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In 2020 the Baraka administration created the Office of Violence Prevention and Trauma Recovery, the first of its kind in the City of Newark. While the rest of the country shouted 'Defund the Police', the City of Newark reallocated funds from the NPD budget to establish the Office of Violence Prevention and Trauma Recovery.
Lakeesha Eure, the Director of the OVPTR, explains her strategic plan while providing an in debt look into her team's efforts and collaborative approach to decrease violence in conjunction with the Newark Public Safety Department.
Later in the episode Mayor Baraka and Co-host Desiree Hadley, speak with Sonia Rogers, founder of the non-profit organization 'Through Their Voices' and Al-Tariq Best, the CEO/Founder of the H.U.B.B. Arts and Trauma Center. Ms. Rogers describes her personal experience with gun violence Mr. Best touches on his non-profit's active collaboration with the OVPTR.
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