After Chicago saw a dramatic spike in crime in 2020, one group is doubling down on its goal to cut violence by 20% next year. At a virtual press conference Tuesday afternoon, Arne Duncan, the former U.S.C education secretary who co-founded Create Real Economic Destiny, or CRED, said 2020 has been “very tough,” but “our collective goal is to make sure 2020 was an aberration and not a trend.”
Duncan, as well as speakers associated with Metropolitan Family Services, READI Chicago and others who’ve worked with Duncan’s group, joined him Tuesday to talk about violence reduction efforts.
Read the full story and hear from Senior Director Eddie Bocanegra from the Chicago Sun-Times here.
