The Chicago Police Department honored NLCP student Derrick Anderson with an honorable mention for Derrick’s intervention in an altercation earlier this summer. Police Chief Ernest Cato III witnessed Derrick Anderson intervene in a heated argument between two young. Chief Cato assumed Anderson was a staff member at the event and later came to find that he was a student from North Lawndale College Prep who was trained as a Peace Warrior. Chief Cato remarked, “Derrick Anderson showed leadership and empathy, the ability to deescalate a tense and potentially dangerous situation… [if more students were to learn these techniques] that would reduce violence in the city of Chicago.” The news of Derrick’s commitment to the Peace Warrior duties was not a surprise to the teachers and staff at NLCP. “Derrick is a very resilient, independent person,” said Chris Coachman, Derrick’s 12th-grade school counselor. “He doesn’t back down from any challenge and has the heart of a lion. He will be successful in any endeavor he pursues. We are super proud of him!” The NLCP Peace Warriors are students who undergo an extensive training process and learn the Six Principles of Kingian Nonviolence and implement them in daily life. To find out more information about the Peace Warriors, please visit https://nlcphs.org/peace-warriors/