Men Against Violence Research Collaborative

Last week, we went out and distributed fliers to businesses as part of the RCAPS program

RCAPS is an alternative to the CAPS meetings that happen in Uptown. RCAPS aims to create a tightly knit community, especially among marginalized and oppressed people, to help solve issues that plague our community. We feel that CAPS meetings, which in theory are supposed to unite the community and keep it safer, only takes into account the voices of rich upper-class whites and police officers. The voices of oppressed people are not heard, and often they are the ones who bear the brunt of CAPS decisions. At CAPS meetings, people are encouraged to call the police at small infractions that do not need police intervention, and many times they aim to throw oppressed people of color from their communities. We aim to create a true community through RCAPS, and by putting up these fliers, businesses are expressing their support for a strong community. Strong communities make repressive state apparatuses obsolete. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

Hello! We are the Men Against Violence Research Collaborative. Our mission is to promote a counter space for youth who are marginalized, oppressed, and looked down upon by society, through Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR). YPAR encourages these oppressed youth to work together to understand and spread knowledge of the issues that affect our communities. YPAR also encourages youth to prevent violence in their communities and to fight against the negative stereotypes of young people and people of color.

Currently our projects are covering two major issues: police brutality and gentrification. Police brutality is the use of any force exceeding that reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful police purpose. Gentrification is the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into poor neighborhoods that often displaces poorer residents.

Men Against Violence Research Collaborative’s hopes to accomplish our goal of spreading information about these issues through informative oral history and getting as many people as possible involved in our fight against these problems in our communities.

MAVREC: Recruiting Youth Action Researchers

https://mavrec.wordpress.com/2015/06/10/mavrec-recruiting-youth-action-researchers

MAVREC: Recruiting Youth Action Researchers The movement to transform Chicago is alive and building. Men Against Violence Research Collaborative (MAVReC) is looking for young men of color who’s lives have been impacted by the city’s injustic...

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