Interrupting Violence in Chicago and Philadelphia

In this video from the 2011 Dart Center workshop "Getting it Right: Reporting on Youth Violence," experienced violence interrupters talk about their experiences.

Falacca and David Fattah talk about their experience with the House of Umoja, reducing gang violence in 1970s Philadelphia, with Gary Slutkin, co-founder of CeaseFire. Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, introduces.

This video is from a two-day workshop held at WHYY in Philadelphia in Decmber, 2011, made possible by generous funding from the Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation and additional support from the Stoneleigh Foundation:  "Getting it Right: Reporting on Youth Violence."