INSTITUTE FOR NONVIOLENCE CHICAGO
AN UNPRECEDENTED COLLABORATION BETWEEN LEADING OUTREACH AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO WITH A COMPREHENSIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED, TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACH.
Facilitated by Metropolitan Family Services, CP4P is a collaboration of fifteen community groups working in twenty-two Chicago neighborhoods that are most affected by gun violence.
The twenty-two communities and fifteen CP4P groups are:
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Austin & West Garfield Park— Institute for Nonviolence Chicago (INVC)
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Back of the Yards (New City)— Precious Blood
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West Englewood, Englewood, Auburn Gresham, & Chatham— Target Area DevCorp
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West Englewood— Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN)
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East Garfield Park— Breakthrough
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Hermosa & Humboldt Park— Alliance of Local Service Orgs. (ALSO)
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Little Village (South Lawndale)— New Life Centers, Enlace Chicago
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Roseland & North Lawndale— UCAN
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South Shore & South Chicago— Claretian Associates
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Woodlawn— Project Hood
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Greater Grand Crossing & Washington Park— Acclivus
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Uptown & Rogers Park— ONE Northside
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Chicago Lawn— Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP)
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West Pullman— Roseland Ceasefire
HOW WE WORK TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITIES
Nonviolence Training: Establish healthy conflict mediation using the steps and principles of Nonviolence
Community Organizing: Support community resiliency through peacebuilding
Street Outreach:
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Canvassing hot spots
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Immediate response to shootings
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Mediate ongoing conflicts
Victim Advocacy & Support:
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Immediate response to living victims of a shooting and surviving family members of a homicide
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Advocacy with funeral homes, hospitals and mental health providers
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Long-term trauma support
Case Management and Re-entry support:
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Reintegrates people into the community post-incarceration
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Addresses risk factors, especially employment, housing and substance abuse
OUR PROGRAM
AND SERVICES
Metropolitan Peace Academy: 144-hour research-based curriculum for violence-prevention workers
By leveraging the intellectual and human capital of CP4P’s partners, outreach work is being professionalized through the Peace Academy, which provides workers a 144-hour curriculum on violence reduction’s best practices. Outreach workers learn about relationship dynamics, how the brain changes under the constant threat of violence and more. This knowledge — and access to sociologists, clinical psychologists and other experts — helps them better understand and connect with key individuals in neighborhoods to help break the cycle of violence and retaliation.
Violence Prevention: Outreach, re-entry services, family support, employment, trauma-informed services, restorative justice, legal services
Light in the Night: Free events four nights a week in nine different neighborhoods empowering communities to reclaim safe public space
OUR IMPACT SO FAR
From FY 2016 to FY 2018
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A 25% decrease in shootings in CP4P communities
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A 33% decrease in homicides in CP4P communities
