The Reality of Re-entry
Episode 1 of the Streets, Beatz & Peace podcast, hosted by Dr. Vanessa Perry DeReef & Rodney "Hot Rod" Phillips, titled "The Reality of Re-entry" was published on January 13, 2026 and runs 27 minutes.
January 13, 2026 ·27m · Streets, Beatz & Peace
Summary
Welcome back to Streets, Beatz & Peace: a podcast on gun violence prevention efforts in Chicago. Hosted by Dr. Vanessa Perry DeReef and Rodney Phillips, “Streets, Beatz & Peace” explores the Community Violence Intervention (CVI) work being done across Chicago. In this episode, we explore the realities of re-entry for formerly incarcerated individuals. Our guests include Joseph Mapp, Chicago’s first Director of Re-Entry, and Charles DeCuire, Field Manager for Communities Partnering 4 ...
Episode Description
Welcome back to Streets, Beatz & Peace: a podcast on gun violence prevention efforts in Chicago. Hosted by Dr. Vanessa Perry DeReef and Rodney Phillips, “Streets, Beatz & Peace” explores the Community Violence Intervention (CVI) work being done across Chicago.
In this episode, we explore the realities of re-entry for formerly incarcerated individuals. Our guests include Joseph Mapp, Chicago’s first Director of Re-Entry, and Charles DeCuire, Field Manager for Communities Partnering 4 Peace, or CP4P, at the Metropolitan Peace Academy.
Brought to you by the Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI), a division of Metropolitan Family Services which coordinates, supports and sustains a coalition of 13 community organizations, known as Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P), focused on reducing gun violence across 27 Chicago neighborhoods.
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