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The Violence Interrupters Need Help

Emily Nonko

June 29, 2022 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago CRED is a “violence interrupter” or violence intervention organization that trains and pays Chicago residents that have been impacted by gangs and violence to directly work with people in the community who are most impacted by gun violence. They help mediate disputes, deescalate conflicts, and connect people to social services.

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Victoria has a bike theft problem. Here's how to fix it.

Martin Bauman Hanna Hett

May 31, 2022 |

Capital Daily |

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Response Location: Canada, Victoria, British Columbia

Project 529 is a bike registration service available in Canada and the U.S. that helps address the issue of bike theft. In Vancouver, where the project began, bike theft has been lowered by 44% and the Project 529 system has even been adopted by police departments in British Columbia to help manage theft in cities like Victoria.

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They Found Peace During War. Can They Help Kalamazoo Do the Same?

Chris Killian Ben Lando

May 16, 2022 |

The Trace |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Through peer support, street mediation, and assistance with underlying needs like groceries and help with schoolwork, Peace During War works to help people in Kalamazoo, Mich. leave gun violence behind. The organization's efforts alongside other prevention initiatives are thought to have helped the city record zero gun deaths in the first five months of 2022 after two years of record gun deaths.

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Finding Peace During War

Chris Killian Ben Lando

May 16, 2022 |

NowKalamazoo |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Through peer support, street mediation, and assistance with underlying needs like groceries and help with schoolwork, Peace During War works to help people in Kalamazoo, Mich. leave gun violence behind. The organization's efforts alongside other prevention initiatives are thought to have helped the city record zero gun deaths in the first five months of 2022 after two years of record gun deaths.

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Cognitive behavior therapy takes work, but can prevent gun violence

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

May 11, 2022 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

Roca uses cognitive behavior therapy with young people at risk of committing violence in order to interrupt the cycle of violence and change how the individuals react to different situations. Roca teaches people skills to slow down, think differently about a situation, and respond in a way that deescalates violence. The organization was successful in Massachusetts, with 84% of those staying in the program for two to four years not having any additional arrests and 98% having no new incarcerations, and has since expanded to Baltimore.

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The frontline of conservation: how Indigenous guardians are reinforcing sovereignty and science on their lands

Jimmy Thomson

March 12, 2022 |

The Narwhal |

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Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

Over many months, the Wuikinuxv Guardian Watchmen in British Columbia, Canada, patrol about 2,000 square kilometers of the coast by boat, and they're doing everything from warding off poachers to participating in scientific studies. Since it’s rare to see government vessels monitoring the area, many Indigenous communities throughout Canada have created these guardian programs as a way to conserve and protect their land.

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How Kaduna's Warring Badarawa Communities Became Peace Observers

Nathaniel Bivan

February 12, 2022 |

HumAngle |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

The Interfaith Mediation Centre trains residents in regions stricken by religious conflict between Christians and Muslims to become Community Peace Observers who promote a culture of non-violence and intervene in potential conflict using targeted communication techniques. The effort has led communities to form their own task forces, committees, and forums around peacekeeping, and Christians and Muslims there now commingle through community events and institutions after years of strict separation.

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Back from the Brink

Veronika Perková

January 24, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Zambia

The North Luangwa Conservation Program provides financial and technical support to protect and grow the population of black rhinos at North Luangwa National Park in Zambia.

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“Meet a Jew,” Germany's New Scheme to Convince the Country That Jews Are People

Peter Yeung

December 28, 2021 |

Slate |

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Response Location: Germany

Through the "Meet a Jew" program launched by the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Jewish volunteers visit schools, universities, sports clubs, and religious centers to share their stories with non-Jewish Germans and combat growing antisemitism. The initiative held 540 sessions in 2021 to facilitate conversations about what it means to be Jewish and how Jews fit into German society.

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Oakland's success shows how Philly-wide restorative justice could work

Jessica Blatt Press

December 16, 2021 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Modeled on a long-running and successful program in Oakland, Philadelphia schools' Relationships First program uses restorative justice to reform school discipline. The program follows a three-step approach to changing culture. At its core, teachers and students deepen their relationships so that when they use group dialogue to address the harm that people have caused, the chances for healing are greater. Violence has dropped when it was used in one Philadelphia neighborhood in cases of serious offenses. In Oakland, expulsions, suspensions, and racial disparities are all way down.

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