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Northwest Side Shootings Starting To Drop After Months Of Outcry: ‘It’s Gotten So Much Better’
  • Publication: Block Club Chicago
  • Date: November 13, 2020
Youth Crisis Counselor Melissa Coleman Highlights Complications COVID-19 Has Posed to Her Work
  • Publication: Medill Reports Chicago
  • Date: November 12, 2020
‘Chicago Tonight’ in Your Neighborhood: West Lawn
  • Publication: WTTW
  • Date: November 12, 2020
Mpower the Night Goes Virtual
  • Publication: Politico Illinois Playbook
  • Date: November 10, 2020
Metropolitan Family Services’ Mpower the Night Goes Virtual This Year
  • Publication: ABC 7 Chicago
  • Date: November 9, 2020
The Will Group and Tuskegee Next Fly in PPE for Metropolitan Family Services’ Southwest Center
  • Publication: ABC 7
  • Date: November 5, 2020
‘Know Your Rights’ Programs Highlight Fair Pay, Safety, Labor Exploitation
  • Publication: Daily Herald
  • Date: November 4, 2020
Not a Day Without Violence (Use Google Chrome to Translate from German to English)
  • Publication: Taz
  • Date: November 2, 2020
Here’s What Players Coalition Has Been Working on for Election Day
  • Publication: Yahoo Sports
  • Date: November 2, 2020
Players Coalition Is Chipping in $2000 to Help Get Chicago Voters to Their Polling Places on Election Day Through Free CTA Rides
  • Publication: WBBM AM
  • Date: October 28, 2020
‘Peace Academy’ Graduates Are Trained To Break Cycle Of Street Violence
  • Publication: NPR National
  • Date: October 25, 2020
Legal Aid Society Luncheon Honors Its Dedicated Pro Bono Volunteers
  • Publication: Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
  • Date: October 22, 2020
State of Domestic Violence in Chicago Panel
  • Publication: Jewish Women's International
  • Date: October 20, 2020
Patterns of Behavior
  • Publication: Comcast Newsmakers
  • Date: October 19, 2020
Aldermen Push To Be More Involved in Street-Level Anti-Violence Programs Receiving City Funding
  • Publication: The Daily Line
  • Date: October 16, 2020
Chicago’s Gun Violence Plan Looks Good on Paper, Prevention Leaders Say. Can the City Pull It Off?
  • Publication: The Trace
  • Date: October 16, 2020
Domestic Violence Crimes Are Up In DuPage County
  • Publication: NCTV 17
  • Date: October 16, 2020
Non-Profit Offers Virtual Presentations and Workshops to Help Identify Abuse During Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  • Publication: WBBM AM
  • Date: October 15, 2020
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services Receives El Humanitario Award from Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberley M. Foxx
  • Publication: Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
  • Date: October 14, 2020
After Months Of Shootings In Albany Park And Ravenswood Manor, City Sends More Cops, Violence Interrupters To 17th District
  • Publication: Block Club Chicago
  • Date: October 14, 2020
Center on Halsted’s Valle, Artist Sam Kirk Among Latinx Community Champions
  • Publication: Windy City Times
  • Date: October 14, 2020
Naperville Not Immune to Domestic Violence, So Learn How to Help If You Suspect Something, Educator Says
  • Publication: The Naperville Sun
  • Date: October 13, 2020
Metropolitan Family Services DuPage Executive Director Nicole Cameron Receives October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month Proclamation from DuPage County Board
  • Publication: DuPage County Board
  • Date: October 13, 2020
How to End a Police Standoff: ‘I’m Trying to Watch the Lakers Game — Come Out’
  • Publication: Chicago Sun-Times
  • Date: October 12, 2020
Mayor Lori Lightfoot Vowed to Reimagine Violence Response and End Sole Reliance on Police, but Outreach Groups at Heart of Plan Still Struggle for Funding
  • Publication: Chicago Tribune
  • Date: October 12, 2020
Project Dandelion Exposes Sexual Assault Crimes on Illinois College Campuses. It Was Created by a High Schooler.
  • Publication: Chicago Tribune
  • Date: October 9, 2020
Benedictine University Interview with Family Shelter Service of Metropolitan Family Services
  • Publication: Benedictine University
  • Date: October 7, 2020
‘I Still Have Bills To Pay’: Parents Struggle To Balance Childcare And Work During The Pandemic
  • Publication: National Public Radio
  • Date: October 7, 2020
Chicago Anti-Violence Groups Build Up Mental Health Support For Workers Who Are ‘Exposed To So Much Trauma’
  • Publication: WBEZ
  • Date: October 1, 2020
Free Legal Aid Now Available As Part Of Anti-Violence Street Outreach
  • Publication: Block Club Chicago
  • Date: October 1, 2020
South Chicago Community Leaders, Social Workers Headline Upcoming Conference On Healing From Trauma
  • Publication: Block Club Chicago
  • Date: September 30, 2020
Anti-Violence Groups Respond to Lightfoot’s New Safety Plan
  • Publication: WTTW Chicago Tonight
  • Date: September 30, 2020
The Legal Aid Society (LAS) Announced Sonny R. Thatch II Will Move Into the Role of Managing Attorney for Communities Partnering 4 Peace Justice Corps
  • Publication: Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
  • Date: September 28, 2020
State, City Census Leaders on Counting Hard-to-Reach Residents
  • Publication: WTTW Chicago Tonight Latino Voices
  • Date: September 26, 2020
DiveIn Chicago Panel Discussion
  • Publication: DiveIn Chicago
  • Date: September 24, 2020
How Can We Save Chicago Kids From Spiking Gun Violence? ‘We Need All Hands On Deck,’ Mediators, Activists Say
  • Publication: Block Club Chicago
  • Date: September 23, 2020
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
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
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
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