For the past 13 years, Andrea Perry has worked for YouthConnect, a program of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston in partnership with the Boston Police Department. YouthConnect places clinical...
Champions of Change: Youth Violence Prevention
Twelve leaders are recognized as Champions of Change for their work to prevent youth violence within their communities as part of the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention. Launched at President Obama's direction in 2010, the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention is a network of communities and federal agencies working together to share information and build local capacity to prevent and reduce youth violence and keep our kids safe.
Corazon "Cora" Basa Cortes Tomalinas is a Filipino Immigrant, a full-time community activist, and a registered nurse. For over 20 years Cora Tomalinas has been the “heartbeat” and lead community...
Pastor Danny Sanchez is a fulltime youth minister and volunteers as a member of the Mayor’s Faith Based Task Force assisting in crisis response. Having been formerly involved in the gang...
Emmett Folgert is a founder and executive director of the Dorchester Youth Collaborative (DYC), a 30-year-old front line community based agency that serves high and proven risk teens and their...
Working with her fellow community members in the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace and in Building Healthy Communities for East Salinas, Fernanda Ocana has developed a strong desire to...
Frank McGhee is the program director at Detroit-based Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO), leads the nonprofit’s Youth Initiatives Project, an ongoing program that provides leadership and...
De Quan O’Neal is an advisory board member of Neighborhood Service Organization’s Youth Initiatives Project (YIP), a youth leadership and advocacy training program. De Quan is a graduate of YIP’s...
Keith Norman has served as the Senior Servant Leader of the First Baptist Church Broad Avenue (FBCB) for the past 12 years. Prior to his service at FBCB, Pastor Norman was a highly successful...
Kelly McMillin began his law enforcement career in 1984. He is currently a Deputy Chief of Police at the Salinas, California Police Department, commanding the Field Operations Division. Kelly...
Reverend Marlon T. Foster is the Founder and Executive Director of Knowledge Quest, a youth and community development organization whose mission is “to vigorously equip youth to maximize their...
Michael D. Rodríguez currently serves as Executive Director of Enlace Chicago, a not-for-profit community based organization formerly known as the Little Village Community Development Corporation...
Monica Haslip has become a compelling voice on behalf of children and the arts. Monica is one of the Nation’s youngest founders of a community based arts organization to build a multi-million...