Dear Friend,

Violence in our world today — violence between groups, violence towards groups — is of growing concern. These problems are overlapping, and they also intersect with violence in communities. It is a reminder of the urgency and importance of the work you support through Cure Violence. 

Cure Violence was founded 19 years ago based on a revolutionary concept: Violence is a public health issue requiring health-based epidemic management.

The movement Cure Violence began has grown, matured, spun off many partners, and—as you will read—taken the world’s approach to violence to an entirely new level.

The updates below present the sobering issues we face in a worldwide violence epidemic, but I hope you are inspired to support the solutions Cure Violence is working to implement to bring about an entirely new way to address the epidemic of violence worldwide.

None of this is possible without support from individuals like you. Thank you for being part of the Cure Violence movement.

Thank you,

Gary Slutkin, MD
Founder/CEO

Cure Violence Expanding in the US

• Baltimore: CVG is working closely with the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice as they expand model implementation from 4 to 10 sites.
• Milwaukee: The Office of Violence Prevention and City of Milwaukee Health Department had its official first site kick-off this spring.
• Jacksonville: With Cure Violence support, the city has launched new program sites through the Mayor’s office and two community partners.  
• St. Louis, MO: Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed is working to fund a citywide approach at $8 million. 
• Grand Rapids, MI; Greensboro, NC; and Miami, FL are also planning to launch new Cure Violence sites.

• Honduras: CVG is currently working with UNICEF on a major expansion of the program in Honduras. The program will expand to 4 new cities covering 7 of the top 20 most violent communities in Honduras. CVG also continues to strengthen the program in San Pedro Sula with support from Chemonics (USAID).
• Colombia: In partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank, Fundacion Alvalralice, and the Mayor’s Office of Cali the program is now in its second year of implementation. The two communities where the program has been implemented are no longer ranked in the top 10 most violent communities in Cali.
• Mexico: In addition to the ongoing programs in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, and Mexico City, CVG programs are being established in Culiacan and planning and assessment work is being conducted for future programming in Monterrey, Mexico.
• Syria:In the first week of June, senior Cure Violence staff led a weeklong meeting in Washington D.C. on a new approach to lowering violence in Syria and around the Middle East.  Top current and recent diplomats from the UN, US, EU, the region, other countries, and other scientific experts, spent the week discussing a new approach and strategy for Syria and the Middle East including expansion of the Cure Violence model into the arena of conflict zones.  CVG has 43 Syrian trainers associated with four Syrian partner organizations and training of the approach and methods had been extended to over six hundred people in the country.
• New Cities: Work on reducing violence continues with partners across the globe including new engagements in London, Athens, Brazil, Guatemala, Jamaica, Bahamas, and renewed programming in Trinidad that follows the publication of the highly positive evaluation funded by the InterAmerican Development Bank. There are also potential projects being explored in Morocco, Libya, Yemen, and the West Bank.  Stay tuned!