Our Violence Prevention Activities

Press Clips

  • Federal Funding Announced for Organization Fighting Violence in Chicago

     August 15, 2023

  • Senator Durbin Secures $800,000 Earmark for Metropolitan Peace Academy’s CVI Training

     August 15, 2023

  • Gang Conflict Causing Uptown Violence as Police, Community Groups Look to Intervene

     August 1, 2023

  • Chicago Street Outreach Workers Use Own Experiences to Reach Others in Their Neighborhoods

     July 31, 2023

  • Collaborative, Community-Based Violence Prevention Effort Aims to Professionalize the Field of Street Outreach

     July 27, 2023

  • ‘Light in the Night’ Events Aim to Reclaim Safe Public Space for Chicagoans

     July 17, 2023

  • Vaughn Bryant: What is Community Violence Intervention?

     July 16, 2023

  • Andrew Papachristos: Targeted Violence Prevention Is Working in Chicago. Workers Need to Reach More People

     July 16, 2023

  • Leaders of Chicago’s Violence Prevention Movement Weigh in on Summer Violence

     July 5, 2023

  • How This Man Helped Prevent a Revenge Murder

     June 29, 2023

  • 60 Outreach Workers, Case Managers Join Efforts to Disrupt Violence in Chicago

     June 15, 2023

  • Justice Department Officials Take Interest In, Praise Chicago Anti-Violence Programs

     June 8, 2023

  • New Mayor, Same Struggle with Chicago Crime as Anti-Violence Activists Work on the Ground

     June 2, 2023

  • From Chess Tournaments to Mentorship Programs: How Far North Side Groups Plan to Prevent Violence This Summer

     May 25, 2023

  • Here’s How the City Council Can Lead the Response to Chicago’s Most Urgent Challenges

     May 8, 2023

  • Winners: 3 Organizations Making the Greatest Impact in Violence Interruption and Prevention in Chicago

     April 17, 2023

  • Northwestern University CORNERS Research Confirms CP4P Partners Saving Lives

     April 13, 2023

  • Solutions to Chicago Gun Violence That Go Beyond Policing

     April 3, 2023

  • Anti-violence Advocates Pinpoint Issues to Reduce Violence Following Deadly 2021 with Nearly 800 People Killed

     January 22, 2022

“What I enjoy most about our team is the diversity of our team and how we look out for each other as well as those we serve.”

Maria Camila Camacho in action

Maria Camila Camacho

Bilingual Mental Health Practitioner

Recent News & Events

ALSO Hosts Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Advocacy Meeting on Chicago’s Northwest Side

ALSO Hosts Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Advocacy Meeting on Chicago’s Northwest Side A full house attended a recent community violence intervention (CVI) advocacy meeting hosted by the Alliance of Social Service Organizations (ALSO) on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 on Chicago’s Northwest Side. The gathering was organized to hear residents public safety concerns and to discuss…
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Project H.O.O.D. Breaks Ground on New Community Center in Woodlawn

Project H.O.O.D. Breaks Ground on New Community Center in Woodlawn Construction kicked off for the Robert R. McCormick Leadership and Economic Opportunity Center on Monday, September 18, 2023 in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood. Project H.O.O.D. celebrated the occasion with a groundbreaking ceremony led by its founder and New Beginnings Church Senior Pastor Corey Brooks. The 85,000-square-foot…
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Together Chicago Hosts Near West Side Residents for End of Summer Peace Party

Together Chicago Hosts Near West Side Residents for End of Summer Peace Party Community violence intervention (CVI) professionals from Together Chicago hosted an End of Summer Peace Party in Ellen Gates Starr Park on September 16, 2023 as part of Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P)‘s Light in the Night series to reclaim public spaces. Community…
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