Press Releases

Official announcements from Metropolitan Peace Initiatives.


For all media requests, please contact:

Geneen Harston
Director of Communications
harstong@metrofamily.org

February 24, 2026 – CVI Organizations Highlight Services Contributing to Public Safety While Marking 2025’s Historic Decline in Gun Violence
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February 18, 2026 – CVI Organizations Salute Governor Pritzker’s Proposed FY 2027 Budget
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January 2, 2026 – Statement of CVI Community About 2025 Decline in Gun Violence
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December 19, 2025 – Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle Reaffirms Support for Community Violence Intervention Programs at Metropolitan Peace Academy Graduation
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November 4, 2025 – Statement from Chicago CRED, Metropolitan Peace Initiatives, and Communities Partnering 4 Peace Regarding the City of Chicago Budget
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October 8, 2025 – Statement of CVI Community Regarding ICE, CBP, and Troops
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September 25, 2025 – Community Violence Intervention Advocates Call for Sustained Funding Amidst a Historic Decline in Gun Violence
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July 15, 2025 – Amidst Historic Decline in Gun Violence, Community Violence Intervention Programs are Going to Scale in Four Communities with Three Others in the Pipeline
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June 18, 2025 –
Metropolitan Peace Academy Graduates More Than 70 Community Violence Intervention Workers and
Management Fellows
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June 13, 2025 –
Illinois Peace Project Debuts the 2025 ‘Peace Portraits’ Honorees,
Recognizes Their Dedication to Community Safety
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May 31, 2025 – City Mobilizes to Combat Gun Violence During Gun Violence Awareness Month
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May 13, 2025 – Chicago Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Organizations Hold CVI Rally Day in Springfield for Full Funding of the Reimagine Public Safety Act
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May 1, 2025 – Statement of Chicago Community Violence Intervention Organizations In Response to Trump Administration Cancelling of Public Safety Grants
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April 17, 2025 — Governor/Legislators Hail New Report Crediting State-Funded Peacekeepers Program with Helping Reduce Gun Violence in Chicago
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November 20, 2024 — Musician Vic Mensa Headlines Metropolitan Peace Academy Community Violence Intervention Graduation
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October 21, 2024 — Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P) to Host Citywide ‘March to the Polls’ in Support of CVI
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July 15, 2024 — Metropolitan Peace Academy Introduces New Community Violence Intervention Leadership Program, Now Accepting Applications
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July 10, 2024 — Public and Private Sector Leaders Affirm Historic Investment in CVI to Help Address Surging Gun Violence
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July 3, 2024 — Englewood’s Public Equity, Think Outside Da Block to Join Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P) Community Violence Intervention Collaborative
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June 20, 2024 — Metropolitan Peace Academy and Communities Partnering 4 Peace Celebrate the Graduation of Community Violence Intervention Workers
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June 17, 2024 — Community Leaders Announce Plans to Scale Violence Prevention Programs in Four Chicago Neighborhoods
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April 30, 2024 — CVI Groups Rally for Permanent State Funding, Hundreds Gather in Springfield as State Budget Takes Shape
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February 1, 2024 — Philanthropic, Business, Government Leaders Join CVI Groups to Expand Neighborhood Collaboratives to Reduce Gun Violence
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January 13, 2024 — Metropolitan Peace Initiatives Celebrates New Community Violence Intervention Training Center with Ribbon Cutting
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August 11, 2023 — Sen. Durbin to Visit Metropolitan Family Services to Highlight Importance of Continued Investment and Partnerships in Chicago Community Violence Intervention (CVI)
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April 12, 2023 — New Northwestern University Research Shows Coalition of Community Violence Intervention Groups Are ‘Saving Lives’ in Chicago’s Most Violent Neighborhoods
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