See the Movie, Be Part of the Solution
CeaseFire’s bold vision that violence can be stopped was splashed across television and computer screens throughout the world when Frontline aired “The Interrupters” on February 14. In case you missed it, you can watch it here (here). And if you want to help make this vision a reality, you can do that now (here) .
CeaseFire has been named in the "Top 100 NGOs in the world"by The Global Journal. Ranked #30 worldwide and first among violence prevention organizations Ranked #30 worldwide and first among violence prevention organizations.
Recent Posts
An Interrupter You Haven’t Met
October 7th, 2011
An Interrupter You Haven’t Met Meet Achisimach “Chiz” Yisrael, a Violence Interrupter with Save Our Streets (S.O.S.) Crown Heights, a NY-based CeaseFire replication. One afternoon this past June, Achisimach “Chiz” Yisrael and his colleagues at Save Our Streets (S.O.S.) Crown Heights were sitting in their storefront office on Kingston Avenue in Brooklyn. They were about to [...]
The Interrupters Returns to the Gene Siskel Film Center
October 6th, 2011
The Interrupters Returns to the Siskel The Interrupters, an award-winning Kartemquin Films documentary inspired by CeaseFire, returns to the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on Friday for a two week run, October 7-20. Thursday, October 20 @ 8:15 pm will benefit CeaseFire, with the Gene Siskel Film Center donating their [...]
Chicago Ideas Week Celebrates CeaseFire Heroes
October 4th, 2011
Chicago Ideas Week Celebrates CeaseFire Heroes The tagline for The Interrupters reads, “Every City Needs Its Heroes” and on October 13th Chicago Ideas Week (CIW) recognizes three CeaseFire staff as Chi-Town’s very own. Ameena Matthews, Ricardo “Cobe” Williams, and Eddie Bocanegra–CeaseFire Violence Interrupters featured in the award-winning documentry–will be recognized as heroes as part of the week long event. CIW spans [...]
CNN Profiles Baltimore Safe Streets Program
September 27th, 2011
CNN Profiles Baltimore Safe Streets Program Tard Carter, a 34 year-old, violence interrupter in East Baltimore was recognized as a CNN Hero today. Tard is part of Safe Streets, an innovative initiative of the Baltimore City Health Department based on the CeaseFire model. Launched in 2007, an upcoming evaluation conducted by Johns Hopkins has found [...]
Through Community Partnerships, Yonkers SNUG Shows Results
September 23rd, 2011
Through Community Partnerships, Yonkers SNUG Shows Results Yonkers SNUG has partnered with what seems to be every organization in the city, the fourth largest in the state of New York. The CeaseFire replication site has relationships with public and private institutions, from the police department to the PTA. The partnerships that Yonkers SNUG has built [...]
