The event is open to the public, children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

The key-note speaker is Hunter Glass. Glass is a private investigator and professional consultant.

Hunter Glass was raised and educated in New Orleans, Louisiana.

He is a graduate of the seminary in LaCombe, Louisiana.

Glass enlisted in the United States Army in 1980.

As a combat veteran, Glass spent over two tours honorably serving the country. His military skill set as a combat medic and his special operations assignments throughout Central America provided him a vast knowledge of military customs, courtesies and protocols.

After fulfilling his multi-tour military commitment, Glass embarked on a new career as a certified firefighter of the Fire Rescue Team.

After several years as a firefighter he became a member of the City of Fayetteville Police Department where he served as a detective, specializing in Security Threat Groups with an emphasis on Street Gangs.

Glass consults with professionals within the United States and abroad giving him the current view of the constantly changing trends of Security Threat Groups.

Glass is a prominent expert on gang mentality and culture. He has become an advisor for numerous State, Local and Federal Government Agencies and Private.

Working with multiple law enforcement agencies, universities, mental health and social organizations, Glass has spent the last 19 years researching gangs, cults and extremist behavior and its correlation with American history.

His most recent work “An Analogy the Gangster in American History” gives the attendees an opportunity to see how American history has played a role in the development of the Gangster in America.

Topics:

The evolution of gangs and how it relates to us today ...

The emergence of gangs as a Proto-Religion and the significance of signs and symbols ...

Gang violence and its importance to the gang member regardless of age ...

What we as people miss about the gang problem, to include how it impacts us all economically ...

What a community can do to curb gang activity.

Also speaking, Sheriff Wes Tripp and local police chiefs.

The event is being co-sponsred by the Roanoke Valley Chamber of Commerce and Texas Steakhouse and Saloon.