Storytelling
Why 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,…
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…
Read MoreStrides for Peace remembers Greg Zanis, the Crossman, during National Gun Violence Survivor Week
As National Gun Violence Survivor Week comes to a close, I pay tribute to our beloved Greg Zanis, the Crossman, who died last year. He devoted his life to honoring…
Read MoreBlock Club Chicago features Strides for Peace film event
Ten films highlighting how community organizations battled gun violence, coronavirus and civic unrest screened and discussed in partnership with the Gene Siskel Film Center. Read the full article HERE
Read MoreWe All Have A Stake
The celebration of the individual was never meant to be the adulation of the selfish, but the liberation of human potential. I finally completed my personal Race Against Gun Violence…
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…
Read MoreReframing the Narrative: Businesses and Gun Violence
When nonprofit leaders are asked what businesses can do to stop the cycles of violence in Chicago, their answers often reflect a philanthropic or civic duty model: an urgent need…
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