Community Org News
Kids Off the Block founder Diane Latiker featured in ABC 7 News Story
Diane Latiker is the founder of Kids Off the Block, an outreach program that pivoted to street-level canvassing to encourage residents in Chicago’s Roseland and Chicago Heights communities to get vaccinated. She said she is having the vaccine debate more often than she’d like, impinging on President Biden’s new vaccination goal of at least one…
Read MoreWhy We Need Community Organizations
Strides for Peace has always been guided by the belief that we all have a stake in ending gun violence, and when we value and honor our interconnectedness and humanity, real change is possible, lives can be changed and even saved. This has never been more apparent than this past year as we have struggled…
Read MoreCity Council to Vote on Resolution in Recognition of Strides for Peace’s Race Against Gun Violence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mary Stonor Saunders, Executive Director Phone: 773-326-5368 Email: [email protected] CHICAGO (April 21, 2021) — Alderman Ariel E. Reboyras will introduce a resolution to the City Council in support of the Strides for Peace’s 8th Annual Race Against Gun Violence (RAGV), September 23, 2021. Now in its eighth year, RAGV is much more…
Read MoreChange Is A Human Experience
At Strides for Peace‘s Madison Street Community Pop-Up, we were blessed to have community organizations from the south and west sides join to support, provide resources and share love on a block and that has been struggling. We arrived to the sounds of sirens responding to a nearby shooting and trash strewn all over the street.…
Read MoreThe Trace covers an important reality: violence interrupters need to be compensated fairly for their critical work
Violence interrupters do some of the most dangerous work for little pay and oftentimes little to no benefits. Since the pandemic, they have been exposed to even more hazards, as they have been distributing food, PPE and health information to those who are in greatest need. They are also exposed to trauma on a regular…
Read MoreStrides for Peace Announces Strategic Leadership Council
By establishing this Strategic Leadership Council, we are advancing our commitment to equitable relationships with the communities we strive to serve. Our Community Partners have long brought an intrinsic and strategic value to our work through lived and professional experience, as well as a deep understanding of opportunities and barriers to increasing impact in the collective effort to…
Read MoreRace Against Gun Violence: CPD & Youth featured in ABC 7 news piece
Before the race took place at Columbus Park, officers invited kids to talk about the impact violence has had on their lives.
Read MoreRace Against Gun Violence: Survivor group Purpose Over Pain featured in NBC piece
A group of survivors are coming together as part of the seventh annual Race Against Gun Violence to make a difference.
Read MoreABC 7 Newsviews Features Strides for Peace Community Partner, Kids Off the Block
Diane 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 MoreABC 7 Interview with Strides for Peace Community Partner, I Grow Chicago’s Robbin Carroll.
Robbin 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.”
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