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Chicago’s Summer Safety Strategy Centers Community Violence Intervention and Youth Investment

At least 26 people were shot over Memorial Day weekend, including one fatality — a slight increase from 2025, when Chicago recorded its least violent Memorial Day weekend since 2010. During that period last year, 25 people were shot, including four fatalities.

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WATCH: Peace Portraits Featured on ABC7 Chicago’s ‘Our Chicago’

Ahead of the launch of the 2026 Peace Portraits, Metropolitan Peace Initiatives Communications Manager Camille Travis and Institute for Nonviolence Chicago Outreach Supervisor Tavares Harrington appeared on ABC7 Chicago’s Our Chicago to discuss the project and the honorees being celebrated for their work.

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Chicago Reporter Highlights Chicago Peacekeepers Program, 35% Decrease in Homicides in Single Year

A recent in-depth piece from The Chicago Reporter featured Community Violence Intervention (CVI) leaders from Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P), who shared some of the complexities of the Peacekeepers Program and the powerful impact the Peacekeepers have made in their neighborhoods.

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‘This Work Is Life or Death’: North Lawndale Collaborative Hosts Quarterly Community Meeting on CVI Efforts and Public Safety

It was a packed house at the North Lawndale Collaborative‘s (NLC) quarterly community meeting, as residents, Community Violence Intervention (CVI) professionals, and elected officials gathered to hear insights on the work being done on the ground to combat violence in the area.

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CVI Convening Celebrates Reduction in Citywide Gun Violence, Looks to the Future of CVI in Chicago

Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI), alongside other Community Violence Intervention (CVI) organizations, public officials, and advocates, convened to provide Chicago with a public safety update and mark the city’s historic decline in gun violence last year.

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City of Chicago Launches First-Ever Center for Formerly Incarcerated Women

The City of Chicago recently launched its first-ever women’s Community Re-entry Support Center (CRSC) in partnership with the Women’s Justice Institute, in addition to awarding five community organizations serving residents returning from incarceration.

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