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Beth Richie

October 3, 2014

UIC policy expert named to NFL’s violence panel

Commissioner Roger Goodell appoints Beth Richie senior adviser

African American family having dinner

March 27, 2014

Forum explores challenges of black father/child relationships

Forum designed to inspire those who work with black fathers

Rachel Caidor

October 29, 2013

Dispelling myths about who ‘bad guys’ really are

Campus Advocacy Network helps students cope with interpersonal violence

hallway in a school

August 16, 2013

Conference preps social workers to address school violence

Called ‘unsung heroes of our city’

Triniece Pearson

May 22, 2013

Seven UIC students named Schweitzer Fellows

Underserved communities to benefit from year-long service learning programs

Gary Slutkin

March 5, 2013

Cure Violence method shows results in NYC

A new report says a UIC anti-violence program’s approach reduced shootings in Crown Heights.

February 19, 2013

Violence and children

“The problem of children’s exposure to violence needs to be treated as the public health epidemic that it is.”

A scene from the documentary "The Interrupters"

February 14, 2013

Cure Violence model reduces shootings in NYC

New report says approach reduced shooting rate 6 percent in Crown Heights, while other areas rose.

Lisa Lee in front of a graffiti face

January 8, 2013

‘Sites of revolution and subversion’

“Art, art history, museums, are rarified elitist things historically. But they’ve also been sites of revolution and subversion. It’s just a matter of finding new ways of talking about and communicating that to people.”

Beth Richie

November 28, 2012

Analyzing ‘prison nation’ impact on black women

Black women in poor neighborhoods have faced increasing violence because public policy has focused on unconditional punishment, not prevention, according to a new book by public policy expert Beth Richie.

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