Last weekend was tragic, unacceptable, and a stark reminder of the work ahead. Members of Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities remain committed to working with our partners until our neighbors in Chicago are safer and communities are more peaceful, which everyone should expect.

Sixty-six people were shot over the weekend in Chicago, and behind those numbers are stories of the victims and their families, according the PBS News Hour, which spoke to Tamar Manasseh of Mothers and Men Against Senseless Killings. Manasseh talked about the neighborhood organizations that are making a difference on the ground every day.

“It’s not just me. There are 100 other organizations just like me who are out here every day in their own way making a contribution to making communities better.

(CPD Superintendent Eddie Johnson) not once mentioned them. He said it was the technology and it was extra policing and it was actual over-policing that made the difference. But now you need the community’s help when you have so many of the resources that could be given to the community.

​This story is about the Community Safety and Peace strategy of the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities.