The pilot program focuses on youth and equips them with conflict-resolution, emotional-control and peer-mediation skills.

Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison joined the show to discuss the city's new violence prevention plan and what it entails.

Youth organizers expressed gratitude for Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago alderpersons who listened to young people.

The UCAN Chicago program, who works with underserved youth, hosted a peace pledge Wednesday in response to the typical increase of violence over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Chicago's proposed "snap curfew" ordinance, which would allow Chicago police to impose a youth curfew anywhere in the city on ...

Jobs for young people have grown by 40% under Mayor Brandon Johnson, who pitched the program as a key anti-violence ...

Hundreds of young people took a pledge to be an ambassador of peace in their communities. The UCAN Chicago program, who works with underserved youth, hosted the pledge for the first time in response ...

How long will Chicago align its policies and imagination with the racial stereotype that young Black folks aren’t children and are somehow inherently dangerous and other?

Columbia’s Office of Violence Prevention Advisory Committee met Tuesday for the second time, as city leaders and law enforcement work to build collaborative strategies to address violent crime. So far ...