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Posted May 13th, 2008 by Ronald Holt

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INCREASE THE PEACE, FUTURES NOT FUNERALS, EDUCATION NOT INCARCERATION, EACH ONE, REACH ONE, TEACH ONE, OUR YOUTH IS OUR FUTURE, GIVE PEACE A CHANCE, LETS ACHIEVE THE MORAL AUTHORITY AND POLITICAL WILL TO LIVE IN A SAFE AND ECONOMICALLY BALANCED COMMUNITY AND NOT A WAR-ZONE, GOD BLESS YOUR MINISTRIES!!!

AIDING & ASSISTING FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS TO SENSELESS CRIMES

THEJULIUSLEEBIRDINEFOUNDATION.COM

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5950 SOUTH FAIRFIELD
CHICAGO, Illinois Edit Contact Info

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TO OBTAIN OUR 501-C
TO OPEN OUR SAFE HAVEN HOUSE
TO BE WELL FUNDED AND KNOWN

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Anti-Violence

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John Kim

Sat, 06/07/2008 - 09:54

Keep up the good work.

Jim Allen

Sun, 05/25/2008 - 12:36

Continue to work the work of Him that sent you. May the Almighty bless all your Events, Endeavors, and Actions. "All is Well" and "All is One".

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Posted May 2nd, 2008 by JOYCE E. HUNTER

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Petition

Started on April 29th, 2008
Group: CommonSenseSavesLives

Related Tags: Anti-Violence Community Building Gun Control Peace

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On May 10, 2007, 16 year old BLAIR HOLT, lost his life due to a senseless act of gun violence, while traveling from school on a public bus. Four other students were violently shot and injured during the same horrific incident. All were the unintended targets of another youth’s violent approach to, rather than, communicating verbal mediation towards conflict resolution.

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Increase the Peace Campaign Kickoff

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Posted by Rev. Tyrone Crider

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Anti-Violence

This event is for the group : Increase the Peace

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Sat April 26, 2008 11:00:00 AM

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Sat April 26, 2008 01:00:00 PM

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1257 w. 111th Street, Chicago, IL 60643

EVENT REGION

Chicago

EVENT DESCRIPTION

The INCREASE the PEACE Campaign is designed to RAISE MONEY for existing, positive, effective youth programs and to RAISE AWARENESS about the senseless violence that is taking place in our cities.

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Building a civil rights movement to end gun violence

http://purposeoverpain.org

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Jim Allen

Sun, 05/25/2008 - 15:29

Glad to be apart of this Movement. We need to have Bi-weekly Meetings for new Members...

TAMARA JACKSON

Sun, 04/27/2008 - 08:22

"I LISTENED TO THE END OF THE SHOW, BECASUE I DID NOT WAKE UP IN TIME TO GET IT IN FULL", BUT I HEARD THE WEB INFO. "AND I'M GLAD BECAUSE I HAD TO POST MY COMMENTS!" "PLEASE GO TO WWW.POETRY.COM, AND TAKE A LOOK AT ARTIST NAME TAMARA YVONNE JACKSON, AND CHECK OUT THE POEMS I POSTED! AND IT DONT MATTER IF YOU'RE WHITE, BLACK, POOR, RICH, YOUNG, OR OLD, THIS POEM IS FOR YOU", "GOD DONT DISCRIMINATE".

"I'M A YOUNG SINGLE PARENT, SO I DEFINATELY KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO RAISE KIDS ON YOUR OWN, AND I GOT 5, BUT ALL OF THEM ARE AWARE OF MY RULES, AND GOD, AND ALL. "I STILL KNOW THAT THAT DONT MAKE THEM PERFECT, BUT ITS A START", AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE IT TO YOU ALL TOO, IT DOES HELP, TO BE MORE LOVING, RESPECTFUL (OF OTHERS AND THEIR THINGS), AND WHAT WE ALL WANT , LESS VIOLENT!" "BUT KEEP ON PRAYING UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS". "MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL".

* TAMMY J *

Behind the Violence

Posted April 5th, 2008 by Jeff Pinzino
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"Magic bullet" is the wrong metaphor, on so many levels, to apply to solutions to Chicago's violence epidemic. Each intervention -- smarter policing, neighborhood watch, providing after-school activities, stronger parenting, getting guns off the steets, reducing violent culture, and giving young people hope for their future -- takes no more than the proverbial bite out of crime. Any successful strategy needs to be comprehensiv

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Petition

Started on April 3rd, 2008
Group: CommonSenseSavesLives

Related Tags: Anti-Violence Gun Control Peace, War, and Conflict Resolution

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To: Governor Rod Blagojevich and Members of the Illinois General Assembly:

Please Support The
Common Sense Gun Legislation For Illinois

As residents of Illinois, we have signed our names below to express serious concerns about the damaging impacts of gun violence to our families, friends and neighborhoods, and most of all, to our youth. We strongly urge you to support common sense gun legislation and make sure these bills are enacted into law in 2008.

We cannot wait any longer.

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Support common sense ways people can make Chicago safer

www.CommonSenseSavesLives.org

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We exist to help organize the hundreds of thousands of people across Illinois care about making our communities safer. We want to move from "why we should care" to "how we can take action." We will help concerned citizens 1) Get Organized; 2) Show support for Common Sense Gun Legislation; 3) Get involved by connecting to people, organizations and events to make safer communities.

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Pass Illinois Common Sense Gun Legislation in 2008.

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Jim Allen

Sun, 05/25/2008 - 15:26

Shalom and Agape......

Lets continue to fight for our Children at any cost, and by any means necessary.

JOYCE E. HUNTER

Fri, 05/02/2008 - 16:31

LETS STOP THE KILLINGS....PLEASE!!!

Dawonn Grant

Sun, 04/27/2008 - 20:21

I'm from Cabrini Green, I moved out from over there in 2000 because I seen this madness coming. I was apart of the downfall of the projects with the drugs and gangs and now I want to be a vaccine shot for it. I have over a dozen brilliant ideas for the youth but need some help... I'm here use my knowledge and ideas to help our kids... PEACE

John Kim

Fri, 04/04/2008 - 10:34

Hope this tool can help your mission of making Chicago safer!

John