including yours truly, will be broadcasting live from the convention center in, wait for it, my hometown of new orleans, louisiana. nerdland to nola. i'm so excited to welcome you to my city next weekend. here is the bad news. i want to turn to an innamous aspect which you are familiar. the epidemic of gun violence. you may already know new orleans is the murder capital of the united states with murder rates four to six times higher than the national average. what you may not know is new orleans public safety crisis of community violence also exposes the vulnerability in public health and more specifically mental health. the question of mental illness and gun violence is not solely about the emotional and mental state of the shooter, it's also about the communities terrorized by the actions. in particular poor your ban communities whose residents live with pervasive loss, uncertainty