Alderperson credits collaborative community approach with reducing violence in Chicago’s 26th Ward – CBS2 (Chicago)

A ward that spans parts of Chicago's West and Northwest sides went five months without a single murder earlier this year. What is different in the ward, said Ald. Jessie Fuentes, is the involvement some who might not otherwise be invited to the conversation about violence prevention — like members of gangs that would otherwise would not be collaboration with one another to keep the neighborhood safe.