Aqeela Sherrills - Moderator

​Aqeela is a self-proclaimed spirit-centered organizer and activist, working to promote healing in communities of color and build community-based public safety strategies. He has been an inspired agent of change, collaboratively forging a historic peace treaty between the Bloods and Crips in Los Angeles, launching The Reverence Project to provide healing support to victims of trauma, and reimagining public safety strategy as a leader in the Newark Community Street Team. Informed by his own life experiences, Aqeela encourages others to “discover the gift in the wound.” He believes transformative social change happens when we build compassion and understanding into systems and communities.
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• Reimagine Safety | Police do not stop cycles of violence. Communities do.
• Newark Community Street Team
• Newark Joins Other Major Cities To Establish First National Association Of Community-Based Violence Prevention Programs
• Can Newark Maintain its Hard-Earned Police Reforms?