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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.

The Alliance of Local Service Organizations (ALSO) gathered with elected officials and community violence intervention (CVI) stakeholders Monday, October 28, 2024 for an educational meeting on gun violence in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Community leaders and Garfield Park residents gathered on the border of East and West Garfield Park on Saturday, October 26, 2024 for the Madison Street Fall Festival, a Light in the Night event hosted by Breakthrough Urban Ministries.

On Tuesday, October 15, MPI’s Chief Program Officer Domonique McCord participated in a focused discussion on CVI at New Life Centers.

On October 22, 2024, Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P) organizations hosted “March to the Polls” events across Chicago’s South, West, and North sides.

Elected officials, community leaders and neighbors gathered in South Chicago for an advocacy breakfast hosted by Claretian Associates on October 21, 2024.

Community leaders, elected officials, and local organizations gathered in Little Village on Thursday, October 10, 2024, for a Community Violence Intervention (CVI) advocacy meeting hosted by Enlace Chicago and New Life Centers.

MPI Chief Program Officer Domonique McCord spoke on hyperlocal and trauma-informed solutions to gun violence at the annual gala for Breakthrough Urban Ministries.

MPI Executive Director Vaughn Bryant recently joined Phoenix Clinic in a “State of the Union” panel on the urgent issues surrounding mental health in Chicago.

Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP) and Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation (PBMR), two organizations representing Communities Partnering 4 Peace, joined forces to host a community violence intervention (CVI) advocacy meeting on Monday, September 23, 2024 in Chicago Lawn.