In the News

Recently Added:

• "Teen's slaying spurs march," Chicago Sun-Times, July 26, 2008

• "Street violence is an infection. I can cure it." London Times, July 2, 2008

• "In Chicago, Talking Sense to Angry Young Men with Guns," Christian Science Monitor, June 17, 2008

• "CeaseFire Needs Funds to Keep Saving Lives," Suzanne Ontiveros column in the Chicago Sun-Times, May 16, 2008

• Chicago Sun-Times editorial supporting CeaseFire, May 15, 2008 (pdf)

• Eric Zorn column in the Chicago Tribune: "Blagojevich Can Fix Gaffe on CeaseFire," May 13, 2008

• "Blocking the Transmission of Violence," The New York Times Magazine, May 4, 2008

• Exec. Dir. Gary Slutkin, M.D., and CeaseFire on The Tavis Smiley Show on Public Radio, "Gun Violence," May 4, 2008

• MSNBC News: CeaseFire helps out as "Chicago Battles Rise in Teen Murders," Thursday, March 27, 2008 (Note: Tio Hardiman is the Director of Gang Mediation Services for CeaseFire, his title is incorrect in the story.)

• "Fighting Gun Violence," CeaseFire on the CBS Evening News, Sunday, March 23, 2008

• CeaseFire, communities outraged over student shootings

ABC-7 coverage

NBC-5 coverage

• "Violence against CPS students continues," CeaseFire's Gary Slutkin, M.D., on ABC-7 News, March 4, 2008

 

Older:

• "Study to lend neutral voice to CeaseFire
  debate," Chicago Journal, Nov. 29, 2007

• "City's violence interrupters help prevent murders," CBS-2 Chicago News , Nov. 27, 2007

• "CeaseFire supporters seek to double funding cut from state budget," Decatur Herald & Review, Nov. 15, 2007

• "Let CeaseFire fight," Chicago Tribune editorial, Nov. 13, 2007

• "Slain Student, Loss of CeaseFire Mourned,"
  CBS-Chicago Channel 2 News, Friday, Nov. 9, 2007

• Wave of support for CeaseFire amid
  budget cuts

• "Funding CeaseFire should be top priority for Blagojevich and Trotter," Chicago Defender editorial, Sept. 6, 2007 (pdf)

• Executive Director responds to state audit

• "CeaseFire falls victim to budget cuts," ABC-7 Chicago News, Aug. 27, 2007

• CeaseFire on CNN, June 24, 2007

• Eric Zorn column in the Chicago Tribune on ending violence in the streets and what CeaseFire is doing, June 28, 2007.


• Tio Hardiman, CeaseFire's Director of Gang Mediation, is featured on Fox News Chicago in an interview discussing recent shootings of innocent children and how to stop the violence, June 26, 2007 (video).


• CeaseFire Violence Interrupter James Highsmith talks about his previous life of crime and current job stopping violence in his neighborhood on CLTV, June 22, 2007 (video).


• CeaseFire and the 12th Annual Peace Walk in Logan Square and Humboldt Park, June 2, 2007.


• CeaseFire Executive Director Gary Slutkin, M.D., discusses youth violence on WBEZ Radio Show "848," May 21, 2007 (Listen to the Audio).

• Laura Bush Touts CeaseFire to Corporate Leaders, March 29, 2007, read story.... (Complete text of Mrs. Bush's remarks.)

• First Lady Laura Bush praises CeaseFire at Helping America's Youth Regional Conference, April 12, 2007.
  
• CeaseFire should get more money to fight violence" -- Chicago Sun-Times editorial, 12/31/06 (pdf).

• "Former boyz in the 'hood reach out to gang members" -- Austin Weekly News, 12/14/06

• "Treating Violence as a Contagious Disease " -- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

• CeaseFire's Amanda Geppert takes the "Stop the Shooting" message to Brazil. Click here to read her interview on Viva Rio's Community Security Web site.

• "Violence Interrupted" -- U.S. News and World Report, June 12, 2006

• "Treating violence as an infectious disease " -- Chicago Tribune, 4/9/06 (view pdf)

• Chicago Project for Violence Prevention Executive Director Dr. Gary Slutkin receives prestigious Volvo for Life Award for Safety, 4/12/06 -- (click here to go to Web site)

• "CeaseFire takes action" -- News-Star (Pioneer Press), 02/01/06 (view pdf)

• "Cease-fire sought in the streets" -- Chicago Tribune, 1/20/06 (view pdf)

• "400 lives spared, and counting" -- Chicago Tribune Editorial, 1/19/06 (view pdf)

• "Program pushed as antidote to homicides" -- Chicago Tribune, 12/27/05 (view pdf)