Metropolitan Peace Initiatives
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Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI), a division of MFS supports CP4P, convenes community-based organizations to help heal those experiencing gun violence.
Joined January 2023
Our Executive Director wants to tell you about our org so you better listen! More info here >> https://t.co/aJNPYm8sCS
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REGISTER NOW: You’re invited to the Metropolitan Peace Academy Fall 2025 Graduation Ceremony! Celebrate our recent cohorts of street outreach workers, case managers and victim advocates on Thursday 12/18/25.
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Join Metropolitan Peace Academy (MPA) in celebrating the graduation of our recent cohorts of street outreach workers, case managers and victim advocates on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at the South...
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Get in the holiday spirit with toy drives hosted by Communities Partnering 4 Peace organizations, all December long! These events are free, family-friendly, and open to the public. Click to learn more.
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Get in the holiday spirit with toy drives hosted by Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P) organizations, all December long! These events are free, family-friendly, and open to the public.
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"Hardy has 1000 conflict mediations in Austin and is marking a total of 20 years violence prevention experience this year." #CVIDailyRead 'West Side violence ‘interrupters’ work to make neighborhoods safer' via Austin Weekly News
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Nekenya Hardy, associate director of outreach and intervention for the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago, walked onto the stage at the Morgan MFG venue last month during Austin Coming Together’s...
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“I’m honored to be here today congratulating another incredible group of dedicated community advocates." #CVIDailyRead 'Mayor Brandon Johnson Awards Third Cohort Of Victim Services Advocates At Graduation Ceremony'
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Local officials, advocates, & public health experts gather tonight for “Reimagining Public Safety: Chicago.” This community town hall will focus on both proven and innovative approaches to reducing gun violence and creating safer communities. Register here
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Join us for a lively discussion about new and proven solutions to end gun violence in Illinois.WHEN:Wednesday, December 3rd6:00-7:30pm CST Doors open at 5:30pmCST - Light meals will be served. WHERE:...
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You’re invited to the Metropolitan Peace Academy Fall 2025 Graduation Ceremony! Celebrate our recent cohorts of street outreach workers, case managers and victim advocates on Thursday 12/18/25. Be sure to register here
metropolitanpeaceinitiatives.org
Join Metropolitan Peace Academy (MPA) in celebrating the graduation of our recent cohorts of street outreach workers, case managers and victim advocates on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at the South...
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This #GivingTuesday, consider donating to Metropolitan Peace Initiatives! Your donation supports life-saving community violence intervention efforts that will positively affect individuals, families, businesses, and neighborhoods across Chicago. https://t.co/q6w7xSu21H
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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Are you a graduate of the MPA? The Metropolitan Peace Academy is now accepting applications for its second cohort of the Metropolitan Peace Academy Management and Supervision Fellowship. Apply now.
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This training program is for current mid-level management Community Violence Intervention (CVI) leaders who are seeking professional development in this rapidly growing field.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Have a safe holiday. Learn more about the work we do here > https://t.co/aJNPYm8sCS
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“We want to see all that glory come back,” Linda Thomas said. 'Three-generation West Side family fights to overcome Chicago’s vast life expectancy gap' #CVIDailyRead via @SunTimes
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West Garfield Park residents are expected to live on average until 67 years old, compared to Loop residents living to age 87. This is widest death gap in Chicago and the biggest gap of any big U.S....
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"We just want to help" said Pastor Corey Brooks. '‘Everybody Eats’ giveaway provides food to 5K families on Chicago’s South Side' #CVIDailyRead
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Project HOOD and New Beginnings Church hosted the annual Everybody Eats giveaway, providing over one million pounds of food to approximately 5,000 families in need on Chicago’s South Side.
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2025 was quite an impactful year for us! Read our report 'Metropolitan Peace Initiatives Highlights: A Safer Chicago' https://t.co/nXQc4SZs8T
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"Mass shootings function not only as tragedies of human loss but also as systemic failures of accountability." said Ph.D student Quinesha Bentley. #CVIDailyRead
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UI Ph.D. student Quinesha Bentley makes the case for Illinois HB 3320 and SB 2279, which mandate that firearm manufacturers whose products are sold, imported or distributed in Illinois share
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ICYMI We'll be at Strides for Peace’s third annual Gun Violence Prevention Expo tomorrow! The expo is designed to build a collective impact approach across leaders, communities and the sectors they represent. Let people know you're coming here > https://t.co/VToMqqEwhM
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"Every gunshot fired in a school doesn’t just pierce bodies — it pierces communities, rewrites futures and changes the hearts of the students and teachers who are left behind." #CVIDailyRead via EdSurge
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Every school shooting and student death hurts teachers, too. Here’s how I keep showing up.
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'“We’ve gained a lot of knowledge and can point to a variety of things that seem to reduce gun violence' #CVIDailyRead 'A Blueprint for Reducing Gun Violence by 2040, According to Experts' via @TeamTrace
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The JAMA Summit on Firearm Violence convened thought leaders from a wide array of disciplines to discuss ideas for preventing shooting deaths and injuries.
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"We were taught to go away from our community. But the biggest thing now is that more and more of us are coming back." #CVIDailyRead 'Gun Violence Is Plummeting in Chicago, But One Neighborhood Feels Left Behind' via @teamtrace
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West Garfield Park has sustained the smallest reduction in gun violence this year. Residents say they need more help.
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"For too long, I think we've treated this as inevitable." #CVIDailyRead A gun violence 'action plan' calls for a new emphasis on prevention via @NPR
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Dozens of leaders in medicine, criminal justice and more issued an urgent call for collective action to tackle the gun violence crisis in the U.S.
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"A safer world will require investing in ... scaling of solutions that reduce firearm harms and center on the people and communities most affected by firearm violence." #CVIDailyRead 'The JAMA Summit Report on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms'
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This Special Communication discusses the JAMA Summit on Firearm Violence and provides an innovations roadmap to lead to substantial reductions in firearm violence, injuries, and harm in the US by...
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WATCH NOW: Chicago Business, Civic, and Faith Leaders Join Forces to Denounce Operation Midway Blitz #CVIDailyRead
https://t.co/VMJyWyOnkL
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