Donnell Gardner, a street outreach worker with Chicago CRED, talked with reporter Emily Nonko about his work, as well as his participation in the Violence Intervention Worker Study. David Hureau, assistant professor of sociology at University of Albany and co-author Andrew Papachristos, professor of sociology at Northwestern University partnered with Chicago CRED and Institute for Nonviolence Chicago to survey the needs of outreach workers in violence intervention programs. To read more about what is needed to support the men and women doing this valuable work, click here.

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