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Chicago Civic Media 

To Make Chicago SAFE

so peaceful...

Photo: Aryeh Goldsmith

AND now the violence has gone 

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 cITYWIDE

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so ... IS chicago'S violence SOLVABLE?

I love Chicago

It's a city that can do anything

it wants to do if it wants to do it.

- Mike Ditka,  Autobiography (emphasis ours)

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it's the digital age

Chicago's violence is solvable with a



public safety strategy
One that uses the power of Chicago's

Digital MEDIA

to inform, inspire and mobilize
ALL CHICAGOANS

to advance the


UNIVERSALLY
DESIRED GOAL


of

DIGITAL AGE
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CITYWIDE
SAFETY
 

SO CHICAGO CAN BE

A CITY WHERE

  • You can go ANYWHERE without fearing for your life

  • Families and businesses are MOVING INTO the city. Not MOVING OUT

  • EVERYONE can visit, work, play, worship, walk to school and raise a family. SAFELY.

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TECHNOLOGICALLY

Citywide Safety has long been

100% FEASIBLE

because Chicago has long

had in place ALL of the

digital media

tools it needs to empower all

Chicagoans to make Chicago SAFE

THE TOOLs?

They're the

Social | Online | Public

Community | Commercial

MEDIA 

of Chicago's Digital Age


Public
Communication
System

We just haven't used

these tools effectively

Sphere on Spiral Stairs

YET

SO how can THESE TOOLS

MAKE CHICAGO safe?

they can

inform

inspire

and

mobilize

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to make chicago

SAFe

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MOBILIZING POWER?

In 2013, 2 million media-mobilized Chicagolanders celebrated the Chicago Blackhawks' Stanley Cup victory.

Now Chicago's media can mobilize 2.6 million Chicagoans to MAKE CHICAGO SAFE for all residents. PROFITABLY SO  

OK, so in order to get the
Citywide Safety ball rolling,


get creative!

BEST WAY to reACH
ALL CHIC
AGOANS? THINK

tv sports

CHICAGOANS LOVE THEM.
SO o
ur digital age approach
to P
UBLIC SAFETY?











A GAME CHICAGO MUST WIN

A GAME THAT MUST 
EARN
AND MAINTAIN CITYWIDE
RESPE
CT AND TRUST 

A GAME THAT CAN BE TELEVISED,
LIKE THESE TWO tv games:

public safety is a game

1.
For CITY Leaders
A weekly three-minute
news feature


It's a game of

two chairs

Two Chair top chicago leaders

Looks like NOTHING, right?

That's the point. But it's the

talk of the town. Overnight  when

it airs on the evening news. 

 2.
for Youth/ADULT Leaders

A weekly 30- or 60-minute
TV program

It's the game of

four steps

Lashawn K Ford with Austin Youth

The Wisdom of Young and Old 

Chicago needs it to make itself safe.

And practical wisdom is what you see

on this weekly 30 minute TV show.  

Summing up:
Here's Citywide Safety
FULLY REALIZED
in just 20 seconds:

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oh, and one more thing. . .

NEXT AUGUSt

Chicago MUST be

SAFe

when it hosts the

Democratic National
Convention
 

democratic national convention Chicago 2024
because

The whole world
will be watching

If Chicago gets
its act together NOW,
it can show America and the world NEXT AUGUST how a WORLD CLASS CITY makes itself
SAFE in the Digital Age.

THANKS FOR VISITING

Since 1990

Chicago Civic Media's
multimedia formats have
made Chicagoans and City Hall

responsive and accountable to each
other in addressing and resolving
the issues affecting the lives
of all Chicagoans.



sums up our work.

AND HATS OFF TO DANIEL BURNHAM

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