🔍 Making Strides: Wilmington Street Team's Impact Unveiled 📊
The latest report showcases progress in Wilmington's anti-violence initiative, with decreases in crime across targeted districts. Led by...
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News & Updates
Catch an exclusive look inside the Baton Rouge press conference featuring honorable speakers as we discuss the transformative impact of CAPS grants.
- Feb 6
Unlock Federal Funding: Our Guide to DOJ Grant Applications!
It's DOJ Grant Application Season! Federal funding awaits for community violence intervention, victim services, and more in community-...
- Dec 18, 2023
Community Solutions for Curbing Violence: Public Safety Insights
Delvin Lane of 901 Bloc Squad and Aqeela Sherrills share insights on transforming the narrative of public safety. Sherrills, with over 30...
- Aug 17, 2023
Four Newark Community Violence Intervention Organizations Awarded Grants Totaling $500,000
Grants Are Part of Larger Effort to Reduce Violence in Communities Newark, NJ - The Newark Anti-Violence Coalition (NAVC), New...
- Jun 12, 2023
Empowering Community to Keep Schools Safe | KBLA1580
This Is Not a Drill! invited Aqeela Sherrills to discuss community based public safety and the work we are doing in Los Angeles. His...
- May 17, 2023
Black victims of violent crime disproportionately denied aid in many states | Associated Press
Our Managing Director, E, contributed to this powerful piece about the racial bias in victim compensation in America. When we fail to...
- Mar 5, 2023
Baton Rouge joins others cities in effort to fight crime | WAFB News
Watch the local news interview with Jazzika Matthews with the Safe, Hopeful, Healthy BR initiative about the CVI work being done and how...
- Feb 28, 2023
National, Black-Led Organizations Redefining Public Safety | The Takeaway with Melissa Harris Perry
Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Indianapolis, and Newark are the site of a historic initiative to end gun violence in some of America’s cities. ...
- Feb 25, 2023
Community-based efforts to reduce gun violence launched in four cities | Philanthropy News Digest
With the goal of strengthening local community violence intervention (CVI) ecosystems, CAPS will support community-based efforts...
- Feb 23, 2023
Baltimore to join other cities to reduce gun violence by 20% over 5 years | Baltimore Sun
Baltimore has joined a national initiative seeking to build and bolster community solutions to gun violence. The Coalition to Advance...
- Feb 22, 2023
DOJ Funding Sparks Newfound Optimism for Community Violence Intervention Groups | The Trace
At a recent convening in St. Louis, recipients of $100 million in federal grants described the funds as a long-awaited acknowledgment...
- Feb 21, 2023
What Happens When Community Violence Intervention Gets the Support It Needs to Thrive? | The Appeal
As cities look to make new investments in non-police responses to gun violence, the Bull City United program in Durham, North Carolina,...
- Jan 4, 2023
White House gun violence program with philanthropies ends | Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — It was small, as Washington celebrations go — two senior Biden administration advisers gathered with program participants...
- Dec 9, 2022
White House: Try “Violent Interrupters” as A Crime-Fighting Solution | The Root
It’s no secret that we have a gun violence problem in the Untied States. Every year, tens of thousands of Americans die from gun-related...
- Dec 6, 2022
Inside the White House gun violence initiative they say is actually working | Politico
Amid intense criticism from the left that the White House and Congress haven’t done enough to stop gun violence, the Biden ...
- Oct 13, 2022
Episode 17: Equity in Grants Administration with Latrina Kelly-James | NCJA Podcast
In this episode, NCJA Program Manager Gillian Caplan speaks with equity subject matter expert Latrina Kelly-James, Principal at Oya...
- Oct 12, 2022
The Wound is Where the Gifts Lie | Just Healing Podcast
In the premiere episode of Just Healing, Richard Smith talks with activist and childhood sexual abuse survivor, Aqeela Sherrills. Aqeela...
- Sep 29, 2022
CVI Organizations Awarded $100 Million in Federal Grants to Boost Public Safety | Press Release
Grants Will Boost the Work of Community-Led, Often-Marginalized Organizations Across the Country NEWARK – Community-led organizations...
- Jun 17, 2022
Why the White House Backs Community Violence Intervention | The Crime Report
By Aqeela Sherrills, published on The Crime Report The surge in shootings over the last two years has been accompanied by increased...
- May 18, 2022
White House and Activists Hope CVI Investment Roots Out Uptick in Violent Crime | Ebony
In a statement late last week, President Joe Biden hammered away at his push to make cities and towns across the United States a safer...
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