The Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force will meet on March 24th, 2026 at 9:00 AM. The meeting will be held at 1201 Front Street, Raleigh, NC, 27609 and can be streamed at youtube.com/@NCPublicSafety/streams.
9:00 AM
Welcome
Call to Order
Ethics Reminder
Secretary Leslie Dismukes, Task Force Co-Chair, Secretary, Department of Adult Correction
Director Siarra Scott, Task Force Co-Chair, Director, Office of Violence Prevention, Department of Public Safety
Due to inclement weather, the gang task force meeting originally scheduled for January 27 is cancelled.
1:00 p.m.
Call to Order and Roll Call, Ethics Reminder, Approval of 8/20/2025 Minutes
Karen Howard, Vice Chair
1:10 p.m.
GCC Staff Updates
GCC Staff
1:25 p.m.
Domestic Violence Data Trends
Lizzie Sager, Director of Evaluation, North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence
1:55 p.m.
Violence Against Women Act, STOP Implementation Plan Update
Daun Brown-Hairston, VAWA Lead Planner
2:10 p.m.
Member Updates
CVS Committee
Virtual meeting of the R/
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Agenda1:00 p.m. Call to order, roll call, approval of minutes, ethics reminder
Deana Joy, chair
1:15 p.m. GCC Staff Updates
GCC staff
1:30 p.m. Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Trishana Jones, director of Youth Exposure to DV and Special Projects; co-director of Adaptive Care and Youth Services Team, North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence
2:00 p.m. DSS Update
Kathy Stone, DHHS
Co-chairs Leslie Cooley Dismukes, secretary of the Department of Adult Correction, and Siarra Scott, director of the NC Office of Violence Prevention, will lead the first meeting of the 20-member Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force.