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Founded in 2015 by Alia Harvey-Quinn, Force Detroit works with the people closest to violence, including those who once carried guns or led crews, and trains them to save lives. It became a national…
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Detroit Community Violence Intervention Groups
The people and groups working to stop shootings in Detroit, block by block.
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Community Violence Intervention (CVI) groups stop shootings before they happen: trusted people from the neighborhood calm disputes, mentor young people, walk kids to school and help families after violence. These are the Detroit groups and leaders we cover, with their full stories in 313 Legends and the Detroit Ledger.
Camp Restore Detroit
A faith-based crime prevention organization focused on revitalizing and restoring east side neighborhoods. Based at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church on Seymour Street, it hosts volunteers from schools, churches and universities who restore abandoned homes,…
Beat Da Odds
A Detroit community violence intervention organization founded by Darrell R. Ewing, who was wrongly convicted in 2010 and freed in 2024 after 14 years. Beat Da Odds gives a voice to survivors of trauma…
Detroit 300 Community Action Team
In memory of founder Eric Ford, who passed away in September 2025
Founded by the late Eric Ford in 2011 as a citizen-led safety alliance. Hundreds of volunteers act as the eyes and ears of the streets: walking children to school, escorting elders, supporting families after…
Wayne Metro Community Action Agency
Wayne Metro grew from a housing agency into a full community action organization. Within Detroit's ShotStoppers framework it serves as a fiscal anchor for smaller CVI groups and a model for how to run…
The People's Action
A Detroit grassroots agency focused on community development, youth upliftment, restoring safety and advocacy. Its programs include Adopt the Block, which partners with residents to rebuild neighborhoods from the ground up, and it pushes…
Detroit Friends & Family
A relational, spiritually grounded street ministry that trains outreach workers, mediates conflicts and designs trauma-informed reentry work. In 2023 it was one of six organizations funded through the City of Detroit's ShotStoppers program.
Ceasefire Detroit
Founded by radio host and activist Reggie Davis after the death of his brother. Anchored in the Group Violence Intervention (GVI) approach, Ceasefire brings together business owners, city officials, clergy, parents and young people,…
Denby Neighborhood Alliance
Prepares young people to lead and makes blocks safer through radical relationship building: peace circles for teens and parents, School Violence-Free Zones, multi-generational walks and trauma training for block captains. Young people become peace…
New Era Detroit
Started by Zeek Williams in 2014 with no seed money or city grants, New Era Detroit grew from a few men in black shirts with bullhorns into one of the city's most respected grassroots…
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