Metropolitan Peace Initiatives
Helping people heal from trauma by partnering with and offering support for community-based and citywide organizations through:
- Metropolitan Peace Academy
- Behavioral health
- Street outreach supervision
- Workforce development
- Legal aid
Communities Partnering 4 Peace
Our partners provide a comprehensive, long-term approach to reducing violence gun violence in communities across Chicago. CP4P principles are:
- Trauma-informed
- Restorative
- Nonviolent
- Hyperlocal
Metropolitan Peace Academy
Professionalizing the field of community violence intervention (CVI) with intensive and multidisciplinary training by:
- Building a citywide network of outreach workers
- Enhancing community capacity to reduce violence
recent news
PRESS PLAY: Our Women’s History Month Recap
Women’s History Month might be over, but remember to celebrate the women who work in community violence intervention year-round.
Panel Discussion on April 24: Leveraging Research Partnerships to Reduce Violence and Shape the Future of Public Safety in Chicago
Join us on April 24, 2025 at 5 p.m. at Northwestern University’s downtown Chicago campus (303 E Superior St) for a timely panel discussion on community violence intervention and the ways in which Northwestern’s Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research and Science (CORNERS) is working with partners to help reduce gun violence.
CPRU Team Joins 2025 Teen Bash
This past Saturday, March 29, the Crisis Prevention & Response Unit (CPRU) team attended the 2025 Teen Bash, a free event in collaboration with the City of Chicago and My Chi, My Future.