The National Network’s approach has attracted significant media attention over the years. This page features the most recent coverage of our work and a searchable archive of media about the National Network’s projects around the nation and abroad.
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Columbia city leadership, local law enforcement respond to calls from faith organization for gun violence study
The Midlands faith-based organization MORE Justice is calling on the community to invest $50,000 in a gun violence prevention study ...
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‘We don’t give up.’ Lexington faith coalition pushes Mayor Gorton on violence prevention
Dozens of members of a Lexington faith group gathered outside Lexington’s city government headquarters Tuesday evening to demand that Mayor ...
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More than 100 clergy, activists mass at City Hall, frustrated by Mayor Stoney’s refusal on Friday to discuss their gun violence program
More than 100 clergy, activists and supporters — nearly all of them bearing signs naming one of the more than ...
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Cedar Rapids crime rate 10% lower than national average, but still work to be done
This past May, the Cedar Rapids police department implemented the Group Violence Intervention Program. Police Chief Wayne Jerman said the ...
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Jacksonville sheriff still not meeting with community group on criminal justice reform
Ten months after promising to discuss criminal justice reform, Sheriff Mike Williams still hasn't met with a faith-based community group ...
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Oakland homicides hit a similar inflection point a decade ago — then violence plummeted. Can it happen again?
Oakland’s Ceasefire program even helped the city evade a mid-decade spike in homicides that afflicted other cities, including Chicago and ...
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As Violent Crime Falls in Dallas, Answers Go Beyond Policing
When the Dallas Police Department brought on a new chief in February 2021, his mandate was clear: Reduce violent crime ...
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City faces uphill battle in shutting ‘Iron Pipeline’ of illegal guns
"We must stop the flow of illegal guns in our city," Mayor Eric Adams said in a speech Monday announcing ...
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Group Violence Intervention In Philadelphia
The City of Philadelphia launched a pandemic-modified version of the Group Violence Intervention (GVI) strategy in August 2020 as part ...
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Theodore Decker: 2021 may be over, but the deadly violence tearing at our city remains
Now is the time when, with a year like 2021 squarely in the rearview mirror, a big city administration feels ...
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Davenport Hires Group Violence Intervention Consultants
Davenport will spend nearly $400,000 to reduce violent crime and help criminals become productive members of society. Last week, the ...
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EPD partnering with national organization to combat violent crime
The National Network for Safe Communities is working together with the Evansville Police Department to combat crimes people commit as ...
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