Press Clips

Time for Chicago to Reimagine Its Approach to Public Safety and Policing

• Publication: Chicago Sun-Times
• Date: September 23, 2020

Chicago Covid-19 Coalition Distributes More Than $1.3 Million in Humanitarian Relief

• Publication: Greek Reporter
• Date: September 22, 2020

19 Illinois Agencies Receive Federal Aid to Prevent Violence Against Women

• Publication: ABC 7 Chicago
• Date: September 21, 2020

‘There’s Not a Comparable Year’: Homicides Are Up 52% in Chicago Amid COVID-19, with Majority Involving People of Color

• Publication: USA Today
• Date: September 17, 2020

Managing Multiple Pandemics: How Street Outreach Workers Are Addressing Gun Violence and COVID-19

• Publication: Northwestern Neighborhood & Network Initiative, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
• Date: September 17, 2020

With Census Response Rates Lagging, State Rep Throws Event To Boost Northwest Side Participation

• Publication: Block Club Chicago
• Date: September 8, 2020

They’re Trying to Stop Shootings in Chicago Before They Happen

• Publication: CNN International
• Date: September 5, 2020

Invest in Kids at Birth to Build Racial Equity

• Publication: Crain's Chicago Business
• Date: August 28, 2020

Free Food, Supplies Available Friday In Auburn Gresham And Washington Heights

• Publication: Block Club Chicago
• Date: August 21, 2020

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, CPD Announce Expansion of Neighborhood Policing Initiative

• Publication: ABC 7 Chicago
• Date: August 20, 2020

Chicago Police to Expand Program in Which Officers Seek to Be Neighborhood ‘Problem Solvers’

• Publication: Chicago Sun-Times
• Date: August 20, 2020

Lightfoot, CPD Announce Expansion of New Policing Initiative

• Publication: NBC 5 Chicago
• Date: August 20, 2020

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, CPD Announce Expansion of Neighborhood Policing Initiative

• Publication: MSN
• Date: August 20, 2020

Lightfoot, CPD Expanding Neighborhood Policing Initiative To 3 More Districts

• Publication: CBS 2 Chicago
• Date: August 20, 2020

Chicago Police Shifting Officers to Focus on Community Policing on West, Southwest Sides

• Publication: WGN TV
• Date: August 20, 2020

Community Policing Expanding On South, West Sides: ‘This Is What Policing Is And Should Be’

• Publication: Block Club Chicago
• Date: August 20, 2020

Lightfoot, Brown Expand Community Policing Initiative to 3 More Districts

• Publication: Fox 32 Chicago
• Date: August 20, 2020

Mayor Lightfoot and CPD Expand Neighborhood Policing Initiative to Three More Districts

• Publication: City of Chicago
• Date: August 20, 2020

ABC 7 Chicago presents: Do You Hear Me? A Discussion about Race, a virtual town hall with Windy City Live’s Val Warner

• Publication: ABC 7 Chicago
• Date: August 20, 2020

Column: Crisis Counselors Adapt to Pandemic, Keep Working to Prevent Child Suicides

• Publication: Daily Southtown
• Date: August 14, 2020

In Another Troubled Time, Englewood Continues Efforts to Transform

• Publication: Chicago Tribune
• Date: August 14, 2020

What’s Driving This Year’s Flare-Up of Violence in Chicago

• Publication: Crain's Chicago Business
• Date: August 10, 2020

Two Cities, a Spike in Crime, and the Federal Response

• Publication: Chirstian Science Monitor
• Date: August 5, 2020

Cook County Board Resolves To Redirect Dollars Away From Jails And Policing, Calling It A ‘Failed System’

• Publication: The Daily Line
• Date: July 31, 2020

At Rogers Park Anti-Violence March, Neighbors Seek Truce Between Feuding Gangs

• Publication: Block Club Chicago
• Date: July 29, 2020

Advocates Say Killing of Children Must Stop

• Publication: Austin Talks
• Date: July 27, 2020

On Chicago’s South Side, Some Violence-Weary Residents Open to Federal Investigators

• Publication: Reuters
• Date: July 27, 2020

Despite A Spike In Shootings, Chicago’s Anti-Violence Workers Remain Resilient

• Publication: WBEZ
• Date: July 25, 2020

George Floyd’s Brother Visits Austin to Help Launch $5M initiative

• Publication: Austin Weekly News
• Date: July 25, 2020

Cook County Board to Give $5 Million to Non-Profit to Help Combat Gun Violence

• Publication: Chicago Sun-Times
• Date: July 24, 2020

George Floyd’s Brother Joins Toni Preckwinkle, Former NBA Player to Unveil Cook County Violence Prevention Funding Effort

• Publication: ABC 7
• Date: July 24, 2020

Preckwinkle Announces $5M Investment to Help Reduce Violence

• Publication: Windy City Times
• Date: July 24, 2020

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle Announces New $5 Million Investment in Violence Reduction Efforts

• Publication: Cook County Government
• Date: July 24, 2020

George Floyd’s brother, Toni Preckwinkle announce $5M investment to West and South Sides

• Publication: WGN News
• Date: July 24, 2020

Violence Interrupters Work To Break ‘Cycle Of Retaliation’ That Leads To Shootings, But Say They Need More Manpower

• Publication: CBS 2
• Date: July 22, 2020

Do You Hear Me: A Conversation About Race

• Publication: ABC 7
• Date: July 16, 2020

DuPage Foundation Grants Total $1 million to Aid DuPage Nonprofits During COVID-19 Pandemic

• Publication: Daily Herald
• Date: July 14, 2020

Community Peacemakers in Chicago Offer a Proven Alternative to Policing

• Publication: Waging Nonviolence
• Date: July 14, 2020

Editorial: What Isn’t Working to Reduce Crime in Chicago — and What Could

• Publication: Chicago Tribune
• Date: July 12, 2020

When Your House Is Not a Home: Domestic Violence in Chicago Amid a Pandemic

• Publication: Daily Northwestern
• Date: July 8, 2020

Column: ‘Boxes of hope’: In Little Village, a Food Pantry Turns the COVID-19 Crisis into Opportunity

• Publication: Chicago Tribune
• Date: July 3, 2020

Nicole Cameron Named Executive Director of Metropolitan Family Services DuPage

• Publication: Daily Herald
• Date: July 2, 2020

Commentary: Chicago’s Violence Brings Despair, But There Is Hope for Our Young Men

• Publication: Chicago Tribune
• Date: July 1, 2020

How Lombard Volunteer Turned a Gift Card into Outpouring of Support for Domestic Violence Survivors

• Publication: Daily Herald
• Date: June 30, 2020

Woman Raises $2K For Domestic Violence Shelter After Her Company’s COVID-19 Generous Gesture

• Publication: WBBM Newsradio 780
• Date: June 30, 2020

Top Cop David Brown Again Decries Lack of Consequences for Chicago Gun Offenders

• Publication: WTTW
• Date: June 29, 2020

Peacekeeping on the Streets of Austin

• Publication: United Way
• Date: June 26, 2020

Chicago’s Peace Academy Graduates a New Class of Violence Interrupters

• Publication: The Trace
• Date: June 25, 2020

Chicagoans DO Protest Gun Violence And Organize For Safer Neighborhoods All The Time. Here’s How

• Publication: Block Club Chicago
• Date: June 24, 2020

Chicago’s Peace Outreach Continues as Gun Violence Takes No Break

• Publication: McCormick Foundation
• Date: June 23, 2020