Feb 2024
Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy Week in Washington, D.C.
Projects
View highlights from the Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy’s week in Washington, D.C. in February 2024 including capstone presentations, meeting with policymakers, and the graduation event at the White House with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Projects
Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy Steering Committee and Curriculum Developers
View the members of the CVILA’s steering committee and curriculum developers.
Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy Brief
Learn more about the Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy in this brief.
CVILA Immersive Lab in Oakland, California
Watch a recap of the CVILA Immersive Lab in Oakland, California.
Scaling Promising Practices in Youth Mentoring
This case study by Results for America highlights the Crime Lab and Education Lab’s role in the City of Chicago’s bold initiative to expand the evidence-based Becoming a Man group mentoring model to serve thousands of young men.
Latest Updates
Crime Lab honored
At a February 9 White House ceremony, Vice President Kamala Harris honored the first graduates of the UChicago Crime Lab’s Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy (CVILA), a six-month program that trains leaders to prevent and reduce gun violence in their communities. In her remarks, Harris recognized CVILA’s work and its 31 graduates. Community violence intervention programs are widely seen as an effective approach to preventing gun violence; the CVILA aims to strengthen such programs by providing training on topics including staff development and retention, data literacy, and evaluation. The ceremony was the culmination of a week of events focused on community violence awareness hosted by the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention.
Mastering the art of command: Inside the Policing Leadership Academy with retired NYPD Chief Kenneth Corey
Kenneth Corey, retired NYPD Chief and Director of Outreach and Engagement for the Crime Lab’s Policing Leadership Academy, joins the Policing Matters Podcast to discuss the Academy’s innovative approach to training police commanders.
Madison Police Department captain recognized nationally as a rising police leader
Captain Stephanie Drescher, a graduate of the Policing Leadership Academy, was awarded the 2024 Past President Scholarship at the National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives conference for their work on domestic violence homicides.