CeaseFire works to reduce violence in Chicago

CeaseFire is one of several groups working to reduce violence in the Chicago. It is an evidence-based public health approach to reducing shootings and killings by communicating messages of non-violent behavior to troubled youth. Anthony Boatman, a supervisor for CeaseFire Rogers Park discusses what his job consists of on a day-to-day basis.

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Generation Y has grown up in threatening economic times, but interestingly this crop of young adults is particularly self-assured, liberal, optimistic and open to change. In an age of Internet and social media, its lingo is clipped from pervasive media technologies. Its dreams are defined by economic turmoil and images that are produced by a plethora of screens all around. It’s certainly a vibrant generation living in interesting times.

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