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Cure Violence Global is assessing the readiness of Peoria for its violence prevention program.
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The community received the first glimpse Monday of how the Cure Violence Global program works and how it could be implemented in Peoria.
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Since the Peoria City Council has opted not to fund a $25,000 Cure Violence Assessment, the Peoria City/County Health Department will pick up the tab.
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Peoria Mayor Rita Ali said the conversations around the council horseshoe about her trademark of the term "S-NET" and that group's meetings have become a distraction from the real issue of the violence disproportionately impacting Peoria's Black community.
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Since late May, the Peoria City Council has kicked a $25,000 assessment from outside violence-interruption group Cure Violence Global around the horseshoe, over and over again.
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The ongoing furor over the City of Peoria's anti-violence initiatives bled into Mayor Rita Ali's first open Safety Network meeting on Friday.
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The Peoria branch of the NAACP is calling out remarks made to Mayor Rita Ali and about the Cure Violence assessment in last week’s city council meeting.
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A first step in addressing Peoria’s gun violence through a public health lens failed to gain much traction around the horseshoe yet again.