WHO IS CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL?
Cure Violence Global (CVG) is an international organization that utilizes a public health approach to stopping and preventing violence. For over 20 years, CVG has helped communities to implement violence prevention programs that are effective in significantly reducing violence.
Our mission
The CURE:PNW project aims to reduce conflict, hate, and violence in the Pacific Northwest by altering norms relating to violence and building the infrastructure for addressing the root causes.
BACKGROUND
In recent years, the Pacific Northwest has become a hotbed for protest and counter-protest violence. This surge in violence has led to greater fear and uncertainty, which has been further aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic. In many ways the current situation is representative of the trauma, polarization, and division apparent throughout American society. Stories of anger and discord have come to define Portland in the minds of many. This experience serves as a warning to other cities of what can happen if we do not reverse the acceptance of violence.
In the Pacific Northwest, we have the opportunity to show the rest of the country how to overcome the hate and extremism that leads to violence. If those passively waiting for change can be mobilized, and if those that reject hate and extremism can be empowered, then the situation can be improved. If successful, the impact of these efforts will echo around the country to help us all heal.
WHAT IS CURE:PNW?
An initiative of Cure Violence Global (CVG), aims to reduce conflict, hate, and violence in Portland and the surrounding areas by altering the norms relating to violence and groups that espouse the use of violence and providing an opportunity for collective hope and healing.