CHICAGO, August 20, 2026: Chicago CRED celebrated 91 participants who earned high school diplomas during its tenth annual...
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Healing the Gun Violence Epidemic: Chicago Leaders Highlight the Power of a Public Health Approach
On Tuesday, July 14, community members, healthcare professionals, violence prevention leaders, and advocates gathered at...
Speech of Gratitude to Trauma Team
Speech of Gratitude to Trauma Team University of Chicago Hospital By Chanel Jones, Family Case Manager, Chicago CRED Good...
Some Numbers Behind the Homicide Numbers
By Paul Robinson and LaQuay Boone The best headline we have seen in a long time appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times on January 1....
Hundreds gather in South Shore to recognize groundwork by Community Violence Intervention groups
February 24, 2026 - Community violence intervention (CVI) organizations gathered at the South Shore Cultural Center to mark...
Arne Duncan: Community violence intervention is working in Chicago
While gun violence has steadily declined all across America over the last four years, Chicago has the second-largest drop among...
Business and civic leaders say ICE actions harming Chicago’s economy
More than 30 business and civic leaders gathered Friday to denounce the federal government’s aggressive deportation campaign in...
Trump’s Crackdown Will Make Crime Worse (Arne Duncan Oped)
By Arne Duncan Mr. Duncan founded Chicago CRED, a community-based anti-gun-violence organization. In just a few months,...
Community violence intervention is key to keeping Chicago safe (Arne Duncan Oped)
I was born in 1964. The last time the city had under 400 homicides in a single year, I was just a year old. Today, Chicago is on...
High School Degrees Awarded to 58 Chicago CRED Participants at Joy-filled South Side Ceremony; 400 CRED Participants Have Earned HS Degrees Since 2016
Chicago CRED hosted its ninth annual high school graduation on Thursday, August 21, at South Shore Cultural Center for a new...
Amidst Historic Decline in Gun Violence, Community Violence Intervention Programs are Going to Scale in Four Communities with Three Others in the Pipeline
With gun violence in Chicago dramatically declining, public officials, community leaders and funders of a major effort to scale...
Chicago Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Organizations Hold CVI Rally Day in Springfield for Full Funding of the Reimagine Public Safety Act
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 13, 2025 – A contingent of street outreach workers, case managers, victim advocates and representatives...