Author: Sue Cardenas-Soto

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.

The Metropolitan Peace Initiatives’ (MPI) Metropolitan Peace Academy (MPA) celebrated the graduation of its newest class of community violence intervention (CVI) leaders on Thursday, December 19, 2024, at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago.

Executive Director of Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI) Vaughn Bryant, Executive Director of the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities (PSPC) Esther Franco-Payne, President of the Civic Committee Commercial Club of Chicago Derek Douglas, and founder of Chicago CRED Arne Duncan shared vital insights and recommendations for addressing the issue of community violence in the city of Chicago with the Chicago Tribune.

The City of Chicago recently took a significant step in advancing restorative justice and community safety with the announcement of the new City of Chicago Office of Re-Entry.

This past Saturday, November 9, 2024, MPI’s own Jaron “Jay-J” Washington shared his experience as a Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P) Field Manager at City Civics Day’s Disrupting the Cycle: Building Safer Communities through Violence Interruption panel.