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Inside the Garfield Park field house’s cavernous basement, Mayor Brandon Johnson and other city officials spoke bullishly about their mission to tackle Chicago’s crime. Titled the “People’s Plan for Community Safety,” the strategy outlined by the progressive mayor last Wednesday evening at a community working group event encompassed his signature mantra of “investing in people” rather than .
Chicago’s mayor said the 60-day limit on shelter stays would, after previous delays, finally be enforced Saturday, impacting potentially thousands. There would, however, continue to be exemptions.
The Metropolitan Peace Academy and its street outreach workers carry out direct and intense work in neighborhoods, especially with young people who are part of gangs or have committed crimes, to help both victims and perpetrators break the cycle of violence. The work of Ricardo Estrada and Jesús Salazar, among others, at this institution is based on having themselves experienced and overcome violence, and then projecting their commitment, knowledge, and empathy to help others, especially young people, and to prevent violence in Latino neighborhoods of Chicago