When you put Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s principles and steps of nonviolence into action it makes a difference. It reduces violence, establishes trust, and restores community.
We’ve been focusing our efforts in some of Chicago’s neighborhoods most affected by violence—Austin, Back of the Yards, West Garfield Park, and portions of Brighton Park. And it’s getting measurable results, changing lives, and giving people hope again.
PRACTICING NONVIOLENCE
IS BRINGING HOPE BACK TO
NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS CHICAGO.
HOW WE'VE BEEN A PART OF ENDING THE VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO IN 2024:
955
conflict mediations conducted
that likely prevented a shooting
1,262
participants served in our outreach, job readiness, reentry,
and victim support services
319
shooting incidents responded to by frontline CVI workers
410
victims & families supported,
199 (49%) victims became program participants
-15%
decrease in shooting victimizations in all our service areas
176
FLIP Peacekeepers monitoring hot spots in our service areas
524
nonviolence training attendees
125
community events hosted to
reclaim safe spaces
WE ARE COMMITTED TO HAVING A MEANINGFUL IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
We take our work seriously, so at the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago we partner with Corners: Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science at Northwestern to gather data about our programs and practices.
Ending violence is too important for us to be ineffective.
We want to find out what works and what doesn’t,
so we can better ourselves and be as helpful as possible in our communities.