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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 

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 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)

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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:

 

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CITYWIDE
SAFETY

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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

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to make chicago

the safest
big c
ity in
america


(and that's just the beginning)

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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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  1. 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

  2. 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 

  3. 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

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