Online Hearings
The Initiative included a series of virtual hearings to receive input from members of the Penn and West Philadelphia communities. Invited participants described their experiences with the University of Pennsylvania Division of Public Safety and offer their ideas and suggestions on ways to achieve the common vision of providing an environment in which every member of the Penn community can feel physically and emotionally safe, and experience a sense of equal belonging. A summary of key themes raised during these hearings is available here.
Hearing 1: Thursday, August 13, 2020, 2 pm EDT
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| Maureen Rush |
Vice President for Public Safety Superintendent, Penn Police |
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| Dennis Culhane |
Dana and Andrew Stone Chair in Social Policy Chair, Division of Public Safety Advisory Board |
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| Benoit Dubé |
Associate Provost and Chief Wellness Officer Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry |
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| Regina Austin |
William A. Schnader Professor of Law |
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| Haley Pilgrim |
Ph.D. Student, Sociology 2018-2019 President, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly |
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| Kaitlin Best |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Perelman School of Medicine |
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Hearing 2: Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 2 pm EDT
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| Rick Krajewski |
Organizer, Mass Liberation Democratic Nominee for State Representative, 188th District |
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| Jessica Gooding |
Student, College of Arts and Sciences Secretary, Terrance Lewis Liberation Foundation |
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| Amelia Carter | Assistant Director, South Asia Center | |
| Jeffrey Rowland | Executive Director for Staff and Labor Relations, Division of Human Resources | |
| Michael Belisairo | Captain, Commanding Officer – Patrol Operations, Penn Police Department | |
| Nickol Taylor | Patrol Officer, Penn Police Department | |
| Louis Petrecco | Director, Security Services, Division of Public Safety | |
Hearing 3: Thursday, August 20, 2020, 2 pm EDT
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| Margaret Livingston | President, Walnut Hill Community Association | |
| Evan Johnstone | President, Spruce Hill Community Association | |
| Renee McBride Williams | President, Cedar Park Neighbors | |
| Andra Laidacker | President, Garden Court Community Association | |
| Ira Harkavy |
Associate Vice President Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships |
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| Glenn Bryan | Assistant Vice President of Community Relations, Office of Government and Community Affairs | |
| Richard Gordon IV | Principal, Paul Robeson High School | |
| James Wright | Director, Community, Economic, and Real Estate Development, People’s Emergency Center | |
Hearing 4: Thursday, August 27, 2020, 2 pm EDT
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| Tamara Greenfield King |
Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Division of the Vice Provost for University Life |
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| Sharon Smith |
Associate Vice Provost for University Life, Division of the Vice Provost for University Life |
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| Sara Bachman | Dean, School of Social Policy and Practice |
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| Greg Ridgeway |
Chair, Department of Criminology Professor of Criminology and Statistics |
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| David Rudovsky |
Senior Fellow, Penn Carey Law School Founding Partner, Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin, LLP |
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| David Abrams | Professor of Law, Business Economics, and Public Policy | Opening Statement |
Hearing 5: Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 2 pm EDT
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| William Gipson | Associate Vice Provost for Equity and Access, Division of the Vice Provost for University Life |
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| Valerie Dorsey Allen | Director, African-American Resource Center |
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| Michal Saraf | Senior Clinical Director, Counseling and Psychological Services |
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| Batsirai Bvunzawabaya |
Director of Outreach and Prevention, Counseling and Psychological Services |
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Hearing 6: Thursday, September 10, 2020, 2 pm EDT
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| Eric Furda | Dean of Admissions | |
| Karen Hamilton | Senior Associate Director of Stewardship, Wharton External Affairs |
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| Mamta Motwani Accapadi | Vice Provost for University Life | |
| John MacDonald | Professor of Criminology and Sociology | |
| Tukufu Zuberi |
Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations |
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Hearing 7: Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 2 pm EDT
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| Jason Andrechak | Director of Equity and Access, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly | |
| Kristen Ukeomah |
B.A. Candidate, Health & Societies 2019-2020 Representative, College of Arts and Sciences, Undergraduate Assembly |
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| Victoria Sanchez |
J.D. Candidate, Law M.S. Candidate, Nonprofit Leadership |
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| Lei Brutus | President, Black Law Students Association |
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Hearing 8: Thursday, September 17, 2020, 2 pm EDT
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| Mckayla Warwick | Co-Founder, Collective Climb | |
| Kathleen Anderson | Executive Director of Operations and Chief of Staff, Division of Public Safety | |
| Natalie Zamora | Co-Chair, Latin American Graduate and Professional Student Assembly | |
| Tatiana Johnson | 2019-2020 External Affairs Chair, Beyond Arrests: Re-Thinking Systematic Oppression | |
| Carson Eckhard | Chair External, Student Committee on Undergraduate Education |
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