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News & Updates
Catch an exclusive look inside the Baton Rouge press conference featuring honorable speakers as we discuss the transformative impact of CAPS grants.
Jan 8
The Community Based Public Safety Collective (The Collective) Welcomes a New Managing Director
CBPS is excited to announce that longtime partner, ally, and friend Fred Fogg will join the team as Managing Director.
Feb 8, 2024
🔍 Making Strides: Wilmington Street Team's Impact Unveiled 📊
The latest report showcases progress in Wilmington's anti-violence initiative, with decreases in crime across targeted districts. Led by...
Feb 6, 2024
Unlock Federal Funding: Our Guide to DOJ Grant Applications!
It's DOJ Grant Application Season! Federal funding awaits for community violence intervention, victim services, and more in community-...
Dec 18, 2023
Community Solutions for Curbing Violence: Public Safety Insights
Delvin Lane of 901 Bloc Squad and Aqeela Sherrills share insights on transforming the narrative of public safety. Sherrills, with over 30...
Aug 17, 2023
Four Newark Community Violence Intervention Organizations Awarded Grants Totaling $500,000
Grants Are Part of Larger Effort to Reduce Violence in Communities Newark, NJ - The Newark Anti-Violence Coalition (NAVC), New...
Jun 12, 2023
Empowering Community to Keep Schools Safe | KBLA1580
This Is Not a Drill! invited Aqeela Sherrills to discuss community based public safety and the work we are doing in Los Angeles. His...
May 17, 2023
Black victims of violent crime disproportionately denied aid in many states | Associated Press
Our Managing Director, E, contributed to this powerful piece about the racial bias in victim compensation in America. When we fail to...
Mar 5, 2023
Baton Rouge joins others cities in effort to fight crime | WAFB News
Watch the local news interview with Jazzika Matthews with the Safe, Hopeful, Healthy BR initiative about the CVI work being done and how...
Feb 28, 2023
National, Black-Led Organizations Redefining Public Safety | The Takeaway with Melissa Harris Perry
Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Indianapolis, and Newark are the site of a historic initiative to end gun violence in some of America’s cities. ...
Feb 25, 2023
Community-based efforts to reduce gun violence launched in four cities | Philanthropy News Digest
With the goal of strengthening local community violence intervention (CVI) ecosystems, CAPS will support community-based efforts...
Feb 23, 2023
Baltimore to join other cities to reduce gun violence by 20% over 5 years | Baltimore Sun
Baltimore has joined a national initiative seeking to build and bolster community solutions to gun violence. The Coalition to Advance...
Feb 22, 2023
DOJ Funding Sparks Newfound Optimism for Community Violence Intervention Groups | The Trace
At a recent convening in St. Louis, recipients of $100 million in federal grants described the funds as a long-awaited acknowledgment...
Feb 21, 2023
What Happens When Community Violence Intervention Gets the Support It Needs to Thrive? | The Appeal
As cities look to make new investments in non-police responses to gun violence, the Bull City United program in Durham, North Carolina,...
Jan 4, 2023
White House gun violence program with philanthropies ends | Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — It was small, as Washington celebrations go — two senior Biden administration advisers gathered with program participants...
Dec 9, 2022
White House: Try “Violent Interrupters” as A Crime-Fighting Solution | The Root
It’s no secret that we have a gun violence problem in the Untied States. Every year, tens of thousands of Americans die from gun-related...
Dec 6, 2022
Inside the White House gun violence initiative they say is actually working | Politico
Amid intense criticism from the left that the White House and Congress haven’t done enough to stop gun violence, the Biden ...
Oct 13, 2022
Episode 17: Equity in Grants Administration with Latrina Kelly-James | NCJA Podcast
In this episode, NCJA Program Manager Gillian Caplan speaks with equity subject matter expert Latrina Kelly-James, Principal at Oya...
Oct 12, 2022
The Wound is Where the Gifts Lie | Just Healing Podcast
In the premiere episode of Just Healing, Richard Smith talks with activist and childhood sexual abuse survivor, Aqeela Sherrills. Aqeela...
Sep 28, 2022
CVI Organizations Awarded $100 Million in Federal Grants to Boost Public Safety | Press Release
Grants Will Boost the Work of Community-Led, Often-Marginalized Organizations Across the Country NEWARK – Community-led organizations...
Jun 16, 2022
Why the White House Backs Community Violence Intervention | The Crime Report
By Aqeela Sherrills, published on The Crime Report The surge in shootings over the last two years has been accompanied by increased...
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