City of Columbia, Missouri

Meeting Minutes

Office of Violence Prevention Advisory Committee

City Hall

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

1:00 PM

Conference Room 1C

701 E. Broadway

Columbia, MO 65201

I. CALL TO ORDER

Meeting was called to order with committee approval at 1:02 pm.

14 -

Present:

Chuck Basye, Jared Drummond, Dan Hanneken, Pamela Hardin, Charles Jackson,

Anthony Johnson, Roger Johnson, Elvira Maxwell, Connor McGowan, Joanne

Nelson, Marcus Richardson, Matthew Stephens, Rodney Stewart and Tasca Tolson

1 - Jerrell Morton

Excused:

Absent:

2 - Mataka Askari and Randy Minchew

II. INTRODUCTIONS

III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Committee approved agenda as is.

IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Committee approved minutes as is.

V. OLD BUSINESS

The BlkHandSide Collective Update

D'Markus updated committee on Tyree's repeal on offer of services to the OVP.

Community Mental Health for Practical Application Update

D'Markus updated the committee on the need for error correction that will postpone the

community trainings until corrected by council.

VI. NEW BUSINESS

Community Navigation Liaison RFP

D'Markus updated the committee on the current RFP for the navigation liaisons and next

steps to award the RFP.

National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform Landscape Analysis

Attachments: Landscape Analysis

Committee members conducted a community violence analysis of a fictional city in order

to gain a better understanding of the analysis that will be conducted for the OVp by the

NICJR.

VII. REPORTS

Bullet Related Injury Clinic

Committee viewed part of a documentary created to inform on the creation and the

offerings of BRIC. Committee also discussed the potential partnerships with BRIC in the

city. Tasca mentioned the trauma care component and the ongoing care participants

could receive. Anthony Johnson expressed interest in going to the STL BRIC clinic to

observe.

Young Men United

D'Markus discussed his conversation and exploratory meeting with Dr. Jabari Bodrick

from Young Men United in Columbia, SC. Charles Stephenson asked for contact

information for Dr. Bodrick because of his desire to discuss a similar program done by

Powerhouse called Boys to Men. D'Markus expressed a hesitancy in part because of a

conversation with Ann Merrifield at Big Brothers and Big Sisters regarding 70 mentor

vacancies and Young Men United being a mentorship program that could further

exasperate vacancies by need of mentors for the program.

VIII. GENERAL COMMENTS BY PUBLIC, MEMBERS AND STAFF

IX. NEXT MEETING DATE

The next meeting will be set by the selection of the Doodle Poll from the committee.

X. ADJOURNMENT

Meeting was adjourned at 2:35 from committee approval.