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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![GVI team-led program to prevent violence in Columbus](https://nnscommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021.10.25-1.jpg)
GVI team-led program to prevent violence in Columbus
Stevenson has been trying to “correct” violence for years after being released from federal prison for drug convictions. He was ...
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![Report claims 17 gangs with about 480 members behind nearly half of Columbus 2020 homicides](https://nnscommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/a274ee7f-d8d0-40db-8d26-bde61b22e6f7-20211005_140955.jpg)
Report claims 17 gangs with about 480 members behind nearly half of Columbus 2020 homicides
A team of six researchers at the National Network for Safe Communities worked with the Columbus Division of Police to ...
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![Gangs next door: 'It's becoming the norm': Decades of gang violence rooted in some Hudson Valley neighborhoods](https://nnscommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/55261606-e999-4b7c-b0dc-50acd7bb8a6e-1eapgunsandgangs-26.jpg)
Gangs next door: ‘It’s becoming the norm’: Decades of gang violence rooted in some Hudson Valley neighborhoods
"We've seen so much gun violence in our community over the years," said Schnekwa McNeil Parker, a longtime Newburgh anti-violence ...
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![Ulster County initiative aims to curb intimate partner violence](https://nnscommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DF_20210912.jpg)
Ulster County initiative aims to curb intimate partner violence
The program represents a “cultural shift” in the way law enforcement and the community approach intimate partner violence, said Elizabeth ...
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![Why a Swedish city with a violent crime problem looked to US for solutions](https://nnscommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CSM_20210908.jpg)
Why a Swedish city with a violent crime problem looked to US for solutions
Since the start of the project, severe violence has fallen consistently in Malmö. In 2020, there were only 20 shootings ...
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![Accountable and Inclusive Policing: Three Perspectives on Diversity and Equity](https://nnscommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/PCM_2021.08.jpg)
Accountable and Inclusive Policing: Three Perspectives on Diversity and Equity
Dr. Paul David Smith, High School Principal (Ret.), Directory of Reconciliation, National Network for Safe Communities: "While facilitating a meeting ...
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![Will new approach to Baltimore crime fight build police legitimacy?](https://nnscommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/BS_2021.07.29.jpg)
Will new approach to Baltimore crime fight build police legitimacy?
Some 50 current members of the Baltimore police force have applied to join a new Group Violence Reduction Unit, formed ...
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![RANE Insights: A Conversation on Crime in the U.S.](https://nnscommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Stratfor_2021.07.12_2.png)
RANE Insights: A Conversation on Crime in the U.S.
In this RANE Insights podcast, RANE founder David Lawrence speaks with criminologist, professor, action researcher and author David Kennedy, who’s ...
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![How communities are using a public health lens to treat surging gun violence](https://nnscommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/WP_2021.07.06.png)
How communities are using a public health lens to treat surging gun violence
Many evidence-based community violence intervention programs have had proven results, but they’re not a cure-all. Here’s how they work ...
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![Biden rolling out gun violence prevention strategy](https://nnscommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screenshot-2021-06-28-105933.png)
Biden rolling out gun violence prevention strategy
President Biden is unveiling a new initiative aimed at tackling what he calls the nation's "gun violence epidemic." The administration's ...
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![What has changed a year after George Floyd's death?](https://nnscommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CBS.2021-05-25_2.png)
What has changed a year after George Floyd’s death?
Today marks one year since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, sparking protests nationwide. CBS News' Jeff Pegues reports ...
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![Crime intervention in Columbus: Shifting the mind to save a life](https://nnscommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/wbns_2020.04.30.png)
Crime intervention in Columbus: Shifting the mind to save a life
“What we don’t say is that these groups are in and around Columbus and they’re the ones who are getting ...
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