Strides for Peace & Partner News
Strides for Peace is proud to support Pride ROC’s Passages program. Read more about this innovative program designed to heal trauma and prevent violence: https://blog.chicagoideas.com/the-77-project/pride-roc-chicago-ending-violence-and-restoring-peace-from-the-inside-out/
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Nearly 500 guests gathered at the Fairmont Chicago to advance the comprehensive mission of the Gary Comer Youth Center and Comer Education Campus on October 12, 2018. David Simas, CEO,…
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Chicagoan Maggie Baczkowski decided in 2014 to do her part to end gun violence in the city she calls home. Baczkowski created Strides for Peace, a nonprofit organization that provides…
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Strides for Peace was proud to sponsor this wonderful community race. It was a joyful and successful event — the organizers were expecting 700 and 1000 came! Super Zumba warm…
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Diane Latiker thinks a 12-year-old kid should be worried about his grades—not about getting shot on his walk home from school. What’s mundane in other parts of town can be…
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Created by Free Spirit Media youth media makers at the Nichols Tower site in Chicago, IL in partnership with The Pulitzer Center For Crisis Reporting. Summer 2018. Hear Her…
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Beyond the block: A community organization in West Englewood plays for peace on new basketball court After Chicagoan John Ector served time, he built a contained basketball court – the first…
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M.A.S.S. hosted its 4th annual Back-to-School event on Aug 16, 2018 at D.S Wentworth Elementary School. Kids enjoyed food, dancing, pony rides, and working with Ra from Rescue and Recover.
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In one of Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods, ex-gang members and police officers now play friendly games of softball together in this summer’s Peace League by BUILD Chicago. “It brings us closer…
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