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Members appointed to the Task Force have been charged with identifying root causes of gun violence, compiling and reporting relevant data, maximizing existing resources, soliciting perspectives from diverse community partners and recommending policies to save lives across the state.
Chief Medical Executive for the State of Michigan, will serve as an ex officio member and Chair of the Task Force.
The director of strategic initiatives at the Community Foundation of Greater Flint.
A member of the Sault tribe of Chippewa Indians Board of directors. Borowicz is licensed to practice as a Paramedic and Firefighter.
The superintendent of Wayne Regional Education Service Agency.
Currently serving his fourth term as the elected sheriff of Kalamazoo County.
The Criminal Bureau Chief at the Department of Attorney General.
The founder of FORCE Detroit.
The President and CEO of Mental Health Association in Michigan.
The owner and project manager of McKissic Construction.
The Wayne County prosecutor at the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.
An associate professor at the University of Michigan and was previously a professor at Michigan State University.
Serves as an advisor to the Task Force. Morris is a gun violence prevention advocate and a student at Harvard College.
Serves as a senior advisor to the Task Force. He has spent 14 years in the Michigan Legislature, and served as the Democratic floor leader in the Michigan Senate and the Democratic leader in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Other ex officio members of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force include:
Jared Welehodsky, State Assistant Administrator, the Office of the Chief Medical Executive
Staff of University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, who provide administrative, research, and programmatic support for the Task Force:
This work was supported, in part, by general state funds awarded to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Office of Community Violence Intervention Services, and the Joyce Foundation. The Joyce Foundation is a nonpartisan, private foundation that invests in evidence-informed public policies and strategies to reduce gun violence and help make communities safer.
Given that the topic of firearm injury prevention and gun violence is complex, various subcommittees will help support and implement the goals of the Task Force. These include the following subcommittees on:
The Task Force also formed a Clinical Coalition to bring together clinical partners with an interest in supporting health care’s role in firearm injury prevention, in partnership with community partners, with particular emphasis on addressing health care's role in new Michigan firearm safety legislation, including safe and secure storage and Extreme Risk Protection Orders. The Coalition also shares best practices, resources, training and technical assistance regarding firearm injury prevention between health systems.
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Subcommittee members give critical insights to inform the work of the Task Force, providing key information regarding resources and needs in their communities and organizations, and recommendations and implementation strategies for new policies, programs and legislation to reduce firearm injury and deaths.