Community-based organizations are essential to providing the tools for prevention and intervention efforts related to community violence. In this episode of the Black Village podcast, Shaunda Johnson discusses her organization, Way Up, and how they are partnering with the Oak Park Peace Walks to continue to provide the Oak Park community with resources that they need to reduce violence. This episode was recorded on location during a peace walk through Oak Park. Please note: you may hear street noise.

Neighborhood Associations often serve as a way for community members to come together, share concerns and build relationships. In this episode of the Black Village Podcast, Oak Park Neighborhood Association Vice President Tamika L’Ecluse discusses how the neighborhood association is involved in the Oak Park Peace Walks and the goal of the walks to unite the community, share compassion and reduce violence. This episode was recorded on location during a peace walk through Oak Park. Please note: you may hear street noise.

Jessie Ryan serves not only as a trustee and school board member for the Sacramento City Unified School District, but is also an Oak Park resident. In this episode of the Black Village Podcast she discusses the importance of the Oak Park Peace Walks, the needs of her community and how people can come together to bring about change. This episode was recorded on location during a peace walk through Oak Park. Please note: you may hear street noise.

The Oak Park Peace Walk brings together city leaders, educators, faith leaders and community members to walk for peace through the Oak Park neighborhood. In this episode of the Black Village Podcast, City Councilmember Jay Schenirer discusses the needs of Oak Park and the strides the community is making in working together to reduce youth violence. This episode was recorded on location during a peace walk through Oak Park. Please note: you may hear street noise.

Police Chief Daniel Hahn joins the Black Village Podcast on location during an Oak Park Peace Walk to discuss how law enforcement can continue to build trust and relationships with community in this episode of the Black Village Podcast. Additionally, Chief Hahn discusses prevention and intervention efforts around third party homicides, the role of law enforcement and opportunities for young people. This episode was recorded on location during a peace walk through Oak Park. Please note: you may hear street noise.

The Greater Sacramento Urban League serves as the Oak Park Community Incubator Lead for the Oak Park neighborhood. In the summer of 2017, they began to do to Oak Park Peace Walks every Friday night as a strategy to reduce third party homicides. In this episode of the Black Village Podcast, the Greater Sacramento Urban League CEO, Cassandra Jennings, discusses the importance of the peace walks and building trust in the community. This episode was recorded on location during a peace walk through Oak Park. Please note: you may hear street noise.

Always Knocking, Inc. is an organization that builds youth up to be his own “king of the jungle,” through rehabilitation programs, crisis management and a junior gentlemen leadership program. In this episode of the Black Village Podcast, Always Knocking CEO Greg King talks about how pastors can work with service providers and how forums like the GLORY conference can help build leadership. This episode was recorded on location at the Gathering for GLORY: Giving Love to Our Rising Youth conference, where the faith community joins service providers to learn more about prevention and intervention efforts to reduce African American child deaths in Sacramento County.

Prevention and intervention efforts can only become effective if community members are a part of the process to design the strategy. In this episode of the Black Village Podcast, Michael Blair talks about his role as a Community Leadership Roundtable member and the innovative ideas that the community has had to reduce African American child deaths in Oak Park community. This episode was recorded on location at the Gathering for GLORY: Giving Love to Our Rising Youth conference, where the faith community joins service providers to learn more about prevention and intervention efforts to reduce African American child deaths in Sacramento County.

Faith leaders and community members have opportunities to come together on common causes. Nakeya Bell, the Program Leader for the Black Child Legacy Campaign in Fruitridge/Stockton and Tanya Bell, who serves as a Community Leadership Roundtable member talk about the ways that faith leaders and community members can join forces to combat child deaths in this episode of the Black Village Podcast. This episode was recorded on location at the Gathering for GLORY: Giving Love to Our Rising Youth conference, where the faith community joins service providers to learn more about prevention and intervention efforts to reduce African American child deaths in Sacramento County. This episode is co-hosted by student hosts, Elizabeth Kutek and Cierra White. Andre Thomas served as student audio technician.

The role of the faith community in efforts to reduce African American child deaths can be broad, but also personal. Pastor Robert Jones serves as one of two faith-based organization’s representatives on the Steering Committee on Reduction of African American Child Deaths. In this episode of the Black Village Podcast, Pastor Jones provides more insight into the roles of religious leaders in community and the Black Child Legacy Campaign. This episode was recorded on location at the Gathering for GLORY: Giving Love to Our Rising Youth conference, where the faith community joins service providers to learn more about prevention and intervention efforts to reduce African American child deaths in Sacramento County.