Cease Murder Diplomats (CMD) is a grassroots movement of community and faith-based leaders, residents, activists, and organizations joining forces to stop the killings in Camden, NJ. The Cease Murder Diplomat (CMD) movement is a proactive prevention strategy focused on saving one life at a time by being a daily presence in high violence neighborhoods and connecting with individuals who are at risk
of “being shot or being a shooter” in the immediate future. CMD is seeking individuals, churches, and agencies that are willing to partner together in a collaborative effort to be change the culture of violence in our neighborhoods and be consistent in delivering the message that "the killing must STOP". A Diplomat is a person who is tactful and skillful in managing delicate situations, handling people, etc. Diplomats post collect and report information that could affect COMMUNITY interests, often with advice about how the COMMUNITY should respond. Then, once any policy response has been decided in the COMMUNITY, posts bear major responsibility for implementing it. Diplomats have the job of conveying, in the most persuasive way possible, the views of the COMMUNITY to the COMMUNITY to which they are accredited and, in doing so, to try to convince those to act in ways that suit COMMUNITY interests. In this way, diplomats are part of the beginning and the end of each loop in the continuous process through which policy is made. The diplomat should be an excellent negotiator but, above all, a catalyst for peace and understanding between peoples.
