In 2021, I co-founded the Trauma Recovery and Prevention of Violence Program (T.R.A.P. Violence) to address not only the physical but emotional and psychological impact of firearm violence on youth.

Chicago's Hidden Gems: 13-year-old student honored for essay on youth violence 04:33. CHICAGO (CBS) – A 13-year-old Chicago middle school student put her sadness over youth violence into words ...

Since June 20, five kids under the age of 11 were shot and killed in Chicago, the Gun Violence Archive found, a research group that catalogs gun-related cases in the U.S.

Youth violence, policing and the tough road ahead for Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson Johnson and Chicago police don’t have to like each other, but they will have to work together to curb violence ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --City officials are increasing their commitment to a program to reduce gun violence by offering mentoring, therapy, and recreational activities to at-risk youth.Mayor Lori Lightfoot ...

Chicago School for the Arts students remember those who have died of gun violence on Thursday, May 30, 2013. Photo: Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune Last week, Catherine Humikowski, the medical ...

Something important is happening in Chicago. The Philadelphia Inquirer gets it. Here’s the headline from the paper’s Jan. 10 editorial: “Important lessons for Philadelphia from Ch… ...

NPR examines Chicago's efforts to calm a wave of of youth violence. Subscribe to NPR's Up First Email Albert Stinson, 38, mentors 10 boys at Marshall High School, on Chicago's West Side.

Chicago's proposed "snap curfew" ordinance, which would allow Chicago police to impose a youth curfew anywhere in the city on as little as 30 minutes' notice, is back in the spotlight at City Hall.

More than 100 religious leaders, parents, youth and city staff are behind the 28 recommendations the City of Chicago released on Tuesday to address youth violence.

In the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago's south side, nearly 100 people were shot last year, and many of the young people living there will tell you the violence weighs on them.

Chicago Youth Combat Violence with Campouts and Community-Building “This is what happens when you not only give young people a place at the table, but you have them lead the conversation,” one ...