STRIDES FOR PEACE IN THE MEDIA

Chicago Defender | December 8, 2024

This groundbreaking event, held at UIC’s Dorin Forum, brought together a formidable coalition of scholars, youth leaders, grassroots organizations, and civic partners to strengthen the city’s collective fight for safety and equity for young people.

WGN TV | November 13, 2024

Strides For Peace second annual Gun Violence Prevention Expo brings together resource providers, civic partners and community organizations all in an effort to make Chicago a safer city.

Expo co-chairs, Dar’Tavous Dorsey and Christine Goggins sat down to share more.

CBS News Chicago | November 11, 2024

Later this month, the non-profit Strides for Peace will hold its second annual gun violence prevention expo in Chicago. The goal is to bring community based organizations, public officials, and young people all together in one space to address the issue of gun violence in Chicago and talk about possible solutions.

Austin Weekly News | November 11, 2024

While Strides for Peace’s annual Race Against Gun Violence is a way for grassroots gun violence prevention organizations to raise money, its second annual gun violence prevention expo allows these organizations to connect with each other — and with young people. 

ABC7 Chicago | October 8, 2024

Strides For Peace is holding its second annual Gun Violence Prevention Expo next month with the theme "Legacy of Leadership: Inspiring the Next Generation to Rise."

Joel Hamernick, executive director of Strides For Peace, and expo co-chairs Rubye Lane and Dar'tavous Dorsey joined ABC7 Chicago Tuesday to talk more about it.

CBS News Chicago | June 6, 2024

Chicago-based non-profit "Strides for Peace" will hold its annual "Race Against Gun Violence" on Thursday in Grant Park to promote peace and bring attention to the issue of gun violence in Chicago.

Austin Weekly News | May 23, 2024

Chicago non-profit Strides for Peace will host its seventh annual Race Against Gun Violence June 6 in Grant Park.  

Those who participate in the 8k, 5k, 2-mile walk or Tots for Peace Sprint will do so in an effort to reduce gun violence in Chicago — an issue that has long affected the city’s West Side. 

WGN TV | May 2, 2024

The Race Against Gun Violence put together by Strides for Peace brings people and organizations together around the vision of a Chicago free from gun violence.

Founder, Maggie Baczkowski and executive director, Joel Hamernick sat down with us to discuss.

ABC7 Chicago | November 9, 2023

Chicago's Inaugural Gun Violence Prevention Expo aims to bring together outreach and prevention specialists, law enforcement, parents and all Chicagoans with a goal to evaluate the city's gun violence problem.

Strides for Peace will host the event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Dorin Forum on the University of Illinois Chicago campus.

CBS News Chicago | November 11, 2023

For years - the City of Chicago has worked to create new ways to reduce gun violence. A lot of that focus turned toward grassroots organizations with boots on the ground in their respective communities.

As Mayor Brandon Johnson took office earlier this year, $2.5 million was invested in more than 200 of those organizations. On Saturday at the UIC Forum, some came together to talk about solutions.