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With Dozens Being Shot Every Day, Anti-Violence Groups Continue Working Amid Looting And COVID-19
  • Publication: WBEZ
  • Date: June 2, 2020
Little Village Neighbors Stand Guard At Street Corners: ‘They Don’t Want Anyone Looting Or Tearing Their Community Apart’
  • Publication: Block Club Chicago
  • Date: May 31, 2020
Chicago Doubled Its Street Outreach Workers. Memorial Day Weekend Could Be a Big Test.
  • Publication: The Trace
  • Date: May 22, 2020
Lawyer Spotlight: Miguel Keberlein of Legal Aid Society
  • Publication: 2Civility
  • Date: May 22, 2020
Firsthand Gun Violence Panel Discussion
  • Publication: WTTW
  • Date: May 22, 2020
Virtual Town Hall, Race and COVID-19: Chicago Impacts and Opportunities For Change
  • Publication: ABC 7 Chicago
  • Date: May 21, 2020
Violence Interceptors Fan Out In Chicago This Weekend
  • Publication: WBBM AM
  • Date: May 21, 2020
Metropolitan Family Services Provides Diapers, School Supplies to Parents in Need
  • Publication: Daily Herald
  • Date: May 21, 2020
COVID-19 Forces Chicago Crime Into Quarantine
  • Publication: Center for Illinois Politics
  • Date: May 20, 2020
Mr. Jakee Elliot Representing Harlan Community Academy during Town Hall with President Obama and Michelle Obama
  • Publication: Harlan Community Academy
  • Date: May 19, 2020
Census Q&A for N’DIGO Interview with Ric Estrada, President and CEO, Metropolitan Family Services
  • Publication: N'DIGO
  • Date: May 14, 2020
Despite Pandemic, Trauma Centers See No End To ‘The Visible Virus Of Violence’
  • Publication: Kaiser Health News
  • Date: May 14, 2020
Grant Aims to Combat Gun Violence on the South Side
  • Publication: Citizen Newspaper Group
  • Date: May 13, 2020
Domestic Violence Shelters See More Crisis Calls Amid Coronavirus
  • Publication: Patch
  • Date: May 10, 2020
When the Shootings Don’t Stop
  • Publication: The Trace
  • Date: May 6, 2020
Metropolitan Peace Academy and ACES
  • Publication: WVON
  • Date: May 2, 2020
Signs of Hope for Domestic Abuse Victims
  • Publication: NCTV 17
  • Date: May 1, 2020
Koval Distillery Delivers 500 Gallons Of Free Hand Sanitizer To 6 Chicago-Area Nonprofits
  • Publication: Block Club Chicago
  • Date: April 30, 2020
Chicago Beverage Companies Donate 550 Gallons of Hand Sanitizer to Local Hospitals, Organizations
  • Publication: ABC 7
  • Date: April 30, 2020
DuPage EGala Co Chair April Arnold Speaks with 95.9 The River
  • Publication: 95.9 The River
  • Date: April 30, 2020
DuPage Foundation Contributes an Additional $220,000 to 15 Non-Profits
  • Publication: My Suburban Life
  • Date: April 30, 2020
Jeff Tweedy, Katie Kadan, Nnamdi Headline Virtual Benefit Concert ‘Our City of Neighbors’ to Help Neighborhood Organizations
  • Publication: Chicago Tribune
  • Date: April 30, 2020
Uptown Hospital Successfully Treats Coronavirus Patient with Blood Plasma from Someone Who Recovered from the Sickness
  • Publication: Chicago Sun-Times
  • Date: April 29, 2020
Chicago’s Anti-Violence Workers Face Fight on Two Fronts
  • Publication: WTTW
  • Date: April 27, 2020
Fear of Domestic Violence Increase Become Reality
  • Publication: WDCB
  • Date: April 26, 2020
Anti-Violence Groups Band Together to Lobby for a Slice Of $20M in Federal Funds
  • Publication: WBEZ
  • Date: April 24, 2020
Street Outreach Programs Get $6 Million Boost to Curb Violence On South And West Sides
  • Publication: Block Club Chicago
  • Date: April 24, 2020
Domestic-Related Incidents in Naperville Up 17% in First Month of COVID-19 Lockdown, Police Say
  • Publication: Naperville Sun
  • Date: April 24, 2020
Koval Distillery Now Turning Donated Beer Into Free Hand Sanitizer For Nonprofits
  • Publication: Block Club Chicago
  • Date: April 24, 2020
Anti-Violence Groups Hit the Streets Early to Confront Double Threat of Shootings and Coronavirus. ‘We Just Didn’t Feel Like We Could Afford to Wait.’
  • Publication: Chicago Tribune
  • Date: April 23, 2020
On The West Side, Violence Interrupters Have A New Message: Wash Your Hands
  • Publication: Block Club Chicago
  • Date: April 23, 2020
Former Gang Members Wanted to Stop Gun Violence in Chicago. Now They’re Fighting the Spread of a Deadly Virus.
  • Publication: Mother Jones
  • Date: April 22, 2020
Community Groups Fight Crime Alongside COVID-19
  • Publication: CBS Chicago
  • Date: April 22, 2020
Chicago Awards $7.5M To Anti-Violence Groups
  • Publication: WBEZ
  • Date: April 22, 2020
Lightfoot Awards $7.5 Million in Funding to Chicago Community Groups as They Fight Two Battles: COVID-19 and Uptick in Violence
  • Publication: Chicago Tribune
  • Date: April 21, 2020
The Stay-At-Home Order Has Not Slowed Gun Violence In Chicago. But It Is Slowing Anti-Violence Workers.
  • Publication: WBEZ
  • Date: April 16, 2020
Ric Estrada speaks with WRLL about the 2020 Census
  • Publication: WRLL
  • Date: April 15, 2020
Isolation, Hunger Chief Among Coronavirus Concerns for Seniors
  • Publication: WTTW
  • Date: April 13, 2020
These Chicago Organizations Need Your Help Right Now
  • Publication: Better
  • Date: April 13, 2020
A Better Chicago Is Creating a Fund to Help Those Most in Need in the Face of the Coronavirus Crisis
  • Publication: Univision Chicago
  • Date: April 10, 2020
Column: Sudden Need Due to Coronavirus Restrictions Overwhelms Blue Island Food Pantry; Volunteers, Donors Show Best of Humanity
  • Publication: Daily Southtown
  • Date: April 2, 2020
Leadership Greater Chicago: LGC Fellows on the Frontline
  • Publication: LinkedIn
  • Date: March 29, 2020
Pandemic Rules Have DuPage Domestic Violence Aides Working Remotely
  • Publication: Daily Herald
  • Date: March 27, 2020
Metropolitan Family Services to honor Paul and Mary Ann Travers with Leadership Award
  • Publication: Daily Herald
  • Date: March 26, 2020
Coronavirus Interrupts Efforts To Curb Gun Violence In Chicago
  • Publication: NPR
  • Date: March 25, 2020
Already Fighting One Public Health Crisis, Chicago’s Gun Violence Interrupters Take on Coronavirus
  • Publication: The Trace
  • Date: March 17, 2020
WIOA Opportunities at Metropolitan Family Services’ North Center
  • Publication: Adelante WGN TV
  • Date: March 10, 2020
Living Legacy: Lyon Family Foundation
  • Publication: Country Magazine
  • Date: March 1, 2020
Coalition Works Toward 20% Reduction in Chicago Gun Violence
  • Publication: WTTW
  • Date: February 24, 2020
Vaughn Bryant, Communities Partnering for Peace & Metropolitan Peace Initiatives
  • Publication: Comcast Newsmakers
  • Date: February 19, 2020