Strides for Peace 2024 Race Against Gun Violence Fundraiser

2024 Race Against Gun Violence

Strides for Peace 2024 Race Against Gun Violence
$240,599.74
Raised
96%
Completed
$250,000.00
Goal

Strides for Peace created the Race Against Gun Violence (RAGV) with the goal to build capacity, promote collaboration and choose hope. The RAGV is the rallying point to raise funds for and awareness about what is being done to end gun violence and build Chicago's future.

You can choose to support Strides for Peace, which organizes the race and provides direct financial support and programming to nonprofits working on the frontlines, or you can directly support one of the participating organizations listed below.

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Organizations
Strides for Peace

Our vision is a Chicago where all can thrive and live free of the fear of gun violence. Our mission is to increase the collective impact of community organizations working to END gun violence, save lives and build a stronger Chicago.

To do this, we seek to address investment and proximity gaps in efforts to end gun violence, by funding and seeding growth for a diverse collaborative of organizations throughout the city. Strides for Peace intentionally engages different sized organizations with a spectrum of interventions and responses – gun violence is too complex to be solved by only one or two approaches: we must work together.

Our partners, who are trusted and respected in communities most impacted by violence, inform all our work. We listen to and learn from them and they listen to and learn from each other. Together, we build individual and collective capacity so we all grow more effective in addressing the impacts of, and ultimately ending, gun violence.

A Project for Us from Strides For Peace on Vimeo.

$115,886.00

46% raised of $250,000.00 goal
Advocate Trauma Recovery Center
The Advocate Trauma Recovery Center is a health care-based violence intervention program that provides quality services and resources to survivors of intentional trauma with compassion, respect and care. Our purpose is to aid individuals who have experienced trauma in rebuilding, restoring and strengthening their sense of safety by ending the cycle of violence. We provide access to trauma-informed care by acknowledging how past and present traumatic experiences and stress may impact the individuals and families we are serving. Our team is specially trained to support the unique needs of survivors and their families to foster hope for a better future.

$3,575.00

35% raised of $10,000.00 goal
The BASE Chicago
The mission of the BASE Chicago is to leverage the power and passion of sports to empower youth (ages 8 to 18) on Chicago's west side to achieve their full potential by choosing to stay in school, graduate and get assistance to enter college or other career based training. BASE Chicago will prodice the city's best baseball and softball players, most importantly BASE Chicago will build some of the best citizens in Chicago.


$0.00

0% raised of $4,000.00 goal
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Complex problems require big thinking and teamwork. Brady's programs unite people of all kinds, to address all forms of gun violence. When we work together, we can solve our biggest challenges. These programs save lives.

$1,825.00

36% raised of $5,000.00 goal
Boxing Out Negativity

$0.00

0% raised of $10,000.00 goal
BUILD

BUILD is a nationally respected gang intervention, violence prevention, and youth development organization
based on Chicago's West Side. We work to save lives and mentor young people who live in the city's most
challenged neighbrohoods. 

Our mission is to inspire hope and offer opportunities so youth facing systemic obstacles can achieve
positive futures.

Our services reach over 2,500 youth a year helping them build hope, resilience, and a path to a promising future. 









$1,100.00

100% raised of $0.00 goal
The Calhoun Foundation

$1,715.00

34% raised of $5,000.00 goal
CHICAGO WOMEN TAKE ACTION

$4,916.00

98% raised of $5,000.00 goal
CAMP FOR ALL KIDS

Camp for All Kids creates pathways to the transformational experience of sleepaway camp for Black and Brown youth while fostering inclusive and equitable camp communities. We are proud to join our community partners in support of our common vision of a Chicago free from the fear of gun violence. Please join us! Thank You!

$225.00

4% raised of $5,000.00 goal
Challenge II Change

$2,350.00

47% raised of $5,000.00 goal
CHAMPS Mentoring Program
The Mission of the CHAMPS Male Mentoring Program is to Educate, Empower, and Expose African-American and Latino Young Men beyond the four walls of the school in order to help them to achieve their dreams and goals. CHAMPS stands for Culturally Helping and Making Positive Success, and is a group mentoring program for boys and young men of color. Framed around Social Emotional Learning (SEL), violence prevention, and cultural relevance, CHAMPS delivers programming to support the development of positive racial identities and to provide youth with an optimistic view on education, their lives, and their family. CHAMPS works in schools and on weekends to bring young men in contact with positive male role models and expose them to new experiences, careers and ways of thinking.

$225.00

11% raised of $2,000.00 goal
Chicago Adventure Therapy

Using outdoor adventure sports like paddling, orienteering, cycling, camping and rock climbing, Chicago Adventure Therapy (CAT) works with Chicago youth to have a lasting positive impact on their communities and become healthy adults by teaching effective social skills and strong leadership skills, increasing participants' sense of possibility, and fostering a sense of empowerment and personal responsibility.

$6,386.00

79% raised of $8,000.00 goal
Children's Research Triangle

$1,375.00

100% raised of $700.00 goal
CAASE - Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation

The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation envisions a community free from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual violence, including sexual assault and the commercial sex trade. CAASE addresses the culture, institutions, and individuals that perpetrate, profit from, or support sexual exploitation. CAASE is excited to be demonstrating our commitment to holistic violence prevention throughout Chicago by participating in this year's Race Against Gun Violence.

$17,917.00

51% raised of $35,000.00 goal
Chicago Survivors


Chicago Survivors is a social service provider of multi-cultural services to family members who have lost a loved one to homicide in Chicago. Through a full range of services, including immediate crisis response, family trauma-informed counseling and criminal justice advocacy, we empower families to live beyond their extreme loss.

When the unthinkable happens, we'll be there.

Our Crisis Responders arrive at the scene or hospital within hours of a homicide to help survivor families cope and take the next steps. They provide information on the family's crime victim rights, including rights in funeral planning.

Our licensed Youth Clinical Counselors are specifically trained to provide therapy to children who have been severely traumatized. The Youth Clinical Counselors triage, support children, teens, and parents as they process their experience and fast-track referral of children who are severely traumatized.

Through Supportive Counseling, our Family Support Specialists provide coping skill-building to family members following their loss, including exercises in self-awareness, meditation and relaxation, stress reduction, anger management, assistance with insomnia, and other effects of violent loss.


In Illinois, the immediate surviving family members related to a homicide victim are crime victims too. This means you are entitled by law to respect, information, and services. Chicago Survivors is here to guide you through this experience. Our services are free, voluntary, and open to family members of Chicago homicide victims.

Join our team. Donate. Share.



#WHYIRUN - Abby, Chicago Survivors' Crisis Responder


Our website https://chicagosurvivors.org/ 
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoSurvivors/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chicagosurvivors/
Twitter https://twitter.com/ChiSurvivors
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/chicago-survivors/
Youtube - Watch 'Survivors on Loss and Everyday Violence': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4pdMF6BwSg

$300.00

1% raised of $20,000.00 goal
ConTextos

ConTextos uses the power of education and personal narrative to promote healing and reflection, and to foster critical thinking and dialogue. We seek to lift up the voices and insights of people affected by trauma, to challenge assumptions, and to provoke change.

$100.00

5% raised of $2,000.00 goal
Crater Big Brother Mentor Program

The Crater Big Brother Mentor Program (CBBMP) is a mentoring program endeavoring to make a difference in the lives of youth between the ages of 8-18, as well as the community, by providing mentorship, educational opportunities and life skills.

$0.00

0% raised of $0.00 goal
Defy Ventures, Inc.

$25.00

5% raised of $500.00 goal
Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative

$0.00

0% raised of $500.00 goal
Everytown Survivor Network

Through our members in the Everytown Survivor Network, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America gives a voice to survivors and victims of gun violence. The Survivor Network works to build communities of support around the country, and many of our survivors live in the Chicago area and lead our work with community partners to stem gun violence.

$0.00

0% raised of $15,000.00 goal
E.Y.E. LEAD

The E.Y.E. LEAD Promise is E.Y.E. LEAD's commitment to its student participants to see them through their chosen pathway in life, whether that's college, a trade, or workforce development. 

E.Y.E. LEAD provides lifelong programming, mentorship and support to all of its participants, through all stages of life. 

E.Y.E. LEAD provides programming through its collaboration with community partners to provide holistic professional and personal development.  

E.Y.E. LEAD Foundation Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. All donations are tax deductible. 

$50.00

100% raised of $0.00 goal
Faith Community of St. Sabina
The Strong Futures initiative first began in June 2016 as a pilot by the City of Chicago, Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) in partnership with St. Sabina Church. Strong Futures addresses the needs of disconnected young adult males, between the ages of 18-28, who are justice-involved and/or have other barriers to stability, by connecting them with full time employment. Strong Futures provides intensive coaching, comprehensive wrap-around services, and support that will enable them to stabilize economically, retain employment, and develop into productive, responsible men in society. 


$0.00

0% raised of $0.00 goal
Firehouse Community Art Center

The Firehouse Community Art Center has served as a safe haven for young people in the Chicago area for over a decade and has been coordinating various events and art programs dedicated to preventing and interrupting youth and young adults caught in violence. The Firehouse Community Art Center was birthed from youth and young adults in North Lawndale who attended an all youth and young adult Saturday night Hip-Hop worship service in 2003, started by Pastor Phil Jackson. Youth and young adults came from all over the community and city to engage in the arts. This prompted Pastor Phil and several partners to incorporate The Firehouse Community Art Center as a 501(c)(3) in 2006, and in 2007 they purchased the 100 year old Chicago Firehouse in North Lawndale. The Firehouse now offers year-round, multi-disciplinary cultural arts programming, mentorship, leadership and workforce development centered around the prevention and interruption of violence.


$1,520.00

3% raised of $50,000.00 goal
Friends of The Children-Chicago

Every child has hopes and dreams. Every child is full of promise. Every child needs support to reach their potential. 

At Friends of the Children-Chicago, we empower children in Chicago's neighborhoods impacted most by poverty and gun violence through relationships with salaried, Professional Mentors. We stay by their side for the long-term: 12.5 years. No Matter What

A Professional Mentor's full-time job is to support the social, emotional, and academic development of our youth. We work in all facets of our children's lives, building bridges between home, school, and community. Our Professional Mentors show up - week after week - month after month - year after year - and empower our youth to thrive. 

$275.00

100% raised of $0.00 goal
Future Ties, NFP
Future Ties provides homework help and after school activities five days per week, as well as a summer camp when school is not in session.

Hundreds of kids participate in Future Ties's programming each year, which includes field trips to places like the beach and a roller skating rink, arts and crafts, guest speakers, and movie nights. The academic mentorship that Future Ties provides helps young people achieve grades and test scores high enough to be admitted to test-in high schools around the city.

$0.00

0% raised of $1,000.00 goal
Gary Comer Youth Center

Based in Greater Grand Crossing on Chicago's South Side, the Gary Comer Youth Center was established in May 2006. Our mission is to prepare young people (ages 11-24) for college, careers, and futures as well-rounded global citizens. We foster the advancement of young people through its integration of exploration, out-of-school-time enrichment, employment and extended learning opportunities. Our model is comprehensive and focused on youth development; health & wellness, and family & community engagement; academic success; and career exploration. In collaboration with strategic partners, CEC supports 2,000 young people annually. Our vision is a world where every young person in every community has the resources and opportunities to reach their unlimited potential. 

$1,105.00

2% raised of $50,000.00 goal
GIVING OTHERS DREAMS G.O.D. INC.

$25.00

5% raised of $500.00 goal
Guitars Over Guns Organization

Guitars Over Guns aims to empower youth from Miami and Chicago's most vulnerable communities through a powerful combination of music education, public performance opportunities, and mentoring relationships. Our mentors are all local, professional musicians who are trained in Social Emotional Learning best practices designed to help youth overcome hardship, find their voice, and reach their potential as leaders. 

$2,190.00

10% raised of $20,000.00 goal
Hadiya's Promise Foundation

$0.00

0% raised of $10,000.00 goal
Healing Hurt People Chicago

Healing Hurt People-Chicago (HHP-C) is a hospital and community based violence intervention program launched in August 2013 as a collaboration between the John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, The University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital and the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

$450.00

100% raised of $0.00 goal
HelloBaby

HelloBaby from HelloBaby NFP on Vimeo.

HelloBaby is a not for profit organization whose mission is to support, empower and inspire families raising young children in underserved neighborhoods in Chicago.

$0.00

0% raised of $0.00 goal
HPKIC Anti Violence Task Force

The  Hyde Park Kenwood Interfaith Council Anti-Violence Task Force is comprised of members of multiple faith communities and affiliated organizations within the Hyde Park and Kenwood communities, joining movements throughout Chicago to address the violence across our City. We seek to address violence by offering leadership, resources, our voices and perspectives, all shaped by various faith traditions which have a common commitment to the well-being and flourishing of all human beings.

With funds raised this year, we will continue our work of healing through the arts as a violence prevention strategy, seeking to reach young people who would benefit most.  Our task force seeks to combine the arts, therapists, community building and speakers to facilitate healing at our community gatherings. 

Our goal is to raise $3,000.


For more information about our work, please visit our website: https://hpkinterfaith.org/anti-violence-task-force-2/

$3,250.00

100% raised of $3,000.00 goal
I AM A GENTLEMAN
OUR MISSION
The mission of I Am A Gentleman, Inc. is to engage, enrich and empower young men for successful careers, healthy lifestyles, marketable skills and well-balanced relationships.
 
OUR VISION
The vision of I Am A Gentleman, Inc. is to provide personal development classes and enrichment workshops embracing etiquette and statesmanship for young adult and adult men. We will provide guidance by our mentor opportunities, health and wellness workshops, career and advanced education leads, volunteer projects and various positive community initiatives throughout the year. It is our commitment to improve personal & professional relationships and overall emotional, physical and spiritual health.

$625.00

100% raised of $0.00 goal
Israels Gift of Hope

$2,606.00

52% raised of $5,000.00 goal
The James-Gail Foundation

$160.00

1% raised of $10,000.00 goal
Jaya Beemon Foundation NFP
Jaya Beemon Foundation NFP works with underserved communities to empower at risk adolescents and young adults to become self-sufficient by creating platforms to promote innovative growth.

$0.00

0% raised of $0.00 goal
Kids Off the Block

Kids Off the Block (KOB) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 2003 by Diane Latiker who opened her home to youth in her community to help them steer away from the negative influences they saw daily.  KOB works with youth, teens, and young adults ages 12-24 years old, offering homework help, mentoring, activities and a "safe place."

$225.00

4% raised of $5,000.00 goal
LEGACY DISCIPLE

We have come so far since 2020 with 10 youth employed in West Garfield Park. We have grown to 115+ youth employed across not just 1 but 6 communities. Youth are doing much more than picking up trash or community beautification; they are learning carpentry, welding, auto mechanics, visiting business owners across the city, and serving unhoused individuals and communities. The work of Hood Heroes, for the sake of our youth, must continue.

$275.00

0% raised of $50,000.00 goal
Love of Learning Institute

$75.00

75% raised of $100.00 goal
The Kindness Campaign

Our Vision

We envision a future where compassion is at the core of all human interaction.

The Kindness Campaign implements fearless approaches to initiate social change and improvement by taking risks on new ideas and approaches, partnering "across lines" with people and stakeholders that share our belief to engage people and change the community for the better, today. We provide services for all sectors with a set of core values that drive our initiatives:

 

  • Health Equity

  • Education Equity

  • Workforce Equity

  • Public Equity


 

$75.00

100% raised of $0.00 goal
M.A.S.S. (Mothers Against Street Shootings)

The mission of M.A.S.S. is to ensure our children are able to go to school, play outside their homes, and return safely without fear of being a victim of gun violence.

$25.00

2% raised of $1,000.00 goal
Metropolitan Family Services

Metropolitan Family Services empowers families to learn, to earn, to heal, to thrive. Part mentor, part motivator, part advocate, since 1857 Metropolitan Family Services has been the engine of change that empowers Chicago-area families to reach their greatest potential and positively impact their communities.

$375.00

100% raised of $0.00 goal
MothersOnAMission28

$50.00

5% raised of $1,000.00 goal
Mr. Dad's Father's Club

$0.00

0% raised of $100.00 goal
Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago

$0.00

0% raised of $0.00 goal
NeighborScapes

NeighborScapes is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to strengthen the physical and social fabric of neighborhoods, while creating a covenant of care, enrichment and development for young people.

One of our main projects for 2024 is our Innovation House Program. Innovation Houses are repurposed vacant homes occupied by Community-Building Fellows (CBFs). CBFs enjoy affordable room rentals in Innovation Houses and commit to 10 hours each month of community engagement. The goal is to transform neighborhoods of concentrated distress by participating in community change.

$50.00

1% raised of $5,000.00 goal
Never Forget Chicago
Never Forget Chicago caters to hundreds of families that have lost someone to the violence in Chicago. We are dedicated to providing a sanctuary where lost lives are more than numbers and statistics. Never Forget Chicago does this by transforming data into personalized visual mementos. Each victim of Chicago violence has a space where their family and friends know they are respected and loved. 

$0.00

0% raised of $5,000.00 goal
New Community Outreach

New Community Outreach creates restorative spaces for healing, reconciliation and flourishing. We are a community based, non-profit organization committed to Bronzeville's youth and community. We collaborate with residents and organizations on the South Side of Chicago to provide programs, host events and respond to community-identified opportunities. 

Our work prioritizes partnerships with organizations and schools, such as Jackie Robinson Elementary, Dyett High School, DuSable Campus, the Bronzeville Community Action Council, Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention, and other local and city-wide organizations. Building on the relationships of our leadership and board of directors as well as the ministry of New Community Covenant Church, we lead restorative justice programing for high school students, maintain a community garden in order to provide fresh produce to our neighbors through distributions, and host a community-wide back-to-school fair annually among other neighborhood initiatives!

We envision a Bronzeville where youth and other community members meet trauma with restorative justice in order to renew the relationships (with ourselves, our neighbors, and our environments) which lead to our individual and collective flourishing.

$32,667.34

100% raised of $30,000.00 goal
New Life Centers of Chicagoland
New Life Centers exists to connect young people and their families with Christ and Community through life-on-life relationships. Our vision is to create the Beloved Community together.  The Beloved Community is a global vision envisioned by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a society where all people share in the wealth of the earth creating authentic community. It is a vision achieved through nonviolent resistance of the injustices that divide us and proactive commitment to right relationship with each other. It means that no one is left out of creating the community, so we go out of our way to center the people who our systems often exclude. For us at New Life Centers, that means especially centering the leadership and voices of young people in our communities.

$5.00

0% raised of $10,000.00 goal
North Lawndale Employment Network

$0.00

0% raised of $100.00 goal
One Aim Illinois

$0.00

0% raised of $100.00 goal
PROJECT IMPACT 180

$465.00

93% raised of $500.00 goal
PeaceCall
Peace Call is a violence reduction program focused on public health. Since one of our biggest public health issues is the violence on our streets today, to help lower the rate of violent incidents, we have created a new program called Peace Call. It's sole purpose is to stop violent acts from occurring.

$0.00

0% raised of $100.00 goal
Paving the Way Project Inc.

 "Paving The Way Project" serves as a voice for the Washington Park community, as an outreach program for violence prevention, and as a bridge between public service personnel and the public in hopes of building a safer and stronger community. 

$1,545.00

15% raised of $10,000.00 goal
PepRally Takeover
Pep Rally Takeover was created to target the youth, addressing a variety of topics that concern & effect students in their school environment and community. Our goal is to bridge the gap between students and teachers through music.

$0.00

0% raised of $5,000.00 goal
Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation

The Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation (PBMR) is a restorative justice hub in the Back of the Yards (New City) and Englewood neighborhoods on the South Side of Chicago. Rooted in the Spirituality of the Precious Blood, PBMR works to restore human dignity through hospitality, hope and healing. We believe that together, we can heal the conflict and violence in our community by journeying alongside those most impacted by racism, gun violence, gang activity, poverty, incarceration, and involvement in the criminal justice system. 

PBMR aims to create safe spaces for youth, their families, and those who have been impacted by violence and incarceration. By growing in relationship, and hearing one another's stories, we can listen to the chronically unmet needs in the community, and then work together to meet these needs together. In the past 20 years, PBMR has responded to needs as they arise, and today provides support in trauma healing, employment, education opportunity, career development, on and off-site affordable housing, case management, emergency financial support, access to mental and physical healthcare, legal aid, advocacy, healing arts programs, and more. 

$10,936.40

100% raised of $100.00 goal
Pride ROC
Our mission is to end violence in Chicago by refining those at its core through integrated, trauma-informed Passages.

$0.00

0% raised of $2,500.00 goal
Project H.O.O.D.
We are creating leaders, strengthening character, seeking to end violence and generational poverty in urban areas. Some of our greatest assets reside in blighted neighborhoods. Our goal is to nurture these human resources and provide them with positive and consistent adult interactions. We focus on building their self-esteem, equipping them with the skills necessary to make appropriate life choices and exposing them to new opportunities. We cannot do this alone. Explore our website to find out how you can help.

$0.00

0% raised of $0.00 goal
Purpose Over Pain
Purpose Over Pain is a nonprofit advocacy and support group for parents who have lost their children to gun violence.

$0.00

0% raised of $13,000.00 goal
Radcliffe's Youth Sports Organization
RYSO is a nonprofit sports organization offering baseball, football, cheerleading for kids.

$0.00

0% raised of $2,000.00 goal
Ring of Hope
Ring of Hope's mission is to provide youth sports/fitness and mentoring programs as well as supply resources to enhance the quality of life for families in the Greater Grand Crossing community. It is the vision of Ring of Hope to reduce violence and increase opportunities that bring HOPE and open doors that will create a more equitable future for the Greater Grand Crossing community.


$2,965.00

19% raised of $15,000.00 goal
ROLL CALL

$500.00

50% raised of $1,000.00 goal
Root2Fruit Youth Foundation

$0.00

0% raised of $100.00 goal
River City Community Development Center

$725.00

14% raised of $5,000.00 goal
SUNSHINE GOSPEL MINISTRIES

The Mission of Sunshine Gospel Ministries is to seek the renewal of the city through ministries of discipleship, mercy, and justice. We seek to engage and empower youth, families and guests of our community to thrive and lead fruitful, healthy lives through faith, connectedness and opportunity.

$510.00

2% raised of $20,000.00 goal
SHE Chicago
Our mission is to use character education, community service and college and career training to transform inner city teen girls into powerful community leaders of tomorrow.

$0.00

0% raised of $2,000.00 goal
Strengthening Chicago's Youth

Strengthening Chicago's Youth (SCY) is Chicago's largest violence prevention collaborative and a catalyst for innovation convened by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Our mission is to connect and mobilize our community around a public health approach to violence prevention. We encourage partnerships that strengthen existing efforts so our youth can reach their full potential.

$700.00

9% raised of $7,500.00 goal
Swervin' Through Stress
G Herbo's Swervin' Through Stress aims to destigmatize conversations around mental wellness among African American men by introducing and educating at an early age, as well as providing access to resources, tools and coping mechanisms to combat the long term effects of undiagnosed mental health both at the personal and community level.

$0.00

0% raised of $0.00 goal
Target Area
Here at Target Area, we are awakening the spirit of leadership as a regional grassroots social justice organization with two offices in Illinois and sister organizations in Indiana, Michigan, and South Africa. We are building power in communities to solve stubborn problems using Research, Organizing, Mobilization, and Education (ROME).

$0.00

0% raised of $0.00 goal
This is Life

$85.00

17% raised of $500.00 goal
Transitional Training Services

$2,275.00

75% raised of $3,000.00 goal
Tools Up Foundation, Inc

Tools Up Foundation's mission is building our communities, with the community! Underdeveloped talent, economic disadvantage, and safety gaps, plague the african american men and women of Cook County Chicago, especially within the Grand Crossing and surrounding neighborhoods. We will take the charge, and engage our neighboring communities offering our entire Tools Up Foundation ecosystem, which includes providing stipends, social & emotional mentorship, mental health coaching, case management & trauma-informed support services, as well as construction vocation. 

Our target constituency starts with teenagers ages 14-17, developing family value perspectives, and providing guidance that promote mental stability within impressionable youth who are at high risk of gun violence. Teens will benefit from all supervised activities during peak hours of gun violence during both the academic school year and summer break. Teens will learn marketable construction technology skills that could set the stage for financial security as adults, as they graduate and transition into our 18 years old and up, Pave the Way Up pre-apprenticeship program. 

$1,735.00

100% raised of $1,300.00 goal
Youth Entrepreneur Development Center

$0.00

0% raised of $1,000.00 goal
Together Chicago

Together Chicago exists to be a catalyst for lasting change by reducing gun violence and increasing thriving communities in our city. We catalyze faith, business, community, and government leaders to inspire hope and affect peace and justice in the communities we serve. We focus on five areas: economic development, educational achievement, violence reduction, gospel justice, and faith-community mobilization.

$8,625.00

86% raised of $10,000.00 goal
Work Foundation
We are providing athletic training, academic support, & social emotional invention to student-athletics that will prepare them for the next level.

$250.00

8% raised of $3,000.00 goal
WOODLAWN DIVERSITY IN ACTION

I'm proud to be part of "WDA Throw the Guns Away" A Race Against Gun Violence, where we're raising crucial funds to support communities affected by this epidemic. With every donation, we're empowering organizations like WDA to continue their vital work. At WDA, we're committed to providing communities with alternatives to violence. Events like the Black Wall Street Chicago Festival offer youth opportunities they might not otherwise have, showing them there's more to life than carrying a gun. Through education, support, and outreach, we're making a difference—one life at a time. 

$410.00

41% raised of $1,000.00 goal
YOUNG MEN'S EDUCATIONAL NETWORK

$4,900.00

100% raised of $500.00 goal
Youth Guidance

At Youth Guidance, we believe that no matter what challenges a young person faces, they are more likely to succeed when they have many caring adults in their lives. Our highly trained staff works directly with schools, parents and families to meet kids where they are—physically within schools, socially and emotionally—and help them break cycles of violence, overcome life and academic obstacles, make positive choices, and remain on the right path towards life success.

$0.00

0% raised of $7,500.00 goal