.ChicagoCred has been working to reduce gun violence one week at a time, engaging with those most at risk of being shot. The program provides young men in Chicago with opportunities to change their lives through services like life coaching and education
For the last seven years, a Chicago organization has been working to reduce gun violence one week at a time.aims to approach violence reduction by engaging with those most at risk of being shot. The nonprofit organization, which has nine locations, provides young men in the city with opportunities to change their lives through services like life coaching and education.Over several months, participants like Darvil Barnes engage in a program to change their lives.
“I was shot when I was 15. Terrifying situation,” Barnes said. “I got chased quite a few times in my teenage years being shot at.” “You are never going to eliminate people from using guns or shooting people but we do want to get to a point where people feel safer,” said Moore. “It’s not a situation where you feel you are walking out your door and you may be a victim of gun violence because you have other things to look forward to.from therapy to life coaching. Services that many in the program say they’ve never had easy access to.“I used to hold so much s--- in,” Thompson said.
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