funding
Jun. 21, 2023 8:14 am
Gun Violence Report: Dollars and Sense
$63.5 million in government funding to local organizations: What was the goal and was it successful?
funding
Jun. 14, 2023 8:17 am
Public Safety by the Numbers: Education
An infographic series exploring the data behind Philadelphia's public safety issues.
funding
Jun. 14, 2023 7:33 am
Coalitions: True Partnership or Impossible Relationship?
Is there a need for so many coalitions and what does it take to be effective?
funding
Jun. 7, 2023 9:49 am
Public Safety by the Numbers
An infographic series exploring the data behind Philadelphia's public safety issues.
method
Feb. 8, 2022 2:19 pm
What can the pandemic teach us about the gun violence epidemic?
Dr. John Rich of The Center for Nonviolence and Justice challenges the analogy but three principles hold true: prevent, protect and promote.
purpose
Jan. 10, 2022 7:00 am
Philadelphia’s crises of 2022
Gun violence is its own epidemic. We all choose what we're willing to do.
purpose
Aug. 31, 2021 10:45 am
Neighborhoods in North Philly focus on violence — causes and solutions
At a recent rally at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation Center, community members from the 32nd, 47th and 16th Wards outlined the initiatives they believe will stop the violence and improve the quality of life in their communities.
purpose
May 13, 2021 10:19 am
Community organizations lament COVID-19’s effect on Philly’s key anti-gun violence initiative
Last year, the Office of Violence Prevention injected almost $1 million into community groups working on gun violence. How those groups have pivoted, and the resonances with the 1918 pandemic are the focus of this long read.
purpose
Apr. 7, 2021 8:25 am
In a changing city, Germantown still has men who care
Men Who Care began life as a neighborhood cleanup initiative in 2011. Now the group facilitates anti-violence programs, runs virtual learning pods for students during COVID, and holds a weekly food pantry, among many other initiatives.
purpose
Dec. 7, 2020 8:41 am
Reporting on gun violence needs the help of credible messengers, says PCGVR’s Jim MacMillan
The Credible Messengers Reporting Project hopes to pair journalists with trusted community members in a collaboration that can help move the needle on gun violence in Philadelphia.