The alliance is understood to have asked Silcott, whose conviction for the murder PC Keith Blakelock during 1985's Broadwater Farm riot was quashed in 1999, to warn schoolchildren about turning to crime.
A spokeswoman for the Youth Justice Board said: "We welcome any initiative to get young people out of a life of crime and any project that comes up with imaginative ways to do this is a step forward."
The alliance and the Metropolitan Police, which helped set up the Haringey crime-reduction group, declined to comment on the appointment.
Silcott leaves prison this week after serving 18 years for the murder of Andrew Smith in 1984, a conviction he disputes. Before his conviction, Silcott was a founder member of the Broadwater Farm Youth Association in north London in 1981.
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