Cure Violence
September 26, 2012 | Grantee
Cure Violence, formerly known as CeaseFire, is a national public health strategy that reduces gun shootings and killings.
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The Nation's Mayors Affirm Support for the Cure Violence Model
June 19, 2012 | Story
A lively conversation about the promise that effective models like Cure Violence, formerly known as CeaseFire, offer in reducing and preventing gun violence in their cities.
"The Interrupters" Makes Television Debut on FRONTLINE
February 7, 2012 | Story
"Best Documentary of 2011" shows how "violence interrupters" stop the transmission of violence.
High School Students Map Five Flashpoints and Suggest Ways to Defuse Them
July 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The Foundation of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey held the 1999 Youth Summit on Violence in Newark on May 17, 1999, attended by 400 New Jersey high school students.
Community Policing Helps Reduce Youth Violence
August 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Harvard Law School directed five case studies of four cities that have made significant efforts to reduce youth violence or reform the juvenile justice system.
How to Give Peace a Chance?
November 1, 1996 | Program Result Report
The Community Violence Prevention Program, at the Harvard School of Public Health, implemented a resource center that provided technical assistance and informational support to program operators of community-based violence prevention programs.
Community Programs Help Prevent Youth Violence
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Community Violence Prevention Project at the Harvard School of Public Health assists local leaders in planning, implementing and evaluating violence prevention projects in their communities.
Video Documents how Boston Dramatically Reduced Youth Violence
June 30, 2003 | Program Result Report
Mediawrights, a communications strategy and production company, developed a videotape, a Web site and marketing materials to describe the experience of the Boston Strategy to Prevent Youth Violence.
Streetworkers Mediate Gang Violence and Connect Teens to Health Services in Lowell, Mass.
November 20, 2008 | Program Result Report
From 2003 to 2007, the United Teen Equality Center hired two outreach workers who worked with members of seven of the most active Southeast Asian youth gangs in Lowell, Mass., to reduce violence and improve teens' access to health care.
Treating Violence as a Contagious Disease
June 16, 2003 | Story
CeaseFire, a model program that combines a public education campaign to change social norms about gun violence with outreach workers providing on-the-spot alternatives to shooting.