2:45 PM  Q&A
2:45 PM–3:30 PM Networking Reception

Session Two | Beck Cultural Exchange Center | 6:00 PM–8:00 PM


6:00 PM–6:05 PM Welcome & Opening Remarks

Dr. Javiette Samuel, Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Engagement & Director of Community Engagement and Outreach

Dr. Bob Kronick, Professor Emeritus

Clarence Vaugh, Director, Haslam College of Business, Office of Diversity and Community Relations

6:05 PM–6:30 PM Presentation

Dr. Henry Taylor, University at Buffalo, Founding Director of the Center for Urban Studies, presents The Challenge of Public Safety in the Age of Urban Violence: Lessons Learned from Buffalo

6:30 PM–7:00 PM

 

 

 

Moderated Panel Discussion

Moderator
Renee Kesler, President, Beck Cultural Exchange Center

Panelists
Chief Paul Noel, Knoxville Police Department

Charme Allen, Knox County District Attorney General

Joseph Carrico, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Knoxville

Dr. Henry Taylor, Founding Director of the Center for Urban Studies

7:00 PM Fireside Chat, Moderated by Clarence Vaughn
7:25 PM–8:00 PM Networking, Roundtable Discussions, Tabling
Roundtable Hosts (Q&A):FBI-Knoxville, U.S. Attorney General Office, Knoxville Police Department, City of Knoxville, University of TN Police Department