Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI) and Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P) celebrated the newest round of Chicago Community Violence Intervention (CVI) graduates from the Metropolitan Peace Academy (MPA). The 58 graduates included street outreach workers, case managers, and victim services professionals. The MPA is the Metropolitan Peace Initiatives’ premier multi-disciplinary training program, designed to streamline and strengthen the field of CVI. The Academy provides intensive and robust gun violence prevention training for street outreach workers, case managers, victim advocates, and trauma recovery specialists, in addition to community trainings for Chicago residents and police officers. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle served as the evening’s keynote speaker, highlighting Cook County’s support for CVI initiatives and how it has transformed public safety. This graduation brings the total number of MPA alumni to 681 since its inception in January of 2018.