Who we are

TRIPLE C'S-CHICAGOLAND COMMUNITY CONNECTORS & VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS, NFP. Join us as we strive to make a difference in our communities. Your support and involvement empower us to create lasting change together. We @ Triple C’s are Violence interrupters or “credible messengers” people who, through their relationships and experience in a community, can help de-escalate situations that may turn violent. Our dedicated team is committed to delivering exceptional results.

“A Positive Mindset, Promotes Positive Behavior”

Our Philosophy

Chicago-land Community Connectors is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and empowering our community through various programs and initiatives. A vision of a safer community is: a place where everyone feels secure and protected from harm, where neighborhoods are welcoming and supportive, with a strong sense of belonging, where residents actively participate in maintaining safety, and where access to essential services and opportunities for positive development are readily available, allowing all individuals to thrive without fear of violence or crime; essentially, a place where people can live, work, and play freely and confidently in their community. 

Triple C’s Mission

The mission of the Chicagoland Community Connectors & Violence Interrupters is to curve the cycle of violence & crime on Chicago & Lake County streets while ensuring that the community is engaged in its own health & safety recovery plan. The Chicago Community Connectors is a bridge to resources & services that address the evolving issues within the community by promoting activities and actions that help improve and enhance a sense of community and responsibility that focus on both individual strengths and community unity. Providing resources necessary to ensure positive outcomes in the community such as job training for the real world, feeding the hungry, providing essentials to children to guarantee success rates, assisting in reintegrating formerly incarcerated individuals back into the work force and thus reducing recidivism.

 

"Positive Mindset Promotes Positive Behavior"

 

Triple C’s Vision

The founders of Triple C’s have overcome many barriers and obstacles throughout their life, from homelessness, incarceration, single parenting, domestic violence, mental health challenges, street violence, hopelessness, yet through it all we have prevailed. Your Triple C’s founders have overcome these trials and tribulations with strong community ties and a vison, a vison to be a better person today than yesterday , a vision to teach others how to overcome barriers and become victorious, a vision to show the youth of today that a positive mindset promotes positive behavior and that you can achieve anything in front of you, 1.) If you believe in yourself and 2.) That someone believes in YOU. We at Triple C’s believe in YOU, we believe in the power of loving yourself and others, that being truthful to your comrades promotes peace throughout your inner self and community, mindset is the foundation of everything in your life, true freedom comes as a product of your mindset. And most importantly, being a righteous individual and helping your neighbor is the greatest justice of all.

 

"Positive Mindset Promotes Positive Behavior"

What we Do..

Triple C’s Goals :

  • Reduce the cycle of retaliatory violence

  • Reduce the likelihood of long-term violence

  • Change group norms that support violence

  • Connect people to resources that can help them avoid violence

Triple C’s impact

Thanks to the support of our community, elected officials, other community organization and community advocates, we have been able to make a significant impact over the years, reducing violence, reducing recidivism and engaging in community health. Learn more about our accomplishments and the positive change we have brought to our communities.

“A Positive Mindset, Promotes Positive Behavior”

Lake County, IL.

Lake County Gun Violence Prevention Initiative (GVPI)

A program that partners with community and law enforcement to implement strategies to interrupt gun violence 

Triple C’s Violence Interrupters

Our members are a type of outreach worker who use peacebuilding approaches to mediate conflict and spread anti-violence messaging. They are often credible community members who have turned their lives around. 


Triple C’s Programs

Triple C’s programs are community-based initiatives that work to prevent violence by: 

  • Identifying and changing the behavior of people who are most likely to be involved in violence

  • Connecting people at risk to social services

  • Reshaping norms around using guns

  • Deescalating disputes before they escalate into violence

Gun Violence -Public Health Crisis

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has issued a landmark Surgeon General's Advisory on Firearm Violence, declaring firearm violence in America to be a public health crisis.

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