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Cure Violence May 2018 Gala

Cure Violence honored Gigi Pritzker Pucker, Michael Pucker, and the Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation with its annual Civic Achievement … 

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Why an entire college class donated to Cure Violence.....

Students at the University of Mount Union in Ohio taking Professor Steve Kramer's "Social Responsibility" course got together and donated … 

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53rd Anniversary of MLK, Jr.'s March on Washington

Fifty-three years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. led a peaceful march on Washington, D.C. where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" … 

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Two ex-gang members stop a long-running war in the Bronx using unconvential methods

Note: Names of some individuals mentioned in this story have been changed. They had been fighting for more than a decade, over the same … 

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Chicago, Baltimore, Ferguson, New York . . . Cities Torn Apart . . . How Can We Change?

To change our responses to a problem that repeats itself, we need to change the way we view the problem. Scientific studies, including … 

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Their interrupters and outreach workers get in the middle the conflict and calm the storms before they erupt into bigger problems. They are a great asset.Jerry Chlada, Jr., Superintendent, Cicero Police Department (IL)

The Cure Violence model has not only saved thousands of lives in cities like Chicago, New York, and Baltimore; it also has given hope to millions by demonstrating that violence can be stopped using the strategies of public health.Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MPH, Former President & CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Related Resources

  • July 2019

    Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City »

    Focus Areas: Social Norms / Violence as a Contagion

  • July 2019

    Preventing Violence Against Women and Children – Workshop Summary »

    Focus Areas: Public Health & Health Interventions / Risk & Protective Factors / Social Norms / Violence as a Contagion

  • September 2012

    Intergenerational Transmission of Abuse: Implications for Parenting Interventions From a Neuropsychological Perspective »

    Focus Areas: Neurological Effects of Violence / Violence as a Contagion

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