Events | Interrupting Gun Violence in Chicago: Screening & Discussion

Interrupting Gun Violence in Chicago: Screening & Discussion

When

Tue, February 25, 2020
6:00 PM

Where

Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637

Directions

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Join WTTW, in partnership with University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, for a discussion and screening of selections from FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence, WTTW’s documentary exploring the personal, firsthand perspectives of people whose lives have been affected by gun violence in Chicago.

The evening will feature:

  • Moderator – Deborah Gorman-Smith, PhD, Dean and Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor, University of Chicago
  • Reality Allah, Outreach Worker, READI Chicago, featured in FIRTSHAND: Gun Violence
  • Eddie Bocanegra, AM '15, Senior Director, READI Chicago, featured in FIRSTHAND Talks
  • Norman Kerr, AM '11, Director of Violence Prevention, City of Chicago Mayor’s Office of Public Safety
  • Dan Protess, Producer/Director, FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence
  • Selwyn Rogers, MD, MPH, Professor of Surgery and Founding Director, UChicago Medicine Trauma Center

This event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.


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