INSTITUTE FOR NONVIOLENCE CHICAGO
Facilitated by Metropolitan Family Services, CP4P is a collaboration of 14 community groups working in 28 Chicago neighborhoods that account for over 70% of the city's gun violence.
Austin
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago
Humboldt Park
Alliance of Local Service Orgs. (ALSO)
West Garfield Park
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago
East Garfield Park
Breakthrough
North Lawndale
UCAN
Little Village (South Lawndale)
New Life Centers
Enlace
Back of the Yards (New City)
Precious Blood
West Englewood
Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN)
Target Area DevCorp
Englewood
Target Area DevCorp
Public Equity
Roseland
UCAN
Greater Grand Crossing
Acclivus
South Shore
Claretian
South Chicago
Claretian
Auburn Gresham
Target Area DevCorp
Chatham
Target Area DevCorp
Chicago Lawn
SWOP (Southwest Organizing Project)
Avondale
Alliance of Local Service Orgs. (ALSO)
Rogers Park
ONE Northside
Uptown
ONE Northside
Washington Park
Acclivus
Woodlawn
Project Hood
Albany Park
Alliance of Local Service Orgs. (ALSO)
Near West Side
Together Chicago
Belmont-Cragin
Alliance of Local Service Orgs. (ALSO)
Lower West Side
New Life Centers
Enlace
Brighton Park
New Life Centers
Gage Park
SWOP (Southwest Organizing Project)
South Deering
Claretian
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 Reentry 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, reentry 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
