Islamic Leadership Council of New York Hosts Ozone Park Townhall to Address Community Mental Health & Violence Prevention
(New York, NY, 05/17/2022) – On Wednesday, May 11th, the Islamic Leadership Council of New York met with interfaith community leaders in Ozone Park in a community townhall to discuss proactive measures to prevent community violence. In coordination with grassroots organization, Cityline Ozone Park Community Patrol (COPCP), the townhall was held in Medina Hall with invited guest speaker Ellen Ritz, from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to facilitate the conversation. This townhall was made possible through a grant award to the Islamic Leadership Council of New York from the NYC Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes to work on “developing and coordinating community-driven prevention strategies to address biases fueling such crimes, and fostering healing for victims and their communities” through non law-enforcement deterrence.