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.

The conversation will be moderated by CORNERS Faculty Director Andrew Papachristos, and will feature several of the organization’s community partners who spearhead violence prevention initiatives in Chicago. Panelists will include Metropolitan Peace Initiatives Executive Director Vaughn Bryant, UCAN President/CEO Christa Hamilton, Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities Executive Director Esther Franco-Payne, and Chicago CRED Founder Arne Duncan.