by Together Chicago | Apr 2, 2023 | Faith-Community Mobilization, News, Violence Reduction
For seven years now, Together Chicago has been working to reduce gun violence and increase community in Chicago by bringing faith groups, businesses and government leaders together.
by Together Chicago | Feb 7, 2023 | Faith-Community Mobilization, Education, Gospel Justice, News, Violence Reduction
Together Chicago reduces gun violence with a five-pronged strategy designed to reduce crime on the streets and improve social conditions on Chicago’s West Side.
by Together Chicago | Jan 29, 2023 | Faith-Community Mobilization, Events
On the last Sunday of January 2023, our Faith-Community Mobilization efforts united leaders from across Chicagoland in the annual Chicagoland United in Prayer event. This year’s program “Lord, Teach Us to Pray” was led by dozens of faith leaders from...
by Together Chicago | Oct 17, 2022 | Violence Reduction, Faith-Community Mobilization, News
Together Chicago Co-CEO Michael Allen is interviewed on a segment (at 18:44 mark) of the Whitney Reynolds Show
by Together Chicago | Oct 5, 2022 | Faith-Community Mobilization, Events
Next Steps Lunch 2022 was an incredible time of prayer and worship together, showcasing the seasonal rhythms of Chicagoland United in Prayer, hearing from local leaders who are organizing faithful prayer and action in the communities, and deepening relationships over...
by Together Chicago | May 29, 2022 | Faith-Community Mobilization
Over Memorial Day Weekend 2022, we rallied churches / organizations / individuals to host united prayer and positive community presence all across the city of Chicago. Local pastors and leaders worked together with each other and their police district leaders to...
by Together Chicago | May 28, 2022 | Faith-Community Mobilization, News
Leaders and parishioners from many Chicago congregations marched downtown and gathered in Millennium Park to cover the city in prayer at the start of summer this Memorial Day Weekend. Part of the annual Hands Across Chicago initiative, this walk united churches across...
by Together Chicago | May 7, 2022 | Faith-Community Mobilization, Events, Violence Reduction
Building Blocks of Peace is a 3-month training course (Mar, Apr, May) + 3-month mobilization effort (Jun, Jul, Aug) that helps individuals connect with others in their community to get organized, become more equipped, and deploy local faith-rooted mobilization in...
by Together Chicago | Apr 2, 2022 | Faith-Community Mobilization, Events, Violence Reduction
Building Blocks of Peace is a 3-month training course (Mar, Apr, May) + 3-month mobilization effort (Jun, Jul, Aug) that helps individuals connect with others in their community to get organized, become more equipped, and deploy local faith-rooted mobilization in...
by Together Chicago | Mar 5, 2022 | Faith-Community Mobilization, Events, Violence Reduction
Building Blocks of Peace is a 3-month training course (Mar, Apr, May) + 3-month mobilization effort (Jun, Jul, Aug) that helps individuals connect with others in their community to get organized, become more equipped, and deploy local faith-rooted mobilization in...
by Together Chicago | Feb 5, 2022 | News, Faith-Community Mobilization
It is always amazing to prayerfully watch as God continues to bless the work of Together Chicago and Chicagoland United in Prayer! Late summer and early fall of 2021, Christy Davis, Senior Regional Director of Biblica for the USA, and I talked about how to facilitate...
by Together Chicago | Jan 30, 2022 | Events, Faith-Community Mobilization
On the last Sunday of January 2022, our Faith-Community Mobilization efforts united leaders from across Chicagoland in the annual Chicagoland United in Prayer event. While our intentions were to return to a large in-person prayer gathering, we made the decision to...
by Together Chicago | Oct 6, 2021 | Faith-Community Mobilization, News
Next Steps Lunch is an annual gathering of pastors and leaders from across Chicagoland that celebrates the work of united prayer and collective action. We ‘looked back’ and shared about the rhythms of prayer, training, and engagement that took place so far...
by Together Chicago | May 30, 2021 | Faith-Community Mobilization
Over Memorial Day Weekend 2021, we rallied churches / organizations / individuals to host united prayer and positive community presence all across the city of Chicago. Local pastors and leaders worked together with each other and their police district leaders to...
by Together Chicago | Mar 6, 2021 | Faith-Community Mobilization, Events
Building Collective Efficacy Towards Peace The Building Blocks of Peace initiative seeks to decrease violence in Chicago neighborhoods by building collective efficacy in local communities. Through training and organizing, the initiative endeavors to enhance “social...
by Together Chicago | Jan 31, 2021 | Faith-Community Mobilization
The annual Chicagoland United in Prayer event, hosted on the last Sunday in January, took on a unique hybrid structure this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While we could not gather in large numbers, we hosted “united but de-centralized” prayer...
by Together Chicago | May 8, 2020 | Westhaven Park, Events, Faith-Community Mobilization, Violence Reduction
The Westhaven Park Community Action Teams worked together to organize a social-distanced peace and prayer ride through the community. This caravan of cards and social-distanced prayer brought a positive presence to the community and many great conversations and...
by Together Chicago | Jan 26, 2020 | Events, Faith-Community Mobilization
City-wide Prayer Chicagoland United in Prayer, a collaborative, city-wide prayer movement, hosted its annual Winter Prayer gathering on the Near West side of Chicago at the historic First Baptist Congregational Church. Over 1,500 people representing over 100 churches...
