Virginia Lee
Virginia Lee currently manages technical assistance efforts in communities striving for safety and has been working on health equity issues for over 14 years. She participated in the Next Generation Leaders of Color leadership program and a training and service fellowship with the Public Health Prevention Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology from UCLA and a Masters in Public Health from SDSU.
Presentations from Facing Race 2014
Violence Reduction Through Cross-Cultural Leadership Development
Less than a decade ago, Los Angeles residents living in Watts’ housing developments were unlikely to interact with police in a positive way and rarely ventured outside of their homes due to the lack of safety. In 2011, a unique and historic collaboration of unlikely allies—law enforcement, the housing authority, and Watts residents—formed the Community Safety Partnership in an effort to improve community relations and safety. The breakout session will discuss how an experiment to transform a violence-ridden community became a sustainable and widely successful program that uplifts community voices in a racially-tense neighborhood.
Speakers: Virginia Lee, Arturo Ybarra, Andre Christian