The Factors Behind Gun Violence (1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET)

This session will focus on the historical root causes of gun violence and the causes of this nationwide problem, including the loosening of gun laws, the proliferation of guns, state preemption of city laws, COVID-related causes of gun violence, and the impacts of the violence on victims and those who are justice-involved.

Opening Comments
TOM COCHRAN, CEO and Executive Director, The U.S. Conference of Mayors

Moderator
GREG FISCHER, Mayor of Louisville President, The U.S. Conference of Mayors

Remarks
SHANI BUGGS, Assistant Professor, Violence Prevention Research Program, University of California Davis
EDUARDO BOCANEGRA, Senior Director, READI Chicago
CHRISTOPHER 2X, Christopher 2X Game Changers
SYLVESTER TURNER, Mayor of Houston
LIBBY SCHAAF, Mayor of Oakland
QUINTON LUCAS, Mayor of Kansas City, MO

Whole-of-City Approach to Improving Public Safety (2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET)

This session will discuss how to use “whole of city government” resources and “whole of city” business and community partners to improve public safety and include some city-specific examples.

Opening Comments
GREG FISCHER, Mayor of Louisville President, The U.S. Conference of Mayors

Moderator
ANTHONY D. SMITH, Executive Director, Cities United

Remarks
MICHAEL-SEAN SPENCE, Esq., Director, Community Safety Initiatives, Everytown for Gun Safety
MARCUS T. ELLIS, Chief of Staff, Safer, Stronger DC Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, Executive Office of the Mayor, Washington, DC
KAROL MASON, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
SHARON WESTON BROOME, Mayor of Baton Rouge
TIM KELLER, Mayor of Albuquerque

Police Reform (3:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET)

This session will include an update on the recommendations of the Conference’s Working Group on Police Reform and Racial Justice, information on recommendations on other recent police reform reports and efforts, and mayors’ briefings on police reform efforts underway in cities. 

Opening Comments
GREG FISCHER, Mayor of Louisville President, The U.S. Conference of Mayors

Video
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT, Mayor of Chicago, Chair, Criminal and Social Justice Committee, and Chair, Police Reform and Racial Justice Working Group, The U.S Conference of Mayors

Moderator
JANE CASTOR, Mayor of Tampa and Member, Police Reform and Racial Justice Working Group

Remarks
MICHAEL SMITH, Director of Youth Opportunity Programs, Obama Foundation and Executive Director, My Brother’s Keeper Alliance
C.J. DAVIS, Chief of Police, Durham, NC and Past President, NOBLE
Dr. PHILLIP ATIBA GOFF, Co-Founder and CEO, Center for Police Equity, Carl I. Hovland Professor of African American Studies and Professor of Psychology, Yale University
BRANDON SCOTT, Mayor of Baltimore
JERRY DYER, Mayor of Fresno

Opening Comments
TOM COCHRAN, CEO and Executive Director, The U.S. Conference of Mayors
GREG FISCHER, Mayor of Louisville President, The U.S. Conference of Mayors

Federal Legislation to Reduce and Prevent Gun Violence (1:00 pm – 1:15 pm ET)

Video Discussion
KATHY SHEEHAN, Mayor of Albany
LUCY MCBATH, Member of Congress

Federal Funds to Reduce and Prevent Gun Violence (1:15 pm – 2:00 pm ET)

Historic levels of federal funding will soon be available to cities to reduce and prevent gun violence. This session will explore how cities can tap into federal funding to address gun violence. 

Moderator
ROB WILCOX, Federal Legal Director, Everytown for Gun Safety
MELISSA PAQUETTE, Counsel, Everytown for Gun Safety
CORNELIA SIGWORTH, Associate Deputy Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice
ANTHONY SMITH, Executive Director, Cities United
ANDREW GINTHER, Mayor of Columbus, OH

Learning from the Summer of 2020: Building Capacity in Cities for Peaceful Protests (2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET)

This session will cover how cities develop relationships with and work with protesters to ensure protests are safe for all involved, how to overcome mistrust, and how mayors can be an intermediary in this relationship building.  It will also provide advice on police tactics and response and information on managing extremists and counter protesters.

Opening Comments
GREG FISCHER, Mayor of Louisville and President, The U.S. Conference of Mayors

Moderator
CHUCK WEXLER, Executive Director, Police Executive Research Forum

Roundtable Discussion
Rev. Dr. SHERIDAN TODD YEARY, Esq., Chief Administrative Officer, Rainbow PUSH Coalition and Senior Pastor, Douglas Memorial Community Church, Baltimore
Rev. MICHAEL MCBRIDE, Director of Urban Strategies & LIVE FREE Campaign, Berkeley
CHARLES RAMSEY, Former Police Chief in Washington, DC and Philadelphia, and Advisor, The U.S. Conference of Mayors
GREG FISCHER, Mayor of Louisville and President, The U.S. Conference of Mayors

The Role of Federal Government in Decreasing Community Violence (3:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET)

This session will cover how the whole-of-federal government approach and existing federal programs can be used to decrease community violence, President Biden’s executive orders relating to gun violence, how the Department of Justice is and can work with cities, and how proposed federal assistance through the American Jobs and American Family bills can help to decrease community violence and support police reform.

Opening Comments
GREG FISCHER, Mayor of Louisville and President, The U.S. Conference of Mayors

Remarks by the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy (Closed Press)
ERIC GARCETTI, Mayor of Los Angeles, Moderator
Ambassador SUSAN RICE, Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, The White House
MURIEL BOWSER, Mayor of Washington, DC
GREG FISCHER, Mayor of Louisville 

Discussion with the Associate Attorney General
JENNY DURKAN, Mayor of Seattle
VANITA GUPTA, Associate Attorney General, The U.S. Department of Justice

Closing Comments
GREG FISCHER, Mayor of Louisville President, The U.S. Conference of Mayors

Adjourn Summit