The Talk” was conceptualized by NOBLE President Brenda Goss Andrews (2022-2023) in the Spring of 2022 to be a youth-led panel discussion on issues facing young people today, including gun violence and mental health. Lieutenant James Jefferson, Chairperson of NOBLE’s Youth & Young Adult Committee has facilitated the traveling program to Dallas, Detroit, Shreveport, Tempe, Arizona, and Washington, DC. The program is designed to engage youth around the country between the ages of 14-18 in candid conversations about their concerns. Since the programs debut in 2022 close to 400 students have been involved in The Talk.

• ‘I saw my uncle get shot’: Dallas ISD students share the impact of gun violence on young people
• The Talk creates conversations between youths, law enforcement
• Shreveport students discuss gun violence and crime with law enforcement
• The Talk encourages conversation between law enforcement, youth
• Youths have become the faces of some of the violent crimes in Shreveport