Slide 1RECENT NEWSIllinois Peace Project Announces 2026 Peace Portraits HonoreesSlide 2RECENT NEWSOverheard at the Third Annual ‘We Are Our Own Medicine’ ConferenceSlide 3RECENT NEWS'This Work Is Life or Death': North Lawndale Collaborative Hosts Quarterly Community Meeting on CVI Efforts and Public SafetySlide 4RECENT NEWSCVI Convening Celebrates Reduction in Citywide Gun Violence, Looks to the Future of CVI in ChicagoSlide 5RECENT NEWSCity of Chicago Launches First-Ever Center for Formerly Incarcerated WomenSlide 6RECENT NEWSCrain’s Chicago Business Details Chicago’s 10-Year Low in Violent Crime 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