The interrupters were the restless twins, whose tread sounded peremptory even on the painted canvas of the deck, and the fineness of whose presence was dimmed only by the hardy lawlessness which, in their own eyes, was their crowning virtue. ❋ George Washington Cable (1884)
The interrupters were the subject of a 2008 New York Times Magazine article by Alex Kotlowitz, who co-produced the movie along with director Steve James, who made the excellent "Hoop Dreams" in 1994. ❋ Chronicl [email protected] (Walter Addiego (2011)
Steve and Alex detail the incredible journey of filming the groundbreaking work of the violence interrupters who struggle to cease violence before it erupts on the South Side of Chicago. ❋ Elysabeth Alfano (2011)
The key to CeaseFire's success lies in using credible messengers as our street-level staff – whether they are "violence interrupters" or "outreach workers", and whether they are in Baltimore, Brooklyn or Englewood in Chicago, they are recruited from the community they represent. ❋ Unknown (2011)
This past year, 50 CeaseFire interrupters and 50 outreach workers have worked together with community groups to interrupt another 498 potentially lethal events and have worked with another 500 of the highest risk potential shooters. ❋ Gary Slutkin (2011)
The CeaseFire public health strategy uses trained and professional violence interrupters to detect and interrupt potential events; outreach workers to select and work with potential shooters to change their thinking; and it works with the whole community to change behavioral norms. ❋ Gary Slutkin (2011)
In the new documentary, The Interrupters, director Steve James (director, Hoop Dreams) and producer Alex Kotlowitz (author, There are No Children Here) follow several members of CeaseFire -- an organization that mobilizes "violence interrupters" to the streets of Chicago -- as they attempt to defuse conflicts before they occur. ❋ Dan Persons (2011)
A crowd gathered, including the man's friends, family and me, along with five "violence interrupters". ❋ Unknown (2011)
Los Angeles, one of the cities Chicago works closely with in this work, uses the same strategy with some variations: interrupters (called interveners or outreach workers) and outreach workers (called case managers) have worked to perform similar results. ❋ Gary Slutkin (2011)
Their role as "violence interrupters" is an intriguing and brave one: they have no hope of stopping the tide of killings and muggings altogether. ❋ Unknown (2012)
Violence interrupters are part of the CeaseFire model. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Directed by Steve James ("Hoop Dreams") with writer Alex Kotlowitz ("There Are No Children Here"), the film draws on the latter's reportage about "the interrupters," volunteers who put themselves in harm's way to defuse potentially deadly conflicts. ❋ Steve Dollar (2011)
In Chicago, violence interrupters have intervened in more than 200 conflicts in the first half of 2011 – incidents that could have ended in bloodshed, escalated into homicide, or even ignited our own Chicago riots. ❋ Unknown (2011)
