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Can Social Media End Gun Violence
At Project Unloaded, Olivia Brown challenges conventional views of social media to present an evidence-based framework for reducing gun violence through online activism. She outlines a practical blueprint for using social media connections to drive social change.
How Youth Lead Peacekeeping
After being surrounded by gang violence and losing a friend because of it, Monse Ayala discovered three essential needs that are lacking in vulnerable communities – community, stability, and recognition. Through intimate stories of loss and transformation, she reveals how meeting these core needs can break cycles of violence.
Interrupting Violence Through Mercy
When Cobe Williams faced his father's killer, he chose mercy over revenge – a decision that would launch him into a career in violence prevention. Williams demonstrates how deep listening and authentic connection can interrupt cycles of violence.
When We Become Invisible
Ernest Cato shows how partnership-based policing can transform high-crime areas in America’s cities.
The life changing power of designing with dirt
From immigrant parents to successful urban spaces, Ernie Wong weaves a story of struggling to gain his father's acceptance to creating an equitable world through landscape architecture. In doing so, he unveils a powerful truth about what it means to design urban spaces for our future generations, and how it transforms our lives. With reference to current climate and societal challenges, Ernie describes the innovative projects that capture the flavors of changing neighborhoods in Chicago and their futures.
Reimagining closed schools as incubators for creativity
Imagine your childhood school closing forever. How do we reimagine these spaces and reclaim them for community empowerment? In this insightful and inspiring talk, Paola Aguirre Serrano takes us on a journey of design justice, exploring art and architecture's role in revitalizing closed schools and reimagining the future of social infrastructure in our communities.
How you react in 3 minutes can change your life
Three minutes can change your life. When young people are faced with a challenge, one wrong decision can affect their future. Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. and Brightpoint started Choose to Change™, a program providing Chicago youth with a neighborhood-based Advocate and trauma informed cognitive behavioral therapy, and it is producing positive results.