As a professor in Loyola’s Institute for Ministry and chair of the New Orleans Crime Coalition, Michael Cowan combines these distinct passions to combat crime through a religious perspective.
In his public lecture, held Friday, Sept. 6, in Miller Hall at 7 p.m. Cowan discussed his insight with the Loyola and New Orleans communities.
Cowan, an expert of interfaith and interracial community organizing, discussed prevalent New Orleans criminal issues and city corruption and ended with a question and answer session.