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Chain of Change is committed to advancing justice in and through media. We see gaps and contradictions between how mainstream media often report on violence involving and affecting youth and what you are experiencing in your everyday life. This blog seeks to fill in the gaps by including your story.
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Stop the Violence: Program tackles gangs, guns
June 14, 2010 - 3 CommentsA Chicago program is working to get gangs and guns off the streets.
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Teen fatally shot at house party
June 14, 2010 - no commentsA 15-year-old boy was shot and killed after a bullet flew through an apartment window over the weekend.
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CPS anti-violence program takes off, slowly
June 03, 2010 - no commentsAs CJ lay in a hospital last winter nursing a gunshot wound to his arm, the prospect of graduating from high school seemed a distant dream for the skinny Roseland teen. Mostly left to his own devices, he had drifted to the streets at an early age and often skipped school, since attending class required crossing a web of gang lines that conflicted with his own affiliations.
Five months later, CJ rarely misses a day, participates in class and is on track to graduate. He credits his turnaround to an ambitious program launched by Chicago Public Schools this school year to stem youth violence.
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