If ever there was an odd couple in Pittsburgh, Leon Ford and Scott Schubert would be it. Ford is an activist and survivor of a 2012 shooting by a Pittsburgh police officer. Schubert is the outgoing chief of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, though he was not the chief at the time of Ford’s shooting.

Now the pair are working together to confront gun violence with the launch of The Hear Foundation. The nonprofit will also support trauma-healing in communities and workforce development designed to pull people out of the cycle of violence.