Institute For Nonviolence Chicago

The Institute for Nonviolence Chicago's mission is to replace the cycle of violence using the principles, practices and teachings of Kingian Nonviolence. To accomplish this, we engage with the highest risk individuals and the communities in which they live to prevent and intervene in violence. Nonviolence Chicago provides outreach and mediation in the community and a local school; victim services to those injured or those whose family members have been killed or injured by violence; case management to those trying to move out of a violent lifestyle; Nonviolence training in Cook County Jail, schools, churches, etc. to build the Beloved Community; and community outreach to build and enhance community partnerships and investment. Kingian Nonviolence is a philosophy and methodology that provides the knowledge, skills, and motivation necessary for people to pursue peaceful strategies for solving personal and community problems. This approach is critical if the epidemic of violence is to be eradicated. Often mistaken for being simply the opposite of violence, Nonviolence is a systematic framework of both conceptual principles and pragmatic strategies to reduce violence and promote peace. Through the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Nonviolence Chicago infuses high doses of nonviolence through community members and role models to change the prevalence and status quo of violence.