It would be very easy for most of our members to turn a blind eye to the movement. It’s easy to say that police violence is not our problem, that it doesn’t affect us. We have a lot of distractions in our lives, and even if we care, it’s hard to know what to do. It’s...
Media misrepresents gang violence in the city of Chicago. Over the summer, MAVReC focused on researching the relationship between gang violence and how it was represented in the media. On the first day, the group decided it was best to research gang violence and...
The mission of the Youth Research Collaborative is to promote Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) as a counter space for discounted, diminished, and underestimated youth. YPAR empowers youth to work collectively and collaboratively to create knowledge and...