Donnell Gardner, a street outreach worker with Chicago CRED, talked with reporter Emily Nonko about his work, as well as his...
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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...
Research Finds Anti-Violence Programs Can Work
A new study by University of Chicago Crime Lab of the Chicago-based anti-violence program READI has provided some of the best...
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...
He Walked Away But Still Got Shot
Larice Nelson is a victim advocate for the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago in the Austin community. Based on the arc of his...
Non-Violence Group Works to Stop Violence with Hoops and Hope
Basketball leagues are not an official component of CRED's anti-violence efforts. A league was formed in a matter of days in...