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Volvo Joins Forces with Nation's Business Leaders to Take Chicago Violence Prevention Program Nationwide


March 2007
 Filed under: VOLVO Car News | VOLVO Headlines
CHICAGO, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 100 business leaders from throughout Illinois and the rest of the country will come together March 29 to strategize a solution to reduce violence in neighborhoods throughout the United States. The CeaseFire Leadership Summit, held at the University of Illinois at Chicago, brings together business leaders with the goal of identifying opportunities to form a national corporate council to roll out CeaseFire, a highly-successful violence prevention program that has dramatically reduced crime in Chicago, to other cities nationwide.

CeaseFire Illinois, founded and led by Dr. Gary Slutkin, a former World Health Organization epidemiologist, is an organization and philosophy that can predict where in neighborhoods gang-related violence will most likely occur, and who is most at-risk. A team of highly-skilled counselors (including many former gang members) is then dispatched to prevent violence often moments before it occurs. Their mission: identify people having violent thoughts, then counsel them out of their anger. And, when a shooting occurs, CeaseFire's team of local church members, prominent neighborhood individuals, neighborhood associations and others work directly with individuals in the neighborhood to respond to the violence.
This door-to-door, street-by-street violence prevention program has helped reduce the number of shootings and homicides by up to 85 percent in some neighborhoods over a 4-5 year period.

Anne Belec, president and chief executive officer of Volvo Cars of North America, was first introduced to the CeaseFire program last year, when Dr. Slutkin was honored for his work in the 4th Annual Volvo for life Awards, the largest-ever national search for and celebration of everyday heroes, with Volvo Cars of North America providing $1 million annually in awards and contributions. Dr. Slutkin was a winner in the Safety category and received a $50,000 charitable contribution.

"CeaseFire has achieved incredible results in such a short time period," said Belec. "I believe with some of the nation's best business minds together in one room, and with the attention of our nation's First Lady, we're certainly on the right track to take CeaseFire to the next level."

Belec personally invited business leaders to attend the Leadership Summit.

www.ceasefireillinois.org

Source: Volvo Cars of North America

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