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In two recent panel discussions for Everytown’s Community Safety Fund quarterly meeting, a group of trauma-informed experts spoke on how they’re modeling emotional regulation and healing through various organizational and personal practices.

On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, Metropolitan Peace Initiatives Executive Director Vaughn Bryant joined WBEZ’s Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons to discuss Community Violence Intervention (CVI), alongside the City of Chicago’s Deputy Mayor of Community Safety Garien Gatewood and Michael Harris, an outreach worker with the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago (INVC).

Community leaders and elected officials united to share the progress of community violence intervention in Chicago.

At the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago (INVC), a dedicated team of CVI professionals are instrumental to providing life-changing care and resources to individuals incarcerated in the Cook County Department of Corrections (CCDOC).

As Chicago experiences a historic decline in gun violence, Community Violence Intervention (CVI) leaders, public officials, and funders gathered at Farragut High School in Little Village on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 to provide updates on the latest CVI scaling efforts taking place across the city.

Despite mass shooting incidents throughout the week and over the weekend, the number of homicides, injuries, and shooting incidents in the city of Chicago saw a historic low compared to a peak in the summer of 2021, according to a new report published by the Chicago Sun-Times.

2025 continues to be a big year for Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI) in our mission to end gun violence in the city of Chicago.

More than 200 young people recently made the “Peace Pledge” and have committed to be peacekeepers in their communities this summer through an initiative with UCAN Chicago.

Chicago CRED hosted a community meeting for Roseland residents at the Youth Peace Center (YPC) on Monday, June 30, 2025. The organization was joined by Phalanx Family Services and UCAN as they collectively shared how they’re tackling violence prevention, mental health, youth development, and job readiness. 

Lesandra Nava, Victim Advocate at Enlace Chicago, is one of the many dedicated Community Violence Intervention (CVI) professionals throughout Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P) who lives and works in the very neighborhood they come from.