Civic leaders: Smart investments in public safety are beginning to pay off. Just look at the data.
Community violence intervention programs are in 37 of Chicago’s 77 communities and are helping reduce arrests and shootings.
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Vaughn Bryant and Arne Duncan: Violence prevention work is reducing shootings in Chicago. Let’s scale it
A few weeks ago, a local foundation announced a major grant to help expand community violence intervention (CVI) programs. A few months before that, a major business group publicly committed...
Vaughn Bryant: What is community violence intervention?
Let's be honest: We have never had a successful public safety strategy in Black and brown communities. Until now. Imagine an effective policing strategy that makes neighborhoods safe; causes residents...
Commentary: Chicago’s violence brings despair, but there is hope for our young men
It's been a rough 2020 for Chicago. At the halfway mark, more than 1,200 people have been shot and nearly 300 killed , an enormous increase over last year at...
Commentary: Chicago Forward — Violence reduction goes hand in hand with reaching disconnected youth
Something important is happening in Chicago. The Philadelphia Inquirer gets it. Here's the headline from the paper's Jan. 10 editorial: "Important lessons for Philadelphia from Chicago's three-year decline in gun...
Commentary: Chicago police need to take a new approach to build trust in higher-crime neighborhoods — and fast
Trust is the grease on the wheels of progress. With trust, anything is possible. Without trust, everything grinds to a halt. The initial report from Maggie Hickey, the independent monitor...