Conversa with

José de Filippi Jr., Loeb Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Design.  He is the former mayor of Diadema, where he was elected for three terms. Currently, he is working with affordable housing projects in the private sector. José is interested in how to improve safety in large metropolitan areas, especially cities where poverty, inequality and urban segregation abound.

Claudio Beato Filho, Lemann Visiting Scholar, DRCLAS, Harvard University and Director of the Studies of Criminality and Security, Minas Gerais Federal University, Brazil.

Ramón Garza Barrios, Mayor of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

Raúl Salinas, Mayor of Laredo, Texas.

Chris Stone,Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of the Practice of Criminal Justice and faculty chair of the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.