Category: Chicago Peace Fellows

By Zeki Salah, Facilitator, Mutual Aid Collaborative Chicago Peace Fellows are working to address an increased demand for blood from Black and Brown donors through holding a Mutual Aid Collaborative Blood Drive. The Blood Drive is part of an ongoing Safety Net project by the Chicago Peace Fellows Mutual Aid Collaborative, a group of 60 Black and Brown… Continue reading Safety Net Launches Blood Drive

By Zeki Salah, Mutual Aid Collaborative Facilitator The Chicago Peace Fellows held a Concert for Peace on June 4th, celebrating the artistic accomplishments of their communities and a shared commitment to improving their neighborhoods. The Second Annual Chicago Peace Fellows Music Festival was held at the Hatchery in Garfield Park with Peace Fellows gathering performers from… Continue reading Second Annual Chicago Peace Fellows Music Festival

By Zeki Salah, Facilitator, Mutual Aid Collaborative Chicago Peace Fellows hosted a conversation at the Firehouse Community Arts Center on June 3, 2022 to discuss community safety and crime data with the University of Chicago Crime Lab. The event was held as part of the Mutual Aid Collaborative’s Civic Leaders series, which is designed to connect alumni of the Chicago Peace Fellows… Continue reading Connecting Community Members with the Research of the University of Chicago Crime Lab

By Zeki Salah, Facilitator, Mutual Aid Collaborative On Sunday May 1st and Friday May 6th, a group of Chicago Peace Fellows supplied 300 Mother’s Day bouquets to mothers who have lost their children to violence in Chicago. Now in its third year, the Peace Flowers campaign was first launched in 2020, when over $5,000 were raised… Continue reading Peace Flowers Bloom in Chicago

On April 28, the 2022 cohort of the Chicago Peace Fellows met for the first time at the DePaul Center. The 2022 Peace Fellows cohort consists of activists, artists, social workers, and community leaders representing 14 community areas on the South and West sides of Chicago. Founded in 2019 in collaboration with the Partnership for Safe… Continue reading 2022 Chicago Peace Fellows Launched

By Reverend Berry Behr, 2021 Global Fellow, South Africa A collaboration between two DePaul University students and the Cape Town Interfaith Initiative (CTII) has yielded a rare treasure – funding for the recording of an important personal account from an interfaith stalwart as part of our efforts to capture an oral history of the interfaith… Continue reading Chicago and Cape Town Collaboration helps Capture History

In the wake of the senseless murder of 9-year old Janari Ricks, Global Goldin Fellow Raymond Richard joined peace builders from across the city to host a call for an end to the violence that is on the rise in Chicago.  The Founder of Brothers Standing Together, Raymond is also a resident of the near… Continue reading Enough is Enough: Fellow Raymond Richard Calls for Peace After Senseless Murder

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 campaign is a collective response from the Chicago Peace Fellows Mutual Aid Collaborative comprised of 38 peace organizations throughout Chicago who are working togehter to… Continue reading Peace is Blooming in Chicago

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 city. MFS talked about three of their specific projects: Communities Partnering for Peace (CP4P), The Metropolitan Peace Academy, and Lights in the Night. The Chicago… Continue reading Peace Fellows Meet With Metropolitan Family Services

On Thursday, March 26, the Chicago Peace Fellows participated in a workshop titled ‘Violence as an Adaptive Challenge’ with staff members at the University of Chicago Medical Center’s Violence Recovery team. This is the second workshop in the GATHER course, and the Fellows discussed issues related to solving complex, amorphous problems in the communities they… Continue reading Violence as an Adaptive Challenge