Ceasefire Illinois

Matt Sledge

Public Housing Demolition Lowered Crime, But Not For Everyone

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Section 8, Chicago Housing Authority, Henry Horner Homes, Public Housing, Ceasefire Illinois, Hope-Vi, Cabrini Green, Chicago Housing Authority Plan for Transformation, Housing and Urban Development, Chicago News

Chicago's decade-long effort to move people out of its infamous public housing towers and into low-rise neighborhoods has long produced divided reacti...

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After Oscar Snub, 'The Interrupters' Honored

Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Cobe Williams, Tio Hardiman, Video, Interrupters Best Documentary, Ceasefire Illinois, Interrupters Spirit Award, Ameena Matthews, Black Voices News, Alex Kotlowitz, Eddie Bocanegra, Gary Slutkin, Ceasefire, Steve James, The Interrupters, Chicago Impact, Chicago News

"The Interrupters," a film about former criminals working to stop violence in Chicago, was named best documentary at the Film Independent Spirit Award...

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WATCH: 'The Interrupters' Star Sits Down With Colbert

Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Video, The Colbert Report, Ceasefire Illinois, Ameena Matthews the Colbert Report, The Interrupters Film, The Interrupters Frontline, Violence Interrupters, Ameena Matthews, Ceasefire, The Interrupters, Chicago Impact, Chicago News

One of the stars of the critically-acclaimed documentary "The Interrupters," called "the most necessary film of the year" by Slatelast year, was inter...

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CeaseFire Hosts Summit, Aims For Non-Violence In New Year

Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Ceasefire Chicago, Tio Hardiman, Video, Chicago Murders, Ceasefire Illinois, Chicago Crime, Chicago Street Violence, Ceasefire Summit, Chicago Homicides, The Interrupters, Chicago Impact, Chicago News

Anti-violence organization CeaseFire Illinois on Friday evening will host a "peace summit" expected to bring together some 300 Latino and African Amer...

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Amy Lee

The News Cycle May End, But The Violence Doesn't

HuffingtonPost.com | Amy Lee | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Cobe Williams, Tio Hardiman, Ceasefire Illinois, Ameena Matthews, Alex Kotlowitz, Eddie Bocanegra, Gary Slutkin, Ceasefire, Steve James, The Interrupters, Chicago Impact, Black Voices News

Stop the shooting: That's the motto of CeaseFire, an organization dedicated to reducing the violence plaguing the streets of Chicago. A new docume...

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CeaseFire: Success Beyond Chicago

Tio Hardiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Violence, Harm Reduction, Gangs, Chicago, Gang Violence, Crown Heights, Ceasefire Illinois, Chicago Impact, Chicago News
Tio Hardiman

Shootings and killings plague too many of our nation's neighborhoods. But the good news is that CeaseFire is moving to cities across the nation.

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Running Through the West Side at Night

Elena Quintana | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Chicago Gun Violence, Chicago West Side, Gun Violence Prevention, Ceasefire-Illinois, West Humboldt Park, Chicago News
Elena Quintana

This summer Tio Hardiman had a new idea: a late night run for peace though West Humboldt, a neighborhood hard hit by drug sales, gang involvement, and violence.

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What Does Weather Have To Do With Chicago Violence?

Huffington Post | Jen Sabella | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Weather, Chicago Gangs, Gang Violence, Chicago Violence, Chicago Murder Rate, Jody Weis, Ceasefire Illinois, Chicago Shootings, Chicago Gun Violence, Chicago Police Department, Cpd, Ceasefire, Drive by Shooting, Chicago Murders, Chicago News

It seems that every year, as Chicagoans celebrate the first warm days of the season, the excitement is tempered by a wave of violence. After months of...

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