SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN:

SPREAD THE WORD, CHANGE THE THINKING

Violence behaves like a disease. It is transmitted like a disease. It spreads through a community like a disease. And, like a disease, it can be controlled, contained, prevented and reversed.

Audacious ideas? No. CeaseFire, using a public health model and interventions, is proving violence can be cured.

You can be part of the cure. You can help us spread the word, change the thinking, and stop the spread of violence.

HERE’S HOW:

• Make a donation to support the work of CeaseFire in places like Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans, Iraq, and South Africa by clicking the “Stop the Shooting!” button on the right.
• Sign-up for our mailing list or volunteer opportunities.
• Write a letter to your city, state, and national community leaders suggesting prevention over prosecution based solutions to violence.
• Tweet, blog, post or email these articles on this effective violence prevention solution, including:
• “CeaseFire employs public health methodology to fight urban violence” WBEZ Worldview 
• “Homicide that Didn’t Happen” Chicago Tribune, Dr. Gary Slutkin
• “Blocking the Transmission of Violence” New York Times Magazine, Alex Kotlowitz
• “Chicago’s CeaseFire Program Targets Poor Youth in Dangerous Urban Neighborhoods”