Diana Petty, Director, Leadership & Society Initiative
Example Schedule
Immersion Days
The Leadership & Society Initiative (LSI) organizes Immersion Days to convene LSI Fellows, expert faculty, practitioners, and community leaders to investigate pressing issues facing society and explore promising solutions. This event was designed in partnership with the University of Chicago Crime Lab and will address challenges in promoting community safety and preventing violence in the City of Chicago and beyond. Eminent scholars and expert practitioners will gather to share insights and discuss topics including the state of the field in violence prevention research, understanding the root causes of violence, and the role of business in fostering public safety. The event will also include site visits to the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago in the Austin neighborhood and to an area technology center and situational decision-making support center of the Chicago Police Department. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the root causes of community violence and proven strategies to build safer, more united communities.
This event will begin and end at the David Rubenstein Forum at 1201 E 60th Street in Chicago.
Roundtrip transportation for our afternoon site visits will be provided.
Day 1
8:00-8:30 a.m.
Arrival and Registration
8:30-8:35 a.m.
Welcoming & Opening Remarks
8:35-9:45 a.m.
Keynote: Setting the Stage
This keynote conversation will provide background on the history of crime and violence in Chicago and the United States and provide an overview of the ways in which these problems are typically studied in academia and beyond.
Jens Ludwig, Professor of Economics and Faculty Director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab
9:45-10:00 a.m.
Morning Break & Networking
10:00-11:15 a.m.
Panel: Understanding the Root Causes of Violence
This panel discussion will delve into the underlying factors that contribute to violence within communities, including socioeconomic disparities, disinvestment, cycles of violence, and how we arrived at our current criminal justice system.
Franklin Cosey-Gay, Director of the Violence Recovery Program, Urban Health Initiative at UChicago Medicine
Derek Neal, William C. Norby Professor of Economics
Harold Pollack, Distinguished Service Professor at the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Moderator: Katie Hill, University of Chicago Crime Lab
11:15-12:15 p.m.
Lunch Break
12:15-3:00 p.m.
Site Visit: Institute for Nonviolence Chicago
Attendees will meet with their Director and Outreach Workers at the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago (INVC) to learn about their approach to community violence intervention.
3:00-5:45 p.m.
Site Visit: Chicago Police Department Area Technology Center
Attendees will visit a Chicago Police Department Area Technology Center (ATC) to learn how the Chicago Police Department leverages technology and data to inform situational decision-making and patrol strategies.
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Reception
Day 2
8:30-8:45 a.m.
Reflective Remarks
This welcome will offer reflections on the site visits from Day 1 and offer perspective on the role that accomplished leaders might play in contributing to violence prevention and community safety.
Wendy DuBoe, Vice Chair, Institute for Nonviolence Chicago, LSI Inaugural Fellow
8:45-10:00 a.m.
Panel: The Role of Business in Fostering Public Safety
This session will highlight strategies the business community is currently engaging in to enhance community resilience and build peace. We will highlight the role of the Civic Committee’s Public Safety Task Force as an example of a successful initiative that was started by the business community in Chicago.
Robert Boik , Senior Vice President, Public Safety Task Force, Civic Committee of Chicago
Shana Hayes, Chief Social Impact Officer, Northern Trust
Eric Smith, Co-Chair, Public Safety Task Force, Civic Committee of Chicago
Moderator: Kim Smith, Director of Programs, University of Chicago Crime Lab
10:00-10:15 a.m.
Morning Break & Networking
10:15-11:30 a.m.
Keynote: What Did We Learn?
This final session will give participants an opportunity to synthesize and reflect on what they are taking away from this Immersion Days and how they are thinking differently about the issue of preventing violence and fostering community safety.
Jens Ludwig, Professor of Economics and Faculty Director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab