The Hidden Toll of Peacekeeping
Talk given at WTTW’s Firsthand Talks: Peacekeepers
January 25th, 2025
Click to watch talk on WTTW’s website
Dr. Kathryn Bocanegra
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
Senior Advisor, Illinois Attorney General
About the Talk
Dr. Kathryn Bocanegra reveals a blind spot in the community violence intervention space – the trauma experienced by peacekeepers themselves. Drawing from 15 years of research and frontline experience, she demonstrates how violence intervention workers carry deep wounds while healing others.
Source: WTTW
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About Kathryn
Kathryn Bocanegra is an Assistant Professor at Jane Addams College of Social Work at University of Illinois Chicago. She is a licensed clinical social worker and also serves as Senior Advisor to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on crime victim and violence prevention issues. Bocanegra has over 15 years of community-based mental health and violence prevention experience and specializes in working with survivors of violent crime. She has published book chapters and articles examining the intersection of the criminal justice system with urban neighborhoods. Bocanegra has been appointed to several criminal justice commissions, including the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council, the Mayor’s Public Safety Research Advisory Committee, and the Governor’s Commission on Criminal Justice Sentencing and Reform. Her current research projects focus on street intervention and trauma exposure as well as homicide investigation processes.
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WTTW’s Firsthand Series: Peacekeepers
As crime and public safety are top of mind across Chicago’s communities, there are people who are working to prevent conflict before it happens and stop it from escalating when it does. WTTW spends a year exploring violence interruption and prevention in Chicago in Firsthand: Peacekeepers, a series of documentaries, expert talks, investigative journalism, and community engagement focusing on extraordinary people who are making a difference. Through their firsthand accounts, we witness their struggles and triumphs as they mentor youth, build trust, and mediate conflicts.
Source: WTTW
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