Strides for Peace & Partner News
I just got my backside whooped — no destroyed – today by Lower Wolf Jaw Mountain (in the Adirondacks). I couldn’t finish it. First time in my life I succumbed to a mountain I set out to hike. So why am I looking so triumphant and what does this have to do with the Race…
Read MoreDiane Latiker founded Kids Off the Block, turning her Roseland home into a safe place for children. View the feature, Preventing Violence and Protecting Children HERE.
Read MoreRobbin Carroll is founder and president of I Grow Chicago, an organization that has helped Chicago’s South Side Englewood neighborhood thrive, not just survive: “Chicago’s white community must look within to help end systemic racism.”
Read MoreProject Isaiah, working with airline caterers, has delivered over a million meals. Project Isaiah quickly made use of idle airline catering infrastructure to provide meals to hungry people in 11 cities nationwide — including in Chicago! Read more about this effort here.
Read MoreWords of gratitude and love. Thank you to Greg, the Crossman, for bringing love and light to the darkest times. Thanks to all those who sent videos and the lovely and amazing Patrick Mulvey and Andrew Ramsay of 5x12Films, who put together a short video tribute to share with Greg and his family. View the…
Read MoreTrusted community organizations that will lead the outdoor distribution sites: Apostolic Church of God (and the Network of Woodlawn), Greater Auburn-Gresham Community Development Corporation, Austin Coming Together, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, New Life Centers of Chicagoland, South Shore Works and Trinity United Church of Christ. Read more here.
Read MoreKids Off The Block founder Diane Latiker, her husband and volunteers have been driving around distributing food, gloves, masks, sanitizer and information since March 31. Read more about their work here.
Read MoreBy Mary Stonor Saunders and Olivia Daniels Read more in Quarantine Times
Read MoreWFMT premieres Whole Notes: Music of Healing and Peace, a special program hosted by Kerry Frumkin that looks at the gun violence epidemic in America through the lens of classical music. Includes and interview with Strides for Peace Executive Director, Mary Stonor Saunders. Read more here
Read More2019 has been a year of continued growth and capacity building across all our core value activities with a focus on our mission: to increase the collective impact of organizations working to end gun violence in Chicago. By building relationships with the people and organizations on the frontlines of gun violence, Strides for Peace works…
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