Johns Hopkins University is hosting a live, virtual briefing on responses to the crisis of gun violence. The briefing is scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 2, from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. EDT.
The upcoming briefing features a panel of Johns Hopkins experts. Topics to be discussed include: the challenge gun violence poses for American democracy; which gun laws are effective; Extreme Risk Protection Orders, or ERPOs, and how they can help to prevent gun violence; research on public opinion about solutions to gun violence; and measures to promote student safety and health in a time of rising gun violence.
No pre-registration is required. Viewers will be able to submit questions to the panel during the briefing.
The briefing will be streamed live at the following link: https://hub.jhu.edu/solutions-to-gun-violence/
The following Johns Hopkins experts are scheduled to speak:
Cassandra Crifasi, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Director of Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
Shannon Frattaroli, Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Core Faculty of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
Josh Horwitz, Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
Odis Johnson, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, School of Education, Department of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Sociology, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, and Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy Schools.
Daniel Webster, Bloomberg Professor of American Health, Department of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
Moderator: Lainie Rutkow, Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Initiatives, Johns Hopkins University, and Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health.
