dr. slutkin thank you very much. we are now going to hear from stephanie rollins blake. >> good morning and thank you. i've like to thank you mayors and mayor nutter for convening this form on a critical topic in after hearing dr. slutkin, let's just go right into question-and-answer. so given its unique approach and demonstrated effectiveness baltimore implemented the cease-fire chicago model back and -- sorry, 2007. it is overseen as you should be based on the model by the city's health department and an plummeted by a community-based organization in a police post with a high level of violence. a role of the local health department in combating any public health issues such as aids, heart disease or cancer is to identify and interventions and work with the committee to implement them with fidelity and monitor the effectiveness. as such the city's health department has adopted the same approach to combat violence by creating the youth violence prevention under the safe streets baltimore program. the health departmen

dr. slutkin thank you very much. we are now going to hear from stephanie rollins blake. >> good morning and thank you. i've like to thank you mayors and mayor nutter for convening this form on a critical topic in after hearing dr. slutkin, let's just go right into question-and-answer. so given its unique approach and demonstrated effectiveness baltimore implemented the cease-fire chicago model back and -- sorry, 2007. it is overseen as you should be based on the model by the city's health department and an plummeted by a community-based organization in a police post with a high level of violence. a role of the local health department in combating any public health issues such as aids, heart disease or cancer is to identify and interventions and work with the committee to implement them with fidelity and monitor the effectiveness. as such the city's health department has adopted the same approach to combat violence by creating the youth violence prevention under the safe streets baltimore program. the health departmen

dr. gary slutkin. there are a lot of similarities. i have been involved with the drug movement for about 10 years. there are a lot of similarities in terms of changing the norm and other aspects of the ceasefire movement. my question is in terms of your colleagues and -- in the medical field, and law that the movement in the drug analysis and terms of drug addiction as a disease, came as a result of the medical world. are you having that same success among your colleagues, the physicians, to look at violence as a public health issue? i think that the more of them that do, the more success we will have in this area. my other question is how involved is the faith community in terms of getting -- of being involved in the cease-fire initiatives that are under way? i heard in fresno they actually started your program but how involved in the community in terms of what is happening with cease-fires? >> i will take the first part of this. i am glad you're here. we hope to be working with you and would love to be. we are aware of the problems

dr. gary slutkin. there are a lot of similarities. i have been involved with the drug movement for about 10 years. there are a lot of similarities in terms of changing the norm and other aspects of the ceasefire movement. my question is in terms of your colleagues and -- in the medical field, and law that the movement in the drug analysis and terms of drug addiction as a disease, came as a result of the medical world. are you having that same success among your colleagues, the physicians, to look at violence as a public health issue? i think that the more of them that do, the more success we will have in this area. my other question is how involved is the faith community in terms of getting -- of being involved in the cease-fire initiatives that are under way? i heard in fresno they actually started your program but how involved in the community in terms of what is happening with cease-fires? >> i will take the first part of this. i am glad you're here. we hope to be working with you and would love to be. we are aware of the problems