Slide 6RECENT NEWSIllinois Peace Project Announces 2026 Peace Portraits HonoreesSlide 1RECENT NEWS'This Work Is Life or Death': North Lawndale Collaborative Hosts Quarterly Community Meeting on CVI Efforts and Public SafetySlide 2RECENT NEWSCVI Convening Celebrates Reduction in Citywide Gun Violence, Looks to the Future of CVI in ChicagoSlide 3RECENT NEWSCity of Chicago Launches First-Ever Center for Formerly Incarcerated WomenSlide 4RECENT NEWSCrain’s Chicago Business Details Chicago’s 10-Year Low in Violent CrimeSlide 5RECENT NEWSChicago Bears Honor New Life Centers CEO Matt DeMateo with 2025 Inspire Change Changemaker Award Community Violence Intervention (CVI) is an evidence-informed, non-punitive public health approach to reducing gun violence. LEARN HOW CVI WORKS The principles of CVI are hyperlocal, restorative, collaborative, nonviolent, and trauma-informed. FIND AN ORGANIZATION Stay up to date on how our coalition of organizations are bringing change across Illinois. FIND WAYS TO HELP Join the movement to create transformative peace. READ RECENT CVI NEWS
