For Nelson Torres, Cierra McGee, and other members of ALSO’s street outreach team, reducing violence in Chicago’s Humboldt Park community continues during COVID-19. This spring, Torres and McGee and about 30 other outreach workers in Chicago are learning about their field through Zoom classes with the Metropolitan Peace Academy, a training ground committed to professionalizing ...

ALSO’s mission is to work in partnership with people living in risk of violence to promote safer streets and homes. Now, it is strikingly clear that many of the same communities most likely to be in risk of gun violence are also disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Data overwhelmingly show that many African Americans and Latinos ...

ALSO’s mission is to work in partnership with people living in risk of violence to promote safer streets and homes. In the last six weeks, the people we work with – like all of us – are also “living in risk of coronavirus.” At this time, we would like to share how ALSO is responding to ...

Since COVID-19 hit, change has been a constant for everyone. The same is true for ALSO’s street outreach team, but one key thing remains: The team continues to work in partnership with people living in risk of violence to promote safe streets and homes. Street outreach workers are considered essential workers by the city of ...

COVID-19 Resources for National Violence Prevention Programs ALSO continues to respond to COVID-19 by providing timely resources to grantees of Office on Violence Against Women-funded projects that focus on responses to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. Consolidated Youth and Engaging Men Program Meanwhile, the Consolidated Youth and Engaging Men (CYEM) Program also continues to adapt ...