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The Center to Prevent Youth Violence (CPYV), originally known as PAX, [1] was a non-profit organization co-founded in 1998 by Daniel Gross and Talmage Cooley, seeking to end gun violence in America. In 2011, PAX changed its name to The Center to Prevent Youth Violence. [citation needed] The organization merged with the Brady Campaign in 2012.
More than 100 residents joined a peace walk Saturday on the city's far east side to raise awareness and rally the community against the growing issue of youth gun violence in Indianapolis.
Previously, youth services related to behavioral health, education, youth development, violence reduction and commercial sexual exploitation of children were broken into several funding buckets.
Community crime prevention relates to interventions designed to bring reform to the social conditions that influence, and encourage, offending in residential communities. . Community crime prevention has a focus on both the social and local institutions found within communities which can influence crime rates, specifically juvenile delinquen
The aim of the GVI strategy is to reduce peer dynamics in the group that promote violence by creating collective accountability, to foster internal social pressure that deters violence, to establish clear community standards against violence, to offer group members an “honorable exit” from committing acts of violence, and to provide a ...
As of July 5, as many as 21,932 people have died from gun violence in 2023 according to the Gun Violence Archive. At this rate, it would mean 2023 would have fewer gun violence deaths than both ...
Kansas City’s new 24-hour youth violence prevention hotline is live. Young Kansas Citians in need of help are encouraged to call or text 816-799-1720 to chat with trained anti-violence ...
The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) is a volunteer-run conflict transformation program. Teams of trained AVP facilitators conduct experiential workshops to develop participants' abilities to resolve conflicts without resorting to manipulation, coercion, or violence. Typically, each workshop lasts 18–20 hours over a two or three-day period.