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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.

A new report from Northwestern University’s Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research and Science (CORNERS) is highlighting the impact of Illinois’ Peacekeepers Program, which originally launched in Chicago in 2018. 

Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI), Communities Partnering 4 Peace, and Chicago CRED came together for an Advocacy Training Day on February 24, 2025. This training equipped frontline outreach workers with the tools to approach elected officials and advocate for sustainable funding for community violence intervention (CVI).

Leadership representing Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI) and Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P) made the journey downstate to Springfield on Tuesday, February 18 for a special community violence intervention (CVI) legislative dinner with a group of elected officials. All had one singular goal in mind: to advocate for and preserve CP4P funding for fiscal year 2026.

In a recent blog post for Harvard Business School’s Social Enterprise Initiative, Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI) Executive Director Vaughn Bryant reflected on his experience attending the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM) Executive Education program. He also detailed the lessons he’s bringing back to MPI to help further its mission of reducing gun violence across Chicago.

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.

Designed for individuals already on the front lines of gun violence prevention, the inaugural Metropolitan Peace Academy (MPA) Management and Supervision Fellowship program has provided fellows with the critical leadership and management skills needed to succeed in supervisory roles and the ability to create lasting change in their communities across Chicago.

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.!