Metropolitan Peace Initiatives
Helping people heal from trauma by partnering with and offering support for community-based and citywide organizations through:
- Metropolitan Peace Academy
- Behavioral health
- Street outreach supervision
- Workforce development
- Legal aid
Communities Partnering 4 Peace
Our partners provide a comprehensive, long-term approach to reducing violence gun violence in communities across Chicago. CP4P principles are:
- Trauma-informed
- Restorative
- Nonviolent
- Hyperlocal
Metropolitan Peace Academy
Professionalizing the field of community violence intervention (CVI) with intensive and multidisciplinary training by:
- Building a citywide network of outreach workers
- Enhancing community capacity to reduce violence
recent news
MPI Clinical Program Supervisor Traci Hall: ‘Community Violence Intervention Work Is Not to Be Taken Lightly’
Behavioral health and social services are far from soft jobs, though they do require a great deal of compassion and care. But women in community violence intervention constantly defy the definitions of “women’s work.” In fact, this work requires toughness, street smarts, realness, and resilience. Traci Hall, Clinical Program Supervisor at Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI), says, “Society has deemed us as nurturing.” But to do the work, Traci says “you gotta be a bad-ass, honestly.”
LISTEN: New ‘Healthy Chicago’ Podcast Episode Features MPI Director of Field Instruction Steve Perkins
Metropolitan Peace Initiatives Director of Field Instruction Steve Perkins joins Elvis Ortega from the Mayor’s Office of Community Safety on the most recent episode of Chicago Department of Public Health’s Healthy Chicago podcast.
WATCH: MPI Field Manager Andre Lawrence Discusses How ‘Relentless Engagement’ Can Build Bridges to Peace
Friends of Children Chicago hosted a virtual panel on Tuesday, March 18, where panelists explored how outreach and engagement can help support individuals impacted by disinvestment and systemic racism.