For the past few years, the Southland RISE collaborative has awarded funding to community-based violence prevention programs to help them continue their work. (Provided)

The Southland RISE collaborative brought together hospital trauma center staff and violence prevention street outreach workers in a shared training workshop. The goal was an exchange of ideas and resources focused on curbing violence on Chicago’s South Side.

A file photo shows a crime scene blocked off by the Chicago Police Department. (WTTW News)

Amid a surge in violence, the University of Chicago aims to help make the city a model for how to rebuild traumatized communities.

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Northwestern sociology professor Andrew Papachristos has a striking idea when it comes to thinking about shootings in Chicago. He and local advocate Franklin Cosey-Gay tell us about their work with data and research.

The Chicago race riots of 1919 (Courtesy of the Chicago Defender)

Saturday marks the 100th anniversary of the Chicago race riots. How some local organizations are planning to remember that violent week in 1919.

“Forty-three people were shot, and five died. So we can’t claim victory, and we certainly can’t celebrate,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said at a City Club of Chicago event on Tuesday, May 28, 2019.
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In spite of heavy rainfall that kept many indoors and 1,200 additional police officers on the streets of Chicago, 43 people were shot, seven fatally, over the Memorial Day weekend.