Full agenda available below:

10:00 – 10:05 Opening Remarks from Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton

10:05 – 10:15 Welcome, Agenda Overview John Cullerton, Chairperson

10:15 --11:15 Effectively Responding to Violent Crime: How Does Sentencing Fit In?

Dr. Kathryn Bocanegra, University of Illinois-Chicago, Moderator

Law Enforcement:

Ernest Cato III, Chief, Bureau of Counterterrorism, Chicago Police Department Sgt. Jermaine Harris, Community Policing Officer, Chicago Police Department

Violence Prevention/Intervention:

Teny Gross, Institute for Nonviolence Chicago

The Voice of Lived Experience:

Michael Tafolla, Victim Advocate, Claretian Associates Edmund Buck, READI Chicago

Victimology & The Needs of Survivors of Violent Crime:

Dr. Megan Alderden, Director, DePaul University Criminology Program Vickie Smith, Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence

11:15 – 12:15 Discussion

12:15 – 12:20 Approval of Minutes

12:20 – 12:30 Public Comment

12:30 – 12:45 New Business – Meeting dates for 2022

12:45 Adjourn