Stories about shootings and violence in the streets of neighborhoods motivate a Dorchester based non-profit organization to continue to educate young people in the community about the value of peace.
More recent news about the deaths of unarmed black men being shot and killed by police has opened a discussion, and a resonating dialog following such incidents in Missouri, New York and more now Baltimore.
This Sunday is the 19th Annual Mother's Day Walk for Peaceto benefit the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute in Dorchester. Clementina "Tina" Chery founded the Institute after her 15-year old son was killed, while on his way to an anti-gang meeting in 1993.
Chery says, “I didn’t think the violence in the streets would ever touch me and my family, until that cold day in December, five days before Christmas. That’s when I woke up.”
The organization promotes peace, and it also offers support to families and survivors of homicide victims with crisis management services.
She says, “Louis’s legacy is to achieve true peace regardless of which side of the street people come from.”
