GVPanorama: Community Violence Intervention
The front lines of the gun violence crisis
While on the search for recent gun violence prevention news for our weekly "Friday Finds” feature, we often come across editorials, personal stories, or wider-lens articles that don’t necessarily fit into a “current events” window. With “GVPanorama” we will highlight some of these thought-provoking pieces.
In this GVPanorama post, we highlight the Center for American Progress’ (CAP) excellent recent series on Community Violence Intervention (CVI).
As the Supreme Court and many lower courts have been packed with pro-gun “originalists,” and Federal legislative victories often seem out of reach, it seems we must truly dig into the grassroots level to make any headway in gun violence prevention. And that’s where the CVI concept comes in.
As CAP explains, “through collaboration with residents and government officials, CVI programs curb the spread of gun violence by meeting community members where they are and responding to their individual needs. In violence-affected neighborhoods, residents are grappling with trauma and long-standing hardships that fuel the rise in shootings. But CVI programs channel resources back into the community, improving access to needed resources such as education, employment, housing, and health care.”
Featuring articles and accompanying videos, this 21-part series lays out the hopes, challenges, myths, methods, and human stories — from across the country — of the fight against our gun epidemic at an intensely local level.
Check out the whole series here.