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Grantees
Joyce Awards 20th Anniversary Grantee Spotlight: Lynn Nottage
Q&A with 2014 honoree Lynn Nottage, whose Tony-nominated show Clyde's started as a Joyce Awards-winning commission with the Guthrie Theater called Floyd's.
New Blue: Repairing Trust and Rebuilding Public Safety
New Blue – a collaborative created by police and community designed to foster collective change.
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New Blue
“Tarell Makes Man”
Joyce Awards Honoree Tarell Alvin McCraney Reflects on Artistic Growth in Chicago
Mobilizing the Community College Student Vote
Joyce Democracy Grantees Campus Vote Project and Students Learn Students Vote are mobilizing community college student voters through targeted education and engagement designed to meet the needs of a diverse and nontraditional student population.
Democracy Desk: “Unlock Civics” Advocates Expanding Voting Rights and Civic Education for Incarcerated Community Members
Two Joyce Democracy grantees, Chicago Votes and Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, discuss their inspiring voting rights work in Illinois.
Collective Engagement for Community Peace: Understanding the Black & Brown Researchers Collective
We caught up recently with Dr. Buggs, one of the nation’s leading experts on community violence intervention and using anti-racist methods to reduce gun violence, about the status of the Collective and what’s to come.
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Black & Brown Researchers Collective
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Healthcare-Based Screening And Violence Prevention Tools
Researchers from the University of Michigan and the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute discussed new findings that explore the role of two tools—SaFETy and Lock to Live.
Impact Of Mass Shootings On Youth
Researchers discuss new findings that explore the psychological impact of mass shootings on youth, and the impact of anonymous reporting systems on school gun violence prevention.
Illinois Firearm Injury And Violent Death Dashboard Review
The Joyce Foundation, Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), and the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine present a new dashboard on violent deaths and firearm-related injuries in Illinois.
Diversified Crisis Response – Findings From The Chicago Care Pilot
During the webinar, the panelists presented key findings from the implementation evaluation of the CARE pilot.
Violence Prevention Programming Focused On Rural Youth
Researchers discuss new findings that explore handgun carrying behavior among rural youth in the U.S.
Impact Of Firearm Violence On Youth
Researchers discussed new findings on childhood exposure to gun violence; the impact of exposure on youth mental health and on future adult experiences of gun violence; and the impact of “collective efficacy” on firearm violence exposure for youth.
Environmental Justice Science, Data, And Research Plan
Researchers discuss the Environmental Justice Science, Data, and Research Plan to identify research gaps and provide recommendations for federal agencies to advance goals of EO 14096 Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All.
Funding Safety: Crises And Opportunities For Violence Prevention Efforts
Researchers discuss strategies for sustaining and expanding Community Violence Intervention (CVI) funding.
Police De-Escalation Training: Challenges And Opportunities
Panelists from R Street Institute and Niskanen Center the current landscape of de-escalation training in law enforcement, overall importance of it, and the current implementation status of the Law Enforcement De-Escalation and Training Act.
Optimizing Crime Gun Intelligence
Authors of Joyce-funded research report, Optimizing Crime Gun Intelligence, discuss the current landscape and key findings from the report, and possible ways to strengthen the use and adoption of these tools in a fair and just way.
Exploring Law Enforcement Support For Community Violence Intervention Strategies
Researchers from the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) discuss a forthcoming report outlining how law enforcement can best understand and support the emergence of CVI as part of cities’ public safety ecosystem.
Maximizing Lost And Stolen Firearms Policies
Rresearchers from the National Policing Institute discuss a new, first of its kind research report that examines the implementation of state laws mandating reporting of lost and stolen firearms and offers recommendations for their improvement.
Emerging Research Into Concealed Carry Licensing
Researchers from The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions discussed two new research studies about the changing policy landscape regarding state concealed carry gun laws.
Reimagining Public Safety: Community Listening Sessions With Black Communities And Defenders
A discussion on the report "Reimagining Public Safety: Community Listening Sessions with Black Communities and Defenders" which aims to help build sustainable public safety reforms formed on a responsiveness to community needs.
Using Public Funding For Community Violence Intervention Strategies: Successes And Challenges
Panelists discussed new report "Coordinating Safety: Building and Sustaining Offices of Violence Prevention and Neighborhood Safety" which examines the current landscape of Offices of Violence Prevention and identifies policy recommendations.
Working With Cdc’s National Violent Death Reporting System (Nvdrs)
Panelists presented NVDRS, discussed how NVDRS data was used in their work, and showcased how other researchers can access NVDRS for their own work through the Restricted Access Database, or RAD.