Violence is a Disease
Over the past year, “The Interrupters” brought this message that we can end violence into more than 100 cities across the country, numerous venues around the world and into the homes of more than 2.4 million Americans when it aired on Frontline in February.
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In April – May 2012, the Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, convened a two-day workshop with more than two dozen professionals and experts in a broad range of fields to consider violence from a new perspective. While the theory has been a central part of CeaseFire’s thinking since inception, having leading experts in their respective fields apply the perspective to different manifestations of the same disease— self-directed, interpersonal, family, domestic, political and ethnic violence—was a truly momentous endorsement of the theory. CeaseFire’s bold vision that violence can be stopped if it is understood and treated in this way gained new ground from the historic event.
CeaseFire was named one of the "Top 100 Best NGOs" . Ranked first among violence prevention organizations worldwide.
Recent Posts
CeaseFire in Action in Baltimore, Chicago & New York
May 16th, 2012
CeaseFire in Action in Baltimore, Chicago & New York USA Today reporter Melanie Eversley spent time following CeaseFire- replication staff in Baltimore and New York to show the violence prevention model in action. See how CeaseFire gets results.
The Power of the Third Party
May 14th, 2012
The Power of the Third Party When conflicts arise the people in the thick of the action often think and behave differently than they would under normal circumstances. They give in to emotion. They may become angry or even enraged. They may feel a sense of competitiveness, a feeling that they will not allow themselves [...]
Larry Cohen, Executive Director of Prevention Institute, receives the Alex Kelter Vision Award
May 10th, 2012
CeaseFire would like to congratulate Larry Cohen, Executive Director of Prevention Institute, for receiving the Alex Kelter Vision Award from the Safe States Alliance last week (Read more). Larry currently co-chairs Prevention Institute’s UNITY Initiative (Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth through Violence Prevention), a national initiative funded by the CDC and in part by [...]
Culture, Community & Contagion – Recap 3
May 9th, 2012
Culture, Community & Contagion – Recap 3 Last week (April 30 – May 1) CeaseFire participated in a 2-day workshop on the Contagion of Violence convened in Washington DC by the Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences (read more). Over two dozen professionals and experts in a broad [...]
Institute of Medicine Workshop: Violence as a Contagion – Recap 2 On April 30, the first part of a 2-day workshop on the Contagion of Violence was convened in Washington DC by the Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences (read more). The IOM workshop brought together over two dozen [...]
