August Recap
PHILADELPHIA SEES LOWEST HOMICIDE RATE IN NINE YEARS, WITH A 38% DROP IN GUN DEATHS This year, Philadelphia has seen the fewest killings in nine years, according to the Philadelphia […]
April Issue
Philadelphia’s Path to Safer Streets: Commissioner Bethel Releases 100-Day Public Safety Report Coinciding with Mayor Cherelle Parker’s 100th day in office, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel released a comprehensive 100-day […]
Community Drivers: Stop the Bleed
Empowering Philadelphians: Stop the Bleed Educates Communities on Life-Saving Techniques
February 2024 Issue
What is Intervention? Why is it the Coalition’s Focus? At his January swearing in ceremony at Russell Conwell Middle School in Kensington, Philadelphia Police Commissioner, Kevin Bethel said Mayor Parker’s […]
A Year of Progress
Civic Coalition Helping Support Efforts that are Bending the Curve on Gun Violence in Philadelphia To mark the first year of the Civic Coalition to Save Lives, the founding members […]
Reaching a One-Year Milestone: Civic Coalition to Save Lives Updates Members on Helping Reduce Gun Violence in Philadelphia
The Civic Coalition to Save Lives, a collective of civic, business, philanthropic, religious, and community leaders, marked its first anniversary with a Membership Forum at PECO, updating stakeholders on the […]
September 2023 Issue
Bending the Curve: Homicides are Down in Philadelphia Though gun violence continues to dominate media coverage, Philadelphia has actually achieved a significant reduction in gun violence this year. And while […]
Community Drivers: EMIR
Learn about Chantay Love, Co-founder of Every Murder is Real
August 2023 Issue
Gun Violence Intervention Coordination Center Operational; ChauWing Lam joins to lead operations. Working with city partners, The Civic Coalition to Save Lives has established the Gun Violence Intervention Coordination Center […]
June 2023 Issue
The Coalition continues to make significant strides towards our shared goals with the City to: Each month, this newsletter will provide updates on those goals, share examples of work and […]
Community Drivers: Beat the Block
Learn about Pastor Carl Day’s “Beat the Block” Program
