Episode 1: What is Street Outreach?

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.
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.
Visit our website to listen to all podcast episodes on the go:
streetsbeatzpe...
Special thanks to:
Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP) Chicago
Sam Brandstrader, SWOP
Fred Brandstrader
Got a question you want played and answered on-air? Click the link to record your question in a voicemail www.speakpipe....

[@Drebo1971]

Thank you for doing this good work for Chicago. Spread hope and break the cycle.

[@dlmanagement5987]

🙏🙏🙏

[@dlmanagement5987]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MetropolitanPeaceInitiatives]

Thank you all for watching! Be on the lookout for episode 2!