Today's episode features Part 2 of 2 of our Global Voices for Change: Policing, Communities, and the Common Good Conference. As a reminder, Saybrook University hosted this conference in the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Ahmed Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, bringing together community members, policing agencies, and universities from around the world to spend time in dialog that will lead to action that promotes humanistic policing practices toward stronger community engagement and reforms that lead to greater racial & social justice both here in the United States and across the globe. Our segment today features the final three panel discussions including: the first focusing on police officers’ experiences in the field; the second on humanistic policing, and the last is centered on moving from dialog to action. We’ll include links and other vital information in the show notes.
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And now our second episode featuring the remaining powerful sessions from the Global Voices for Change Conference. Thank you.
- Resource Page: www.globalvoicesforchange.org
- Global Voices for Change Conference Session Panelists/Moderators
- SESSION III: Community Voices: Experiences of Police in the Field ~ Moderator: Dr. Ginger Charles
- Panelists
- Jenny Donaldson: (ret. Police) Consultant Speedwellblue
- Jami Resch: Division Chief, Portland, OR Police Department
- Mike Richmond: Chief Advisor / Assistant Director, Strategic Foresight, Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA)
- Rick Muir: Director, UK Police Foundation
- SESSION IV: Humanistic Policing: Innovations from Around the World ~ Moderators: Dr. Jonathan Smith and Dr. Ginger Charles
- Panelists
- Martin Hewitt: Chair of the UK National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC)
- Focus: The work being done by the NPCC in engaging minority communities
- Michael Baldwin & Chief of Modesto Police Department, Brandon Gillespie
- Focus: Cultural Engagement & Community engagement: Coaching series
- Division Chief Jami Resch: Portland, Oregon Police Department
- Focus: Debriefing officers engaging protesters. 50 days of engagement
- Chief Constable Andy Rhodes: Lancashire Police in England; Founder, Oscar Kilo
- Focus: Vulnerability of police officers and staff and the work Oscar Kilo Well-Being Initiative is doing to support them.
- Kudakwashe Chirambwi: Police Consultant, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
- Focus: Changes in the policing of indigenous groups in Zimbabwe during the pandemic.
- Emada Tingirides: Deputy Chief Los Angeles Police Department.
- Focus: Community Safety Partnership Bureau of the LAPD. Joined by Mr. Joel Lopez.
- SESSION V and Closing Remarks: From Dialog to Action & Gamal Turawa – Key Next Steps ~ Moderators & Panelists o Dr. Ginger Charles and Dr. Jonathan Smith
- Focus: Building the Virtual Multimedia Reader, Research Group & Social Media