January - April 2025    
Mondays at 3:00-3:50 pm, Nau Hall 101    
LPPP 4500 is a one-credit, pass/fail course

The Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy is offering a one-credit course that is open to all undergraduates who are interested learning more about issues related to gun violence. Taught by Professor Gerard Robinson, the course will bring a series of guest speakers from government, non-profit, academia, and community organizations to discuss policy, lived experience, violence intervention and interruption, policing, community engagement and organizing, and other issues related to the gun violence epidemic in America and learn about the many ways that individuals can make a difference.

Confirmed Speakers

• Jan. 27: Greg Jackson, Deputy Director at the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention
• Feb. 3: Mark Culliton, Co-Founder of Uncornered
• Feb. 10: Arne Duncan, Founder of CRED and Former U.S. Secretary of Education
• Feb. 17: Katie Duda, Senior Director of Local Government Affairs at Everytown for Gun Safety
• Feb. 24: Andrew Papachristos, Sociologist at Northwestern University
• March 3: Maya Haasz, Associate Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
• March 17: Antong Lucky, President & CEO of Urban Specialists
• March 24: A'Dorian Murray-Thomas, Commissioner of Newark District 2 and Founder of She Wins Inc.
• March 31: Tracey Meares, Co-Founding Director of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School
• April 7: Howard Henderson, Director of Center for Justice Research at Texas Southern University
• April 21: Sylvia Bennett-Stone, Voices of Black Mothers United at the Woodsen Center
• April 28: Chief Scott Booth, Roanoke Police Department