Keep HOPE Alive! We Can Prevent Violence in Champaign County

Tracy Dace, founder and CEO of DREAAM, described coming to Champaign in 2007 for a doctorate in special education, the 2015 founding of DREAAM and its 2017 incorporation, and the program's tiered model serving boys from early elementary through young adulthood, including plans for a school and a county-wide proactive violence prevention initiative. An audience Q&A followed on volunteering, cultural education, and why young people carry weapons.