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Jadain (right) with his SC2 mentor at NewLife, Deangelo. 21 was more than just another birthday for Jadain. It meant the start of adulthood, the first page of a new chapter– but it also meant that he’d reached a milestone that he hadn’t always thought he’d live to see. “I dropped a couple tears,” he confessed during our conversation at Humboldt Park’s NewLife Center. “I have some friends who didn’t make it to that age.” Having the confidence and stability to envision his own

This year, the nation’s eyes were on Chicago. And for the first time in decades, the city saw real, measurable progress: the lowest number of homicides since 1965, and a 22% drop in overall violent crime compared to last year. This shift did not happen by accident. It reflects years of work by Community Violence Intervention (CVI) organizations across Chicago—thousands of trained outreach workers and case managers interrupting cycles of violence, supporting at-risk individual

When Ramsey returned home after nearly a decade in federal prison, the road ahead felt un certain. Like many people reentering their communities after incarceration, he faced long-standing barriers to employment — and the constant pull of habits that had defined much of his life. “I’ve been in and out of prison for over 30 years,” Ramsey shared. “This was the first time — probably the first time ever — that I didn’t even think about going back to crime.” That turning point be