Author: Sue Cardenas-Soto

CVI is sustained not only by the outreach professionals who interrupt and respond to violence, but also by those who train, educate, and support them. For Tina Cooper, Director of Training at Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI), it’s the women in the field who sustain her.

As a woman with nearly ten years of outreach experience, Nyedra Turner has a special vantage point into the value and needs of women in the field. She sees women as vital to community violence intervention.

Illinois State Rep. Justin Slaughter of the 27th District and State Sen. Robert Peters of the 13th District recently co-authored an op-ed for the Chicago Sun-Times affirming the effectiveness of community violence intervention (CVI) legislation and illustrating the great need for continued investment.

Behavioral health clinicians, interns, and staff: you’re invited to our Behavioral Health Job Fair on February 1, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.!

On Saturday, January 11, 2025, the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago hosted their MLK Day Celebration, Embracing Humanity, an event honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of nonviolence and equity.

For many of the newest cohort of community violence intervention specialists, their dedication to the work comes from a personal history.

Watch as we review highlights and accomplishments from a year of community violence intervention with Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P) and Metropolitan Peace Initiatives, from opening our state-of-the-art training center to celebrating the graduations of two new violence prevention cohorts, and more.

Northwestern Magazine recently shared in-depth coverage of the impact of the Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science (CORNERS) in addressing gun violence in the city of Chicago.

Leaders from several violence prevention groups in the city of Chicago shared hopeful statistics for declining levels of violence with the Chicago Sun-Times but also expressed trepidation on the future of community violence intervention (CVI) in the face of a changing funding landscape.