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Connecting, collaborating and mobilizing around a public health approach to violence prevention.

Strategies

To prevent violence, SCY takes and encourages action utilizing four main strategies.

POLICY & ADVOCACY

– Advocate for SCY policy agenda
– Support partner’s advocacy
– Use data to inform policy

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS TO DATA

– Disseminate Violence Research Agenda
– Implement Recommendations to Support Community Engagement Violence Research
– Support community partner’s use of data

 

 

 

CATALYST FOR INNOVATION

– Lead Juvenile Justice Collaborative
– Incubate emerging ideas

SHARING WHAT WORK

– Hold training and quarterly meetings
– Publish and amplify newsletter and social media
– Support community capacity-building
– Engage people outside of the most affected communities

Impact Data

Impact of Strengthening Chicago’s Youth

1,269

Meeting and event attendees in 2019

77%

Say SCY trainings are useful

87%

Agree that SCY is an asset to violence prevention in Chicago

Our Team

Meet the members of the Strengthening Chicago’s Youth Team

Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH (she/her)

Medical Director

Leslie Helmcamp, MPAff (she/her)

Executive Director

Brit Johnson (she/her)

Manager, Violence Prevention Initatives

Kirstin Grabski (she/her)

Operations Specialist

Sheila Hickey, LCSW, MJ (she/her)

Manager, Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Project

Cassandra Otoo, MSW, LSW (she/her)

Program Coordinator (JJC)

Kevin Rak (he/him)

Data Specialist

Job Positions

If you have a position you would like posted here, please send the title, organization, contact person, brief description and link to full job description to Kirstin Grabski at kgrabski@luriechildrens.org. Job positions will be posted for 30 days.

For Partners

Site Director

The Kedzie Center

Engagement Editor

Injustice Watch

Director of Prevention & Community Education

Between Friends

Executive Director

Injustice Watch

Combating Crime Guns Fellow-Chicago

Brady

Bilingual Counselor

Between Friends

 

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