On Monday youth and members from Good Kids Mad City (GKMC), Black Lives Matter Women of Faith, AMPR, Nita’s Love Train, Erase the Gang Database Coalition, State legislators, and families who’ve lost loved ones to gun violence held a press conference and march to address gun violence. They spoke about the Peace March they’re hosting in response to the 100 plus youth, 24 and younger lost to gun violence and the eight mass shootings this year in Chicago. They also spoke about the policies they want to see passed like free mental health care for Black and Brown communities impacted by gun violence, fair housing, jobs and the PeaceBook, that will build a culture of peace and restorative justice in Black and Brown neighborhoods on the South and West side, that will reduce gun violence. GKMC is demanding that two percent of CPD’s budget be used to pay for the PeaceBook Ordinance. GoodKids MadCity wants to establish the practice of peace as a norm in communities most harmed by gun violence. Since GKMC is youth-led and has its finger on the pulse of teen culture, they plan to utilize restorative practices and transformative justice to influence how young people deal with conflict and respond to violence.
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