CORNERS is working with Community Justice Action Fund and SKDK to conduct an extensive research project that tracks, analyzes, and catalogs local and national media coverage of gun violence in communities across the country.

In partnership with four organizations on Chicago’s West and South Sides, the SOAR Initiative integrates network science into the practice of community violence intervention (CVI) to assist outreach workers and victim advocates in their rapid, coordinated response to gun violence.

The North Lawndale Collaborative (the Collaborative) is a first-of-its kind effort to coordinate outreach, referral, and services across violence prevention organizations to achieve “saturation” and dramatically reduce gun violence within the North Lawndale community on Chicago’s West Side.

The Decarceration Fellowship, developed by Live Free Illinois (LFI), is a new and innovative approach to reentry that aims to complement and amplify traditional reentry support with a leadership fellowship that is anchored in community organizing and movement building.

Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P) is an innovative consortium of Chicago community violence intervention (CVI) organizations, convened by Metropolitan Peace Initiatives at Metropolitan Family Services, working towards a common goal of reducing victimization among individuals who are most likely to be involved in gun violence.

The Government Alliance for Safe Communities (GASC, formerly IGP) was established in 2021 to develop a coordinated plan for distributing more than $500 million from ARPA funding in violence intervention efforts across the State of Illinois.