Chicago Civic Media (CCM)
TO MAKE CHICAGO SAFE
so peaceful...
Photo: Aryeh Goldsmith
scroll ON down for a fresh look at the future of public safety, CHICAGO style
it begins with the hard fact that chicago's violence is now
cITYWIDE
and out of control
SO IS CHICAGO'S VIOLENCE SOLVABLE?
OR WILL CHICAGO ALWAYS BE VIOLENT. . .
A city where violence is just a hard, unsolvable
fact of Windy City life, like brutal Chicago winters.
A city numbed by its long history of violence, especially
since the rise of its heavily armed, drug dealing,
youth victimizing street gangs in the 1960's.
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)
Chicago CAN solve its violence.
Chicagoans WANT safety.
Chicago is a MEDIA-DRIVEN city.
Chicago WILL make itself safe,
when its
MEDIA
are connecting
ALL CHICAGOANS
CITIZENS - POLICE - CITY HALL
to achieve the ONE GOAL
that Chicagoans keep telling
Chicago's leaders they want MOST:
CITYWIDE
SAFETY
And guess what:
For years this goal has been
100% FEASIBLE
because
Chicago's media ESPECIALLY ITS TV STATIONS
have had in place ALL the tools
needed to help Chicago
make itself SAFE.
and THESE TOOLS CAN
inform
inspire
and
mobilize
citizens | police | city hall
to make chicago
the safest
big city in
america
(and that's just the beginning)
MOBILIZING POWER?
How about this: In 2013, 2 MILLION media-mobilized Chicagolanders celebrated the Chicago Blackhawks' Stanley Cup victory in Grant Park.
NOW THAT IS MOBILIZING POWER!
Memo to Chicago's TV stations and other media:
The task of mobilizing Chicagoans to advance Chicago's ongoing drive to make itself the safest big city in America will be as PROFITABLE to media as the task of televising and covering the championship drives of Chicago's beloved pro sports teams.
Because media will be tapping the MARKET OF THE WHOLE of all Chicagoans with a stake in the safety of their homes, neighborhoods and city.
THAT'S EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN CHICAGO.
AND WHAT CHICAGO DOES TO MAKE ITSELF SAFE CAN
BE DONE THROUGHOUT THE CHICAGOLAND REGION.
Summing up
Here's Citywide Safety
FULLY REALIZED
in just 20 seconds:
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Our DNC 2024 Challenge project that invites Chicago's six network TV stations to spark all Chicagoans to turn the corner on the city's unchecked crime in time for the August 19 start of the Chicago Democratic National Convention
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Our 2 Chairs TV news feature where top, feuding Chicago leaders agree to put aside their differences long enough to complete game-changing special projects to make Chicago SAFE
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Our 4 Steps 30 minute community TV show to empower smart young Chicagoans from all over the city to devise exciting, low-cost ways to make Chicago SAFE.
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
our GoFundMe
