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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Cedar Rapids strategy to reduce gun violence continues success as program transitions to Foundation 2
CEDAR RAPIDS — Management of Group Violence Intervention, the collaborative community gun violence reduction strategy, has transitioned over the last ...
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Davenport’s gun violence-intervention strategy gets grant, interest from Rock Island
Davenport's strategy to reduce gun violence is growing, including to other area cities. The Quad Cities Community Foundation awarded Family ...
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City of Hopewell moves forward with Operation Ceasefire
HOPEWELL, Va. (WWBT) - At a specially called meeting in Hopewell Thursday night, city leaders voted unanimously to move forward ...
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‘GVI gave me a chance’: Davenport learns national program to fight crime from efforts in Indiana town
The Quad Cities are joining in new efforts to turn around the crisis of gun violence. One of the new ...
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Large stop shooting operation in Örebro (Sweden)
On Tuesday afternoon, people from criminal groups were called to Örebro's first Stop Shooting meeting. The meeting was held at the ...
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‘Different temperature’ on Wilmington streets: Gun homicides down sharply after 2021’s record carnage
The streets of Wilmington were beset by bloodshed last year, with a record 39 people killed by bullets. The carnage ...
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Louisville mayor apologizes for systemic racism at Juneteenth luncheon
Mayor Greg Fischer apologized to Black Louisvillians for centuries for systemic racism, including the accusations levied against the so-called "Black ...
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Fraction of a percent of Davenport residents driving more than half of gun crimes, national group study shows
Less than a quarter of one percent of Davenport residents are driving roughly half of gun violence in the city, ...
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Minneapolis director of violence prevention announces departure
MINNEAPOLIS — The Office of Violence Prevention in Minneapolis, under the direction of Sasha Cotton, will soon have a new ...
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Davenport ‘at the turning point’ in launching Group Violence Intervention strategy
On the heels of a spike in gun fire in 2020, and months after forming a closed-doors task force to ...
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In Portsmouth, violence interrupters defuse tense scenes before the bullets fly
A comprehensive plan from the city — unveiled last year as residents’ concerns over violence reached fever pitch — aims ...
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Office of Gun Violence Prevention to Treat Crime as Public Health Issue
The OGVP will be working with the National Network for Safe Communities which is a research center at the John ...
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