variants
or less commonly antiviolence
: acting against or opposing violence
anti-violence initiatives
an anti-violence rally
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Thao credited renewed focus on a city anti-violence program, known as the Ceasefire strategy, mentioning that Oakland’s Department of Violence Chief Holly Joshi had recently visited the White House to discuss the city’s approach to public safety.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Tio Hardiman is founder and executive director of Violence Interrupters Inc., an adjunct professor who specializes in restorative justice and a national speaker on anti-violence efforts.
—Tio Hardiman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Oct. 2024
Moreover, the fan who threw the objects at Courtois will be banned for life and the club is working alongside the anti-violence commission to identify and ban the fans who did monkey chants in the stands.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
To demonstrate commitment to the initiative, Baraka moved the anti-violence office into the same police precinct where the 1967 rebellion began.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Tio Hardiman is founder and executive director of Violence Interrupters Inc., an adjunct professor who specializes in restorative justice and a national speaker on anti-violence efforts.
—Tio Hardiman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Oct. 2024
Moreover, the fan who threw the objects at Courtois will be banned for life and the club is working alongside the anti-violence commission to identify and ban the fans who did monkey chants in the stands.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
To demonstrate commitment to the initiative, Baraka moved the anti-violence office into the same police precinct where the 1967 rebellion began.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Anti-violence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-violence. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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