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Train in Chicago

Anti-violence programs shut down as Chicago shootings climb

Source: Chicago Tribune

Read why CeaseFire, the organization featured in the 2011 documentary The Interrupters, has stopped receiving funding from the Illinois legislature and about the effects that has had.

This entry was posted in Seeking Justice, Seeking Peace and tagged Culture & Society, Current Events on February 1, 2016 by Anita Hacker.

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