Peace is Blooming in Chicago

On Sunday, May 3rd the Chicago Peace Fellows launched the Peace Flowers campaign by delivering over 75 flower bouquets to mothers that have lost children to violence. The Peace Flowers… Continue reading Peace is Blooming in Chicago

Peace Fellows Meet With Metropolitan Family Services

On Wednesday, April 8th, the Chicago Peace Fellows hosted a conversation with Metropolitan Family Services (MFS) to learn about their efforts to reduce the amount of gun violence in the… Continue reading Peace Fellows Meet With Metropolitan Family Services

Passport to Peace Draws Together 200 Neighbors

On Saturday, September 7, the Chicago Peace Fellows gathered in Cooper Park in the West Pullman community on the Far South Side to spread peace. Hosted by Pastor Robert Biekman, this… Continue reading Passport to Peace Draws Together 200 Neighbors

Peace Fellows Tour University of Chicago Crime Lab

On Friday, August 30, the Chicago Peace Fellows toured the University of Chicago Urban Labs to learn more about the work of the Crime Lab, hosted by Kimberly Smith, associate… Continue reading Peace Fellows Tour University of Chicago Crime Lab

Advocates: Parks an Essential Community Resource

The DuSable Museum of African American History hosted a panel July 25 called “Black and Brown Lives in Green Spaces: Race and Place in Urban America.” The panel featured several… Continue reading Advocates: Parks an Essential Community Resource

Peace Fellows visit 10 Point Coalition in Indianapolis

On Tuesday, July 23rd, Chicago Peace Fellow Robert Beikman and his organization, Alternatives to Incarceration Collaborative, took a group of youths involved in his restorative justice program to Indianapolis to… Continue reading Peace Fellows visit 10 Point Coalition in Indianapolis

Peace Fellows Trained in Kingian Nonviolence

On Monday, July 8, the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago hosted a Kingian Nonviolence workshop for the Chicago Peace Fellows and grantees of the Chicago Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities.… Continue reading Peace Fellows Trained in Kingian Nonviolence

Peace Fellows Visit Telpochcalli in Little Village

On Friday, June 14, Chicago Peace Fellow Maria Velazquez invited her peers to the Telpochcalli Elementary School, an institution in the Little Village neighborhood that the community organization she leads,… Continue reading Peace Fellows Visit Telpochcalli in Little Village

Chicago Peace Fellows Practice Appreciative Inquiry at Breakthrough Ministries

On Wednesday, May 1, the Chicago Peace Fellows met at Breakthrough Ministries in East Garfield Park for our fifth workshop focused on the concept of Appreciative Inquiry. We started the… Continue reading Chicago Peace Fellows Practice Appreciative Inquiry at Breakthrough Ministries