Institute for Nonviolence Chicago

11/27/2025

🍂🦃 Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! 🥧✨ Today, we gather around the table to give thanks for family and friends!

Because has helped Chicago see historic declines in gun violence this year, more families are able to celebrate together. Let’s embrace the warmth of togetherness and cherish these moments. Wishing you all a day filled with love and gratitude! ❤️🍁

11/27/2025

❤️When individuals and families might be experiencing hardships, our teams step up and serve the Beloved Community. Last week, we delivered 500 turkeys 🦃 and boxes of produce to our program participants, so everyone can have a happy holiday! 🍂🍁
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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11/26/2025

Our GED prep class celebrated Thanksgiving early! 🦃🍽️ Special thanks to our partner leading this education pillar, What About Us Charitable Enterprises and Pastor Dorin McIntyre and Destini Hall for serving up the meal for participants and Institute for Nonviolence Chicago staff.

We're so grateful to our partners. ☮️❤️

11/24/2025

❤️ Sam says it all right here.❤️ We need to invest in and because "We're relentless. Please don't give up on us...and trust that we're all in this fight together."

Donate to Institute for Nonviolence Chicago today. https://www.nonviolencechicago.org/donate
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🎥: Sam Castro, Director of Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships at Institute for Nonviolence Chicago accepts One Aim Illinois' 2025 Coalition Builder Award at their Fall Fundraiser on Nov. 13, 2025.

11/21/2025

🎉CONGRATULATIONS to Les Jenkins, Associate Director of Reentry & Support Services, for graduating 🎓 from the The University of Chicago Crime Lab ’s CVI Leadership Academy ! Les was one of 32 graduates from around the U.S. who completed the 5-month program designed to deepen the leadership and management practices of senior CVI leaders so they can effectively manage community-based organizations and implement CVI strategies at scale.

The CVILA supports participants by strengthening their leadership and management skills, expanding their networks, and supporting them in their efforts to elevate and advocate for the CVI field.

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11/20/2025

Last week we were honored 🙏🏽 with the 2025 Coalition Builder Award ☮️ at One Aim Illinois' 3rd Annual Fall Fundraiser, “Voices for Change: In the Fight to End Gun Violence." We were celebrated for 10 years of powerful leadership and commitment to building safer, more just communities.❤️ As a cornerstone of the movement to end gun violence in Illinois, we appreciate One Aim Illinois for this honor and we are GRATEFUL TO ALL our partners and supporters who are stepping up to end the cycle of gun violence in Chicago. Together, we will make Chicago's future bright! 🌟


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11/18/2025

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The center, set to open next summer, is a partnership between Lurie Children’s Hospital, the nonprofit Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives and other organizations to address the West Side's life expectancy gap.

11/17/2025

Les Jenkins, Associate Director of Reentry & Support Services, wrapped up cohort 4 of the University of Chicago's Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy last week by presenting his capstone project on the reentry crisis in Chicago, "No Man Left Behind: Transforming Reentry Through Housing, Healing, and Hope. A Story of Redemption and Purpose."

Les graduated Friday, Nov. 14 during a special ceremony in Washington DC. Congrats to Les and all the other grads from around the US. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

11/13/2025

Join us this Saturday.
Nonviolence Trainer, Orion Meadows, will be presenting on the history of systemic racism and mass incarceration as a form of violence against minorities and impoverished communities as a preface to the Expungement process.
Hosted by Rep. La Shawn K Ford

11/13/2025

Peer to peer communication is key in educating new people about public safety strategies, like . Thanks again to Loyola University Chicago's Students Demand Action Chapter.
https://loyolaphoenix.com/2025/11/sweets-and-safety-students-demand-action-chapter-at-loyola-hosts-their-first-fundraiser/

We'd love to help you host a fundraiser supporting our mission for peace and help educate your friends, family, colleagues, etc about Chicago's public safety plan.
Email us at info@nonviolencechicago.org

The fundraiser sold Insomnia Cookies in support of the October 2024 shooting near the Rogers Park storefront.

11/12/2025

We ❤️ Baltimore!
Special thanks to Roca, Inc., Daniel Webster and his class at John’s Hopkins School of Public Health, Shani Buggs and The Black and Brown Collective, and Safe Streets Baltimore ☮️for hosting us during our recent visit! We love visiting other leaders and learning how they run their programs. And we love opportunities to speak about our approach and programs and how they've helped Chicago see historic declines in gun violence this year.

We hope to see you all in Chicago! ❤️

11/11/2025

Sign up for our Saturday, Nov 15 online Survivor and Grief Groups. This is a safe space for anyone who has been a victim of gun violence or lost a loved one to gun violence.
Sign up now:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=uKIC4UtApkKP93RGiRLVyN6mtQFkFExPpOaJ2PHscflUNllJOFpIM0RNQU1KVE45MlZRQ0ZNOFVHNy4u
The survivor group will start at 1 pm, and the grief group will start at 2 pm.

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