A Conversation with the Members of Chicago CRED Arne Duncan, YPC life coach, Jervon Hicks, alumnus, Aaron Taylor and alumni...
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There’s a Lot More to Basketball than Basketball – Phil Jackson
The Chicago CRED Basketball League season is over, and it was a complete success. The final two games of the seven-game series...
We Know How to Prevent Gun Violence. Now We Need to Scale It.
Chicago CRED proceeds from the belief that the individuals most at risk are not the problem - they are the solution. The City of...
The Violence Interrupters Need Help
Donnell Gardner, a street outreach worker with Chicago CRED, talked with reporter Emily Nonko about his work, as well as his...
Lifting Their Voices for Gun Safety
Participants and staff from Youth Peace Center (YPC), in the Roseland community in Chicago, accompanied Arne Duncan to...
A Memoir, Shaped By Community
Men from Chicago CRED recently participated in the ConTextos Chicago Project, an intensive writing program that incorporates...
As Gun Deaths Surge, Scientists Fill Knowledge Gaps In Field of Violence Intervention
A landmark study, Violence Intervention Worker Study (VIeWS), was conducted by Northwestern University and the University at...
Anti-Violence Groups Tout United Front As Summer Nears
Over a dozen anti-violence organizations came together at the Garfield Park field house last week to talk about how their...
Violence Prevention Community Gathers for Pre-Summer Update
Partners Highlight Outreach Strategies, Collaboration, Research, and Funding Chicago's growing community of violence prevention...
Instead of Youth Curfews, Here’s How to Get Serious About Youth Violence
An editorial, written by Rev. Michael Pleger, Rev. Otis Moss III, Rabbi Seth Limmer, Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain, and Arne...
Coming Together on the Courts
The spring Chicago CRED Basketball League held the first of seven-game series scheduled at five locations around Chicago and...
The Cost of Reducing Crime
The costs associated with violence and crime in Chicago is in the billions of dollars, in lost lives and victim...