Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Dr. Jackson joined city departments and students from across Chicago in a citywide call-to-action to end youth involvement in gun violence. Building on the City’s all-hands-on-deck public safety strategy, Mayor Lightfoot hosted a roundtable discussion with CPS high school students as part of an effort to ensure that young adults have a voice and continue to be a critical partner in our fight to curb violence across the city. As part of the City’s commitment to ending youth involvement in gun violence through positive and alternative programming, Mayor Lightfoot announced a multi-year investment to expand the groundbreaking Choose to Change (C2C) program to offer year-round services for more than 2,000 students at the highest risk of gun violence involvement over the next three years. According to research by the University of Chicago Crime and Education Labs, C2C has not only proven to keep students safe and engaged while in the six-month program but has also had positive impacts on students after they leave the program.