Panel 2: Atlanta Metropolitan Area Public Schools

• In Event: Youth Engagement in Transformative School/Community Problem Solving: Challenges and Opportunities in Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, Georgia

Abstract

This panel examines Phase One of a multi-phase mixed methods research project conducted in a low-income metropolitan urban community that is a collaboration between police, a local police foundation, and the university to create a youth (anti) crime initiative. Panelists will explicate challenges that emerged during an institutional collaboration that aimed to create a democratic process to transform community-oriented policing and construct a community-based youth (anti) crime initiative. This panel presents lessons learned and concludes with emerging best parties for university-community engagement and public scholarship.

Authors

• Keith Meadows, College Park Police Department

• Byron Martin, Atlanta Police Department

• Shadonna Davis, Georgia State University

• Brian N. Williams, University of Georgia