National Trauma Education and Policy Institute
Our Mission
Our mission is to drive systematic change across mental health, law enforcement, education, and the justice system – ensuring that responses to trauma are rooted in compassion, evidence, and a commitment to justice.
board chair:
David Shrank
SENIOR ADVISORS TO THE BOARD:
Charles Eggleston
Richard Berman
Johanna Berkson
Dr. Charlie Williamson
James Peeples
LOBBYIST:
Theresa Hessler
GRANT WRITER:
Vanessa Barksdale
Committees:
Urban Development
Developing business and training programs to promote entrepreneurship and skills needed to obtain high paying positions. Also, to increase security in the community for residents to remain safe and secure.
Committee Chair: Moses Becerril
Addiction
Making drug addiction a public health issue verses a legal issue.
LGBTQ
Influencing the rights of those who are LGBTQ to ensure equal rights and thereby improving the availability and effectiveness of services for them. There will be a strong focus on IPV and IPV services.
Committee Chair: Wyatt O’Brien Evans
Jail/Prison Diversion
Improving the Justice system from top down. Providing the support needed to the minority community to be successful, along with the protection against other influences that lead to mass incarceration. Our organization is also working towards mass liberation.
Committee Chairs: Dominique Goodmond, Cynetra Freeman
Bullying
Improving the knowledge within the social system regarding how to address and intervene bullying in school, online, and in the community at large.
Committee Chair: Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo
Veterans
Improving services from all perspectives along with providing awareness and support to the families of veterans.
Sexual Assault/Sex Trafficking
Raising awareness and improving services from all perspectives; increasing regulation to locate and stop sex trafficking rings.
Autism
Improving and influencing advocacy for those who are autistic and family members to receive the appropriate support. Enhance the training systems for professionals serving those with autism.
Committee Chairs: Dr. Jeffery Kranzler, Jenny Lynn
Emotional Service Animals
Improving and expanding the policies and legislation to increase the use of emotional service animals.
Committee Chair: Johanna Berkson
Learning Differences
Improving and influencing advocacy for those who suffer from learning differences and family members to receive the appropriate support; enhance the training systems for professionals serving those with learning differences. Ensuring children receive the supportive services needed to understand how they learn.
Committee Chair: Claudia Marin Andrade
Gang Awareness
Improving systematic knowledge of gangs and what resources are needed to prevent increased recruitment/membership
Law Enforcement Reform
Improving the knowledge of law enforcement throughout the country; to understand the communities they serve and to truly protect. Ensure equity in the treatment of individuals in urban settings that promote service and protection along with policing duties.