PJDC Director of Capacity Building and Training Rhyzan Croomes presents at the Gault Center Summit

10/18/24: PJDC Director of Capacity Building and Training, Rhyzan Croomes, presented on Working with Community Experts in Youth Defense at the Gault Center’s Annual Summit in Denver, CO. The training highlighted the value of utilizing community experts whose expertise is tied to lived experience, such as former gang members serving as gang experts. Participants were encouraged to integrate experience-based community members as experts to enhance advocacy and case outcomes.