Welcome to the first episode of Streets, Beatz & Peace: a podcast on gun violence prevention efforts in Chicago.

Join us as hosts Billy "Bo" Deal and Rodney "Hot Rod" Phillips, along with guest Tio Hardiman, Executive Director of the Violence Interrupters, explore the evolution of street outreach and community violence intervention (CVI) to bring down gun violence in Chicago streets.

Special thanks to:
    Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP) Chicago
    Sam Brandstrader, SWOP
    Fred Brandstrader

Brought to you by the Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI), a division of Metropolitan Family Services which coordinates, supports and sustains a coalition of 13 community organizations, known as Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P), focused on reducing gun violence across 27 Chicago neighborhoods.

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