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To prevent violence, assist its victims, and provide social reintegration options for individuals who have committed crimes and served their sentences, organizations like the Southwest Organizing Project, the Chicago Community Justice Foundation, and others are expanding their infrastructure and services to benefit more people residing in neighborhoods affected by violence, improve community safety, and promote equity and opportunities to get ahead

The Metropolitan Peace Academy and its street outreach workers carry out direct and intense work in neighborhoods, especially with young people who are part of gangs or have committed crimes, to help both victims and perpetrators break the cycle of violence. The work of Ricardo Estrada and Jesús Salazar, among others, at this institution is based on having themselves experienced and overcome violence, and then projecting their commitment, knowledge, and empathy to help others, especially young people, and to prevent violence in Latino neighborhoods of Chicago

Nearly 300 children each received a toy during the fifth annual giveaway organized by Communities Partnering for Peace.

Chicago is poised to see a double-digit percentage drop in homicides in 2023, welcome news for a freshman mayor and a police superintendent who took the reins of the department just a couple of months ago. But the small measure of success may not be exactly as it seems, a Tribune analysis of police data has found. While citywide figures show improvement, a closer look shows that neighborhoods ...

Chicago is poised to see a double-digit percentage drop in homicides in 2023, welcome news for a freshman mayor and a police superintendent who took the reins of the department just a couple of months ago. But the small measure of success may not be exactly as it seems, a Tribune analysis of police data has found. While citywide figures show improvement, a closer look shows that neighborhoods ...