Key Takeaways From the City’s Roundtable Discussion on Reducing Gun Violence - Philadelphia (Crime Summit 12/19 & 12/20)

ACEsConnection member Dr. Robert Anda is mentioned in this article.

"We already know that far too many of Philadelphia’s children experience systematic trauma by way violence, stress, poverty, racism and hunger. What we’re just realizing is that neglect is washing back as illness and violence. In 2010, during a lecture on the topic in Philadelphia, Dr. Robert Anda, one of the primary ACE study investigators, told a local audience that by accepting these conditions for children, and given what we know about trauma’s impact on brain development, we have essentially created a generation of sociopaths...."

"Next week, Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. is sponsoring “The Crime Summit,” a two-day program co-sponsored by GunCrisis.org and St. Joseph’s University.

Wed., Dec. 19 and Thurs., Dec. 20. 54th Street and City Line Avenue, Maudeville Hall. To RSVP: 215.686.3416."

http://guncrisis.org/2012/12/13/key-takeaways-from-the-citys-roundtable-discussion-on-reducing-gun-violence/