One Life at a Time – Missions Today [Interview]

One Life at a Time – Missions Today [Interview]

Toward the end of 2016, as gun violence in Chicago reached its highest levels in 20 years, a group of Chicago area faith, business, community, non-profit, civic and government leaders met to explore the common question they asked themselves: “Is there more that can be...
No More Violence Campaign Launches to Save Lives and Inspire Youth

No More Violence Campaign Launches to Save Lives and Inspire Youth

ABOUT CAMPAIGN-NO MORE VIOLENCE As a subsidiary of the Brilliance and Excellence Movement, the “No More Violence” Campaign is focused on saving the lives of our youth in the beautiful city of Chicago. Our mission is to promote non-violence and inspire youth engagement...
Hands Across Chicago 2022 Unites Churches Across Chicago in Prayer and Action

Hands Across Chicago 2022 Unites Churches Across Chicago in Prayer and Action

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...
Faith Leaders Unite for Michigan Avenue Prayer Walk in Stand Against Violence

Faith Leaders Unite for Michigan Avenue Prayer Walk in Stand Against Violence

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...
South Side Leaders Host Third Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2022

South Side Leaders Host Third Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2022

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...
2022 Education Summit Connects Strategic Partners

2022 Education Summit Connects Strategic Partners

Over 100 strategic city partners joined our 2022 Education Summit. We shared the success of our city-wide education impact efforts, during the 2021-2022 School Year. During this one school year alone, we impacted over 3200 youth, primarily from Chicago’s West...
West Side Leaders Host Second Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2022

West Side Leaders Host Second Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2022

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...
Helping Schools Meet Needs—March 2022 TC Education News

Helping Schools Meet Needs—March 2022 TC Education News

Research demonstrates that students from low-income families are more apt to experience adversity, stress associated with financial instability, and trauma, which serve as barriers to learning and development (McLaughlin & Sheridan, 2016; Shonkoff et al., 2012),...
North Side Leaders Host First Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2022

North Side Leaders Host First Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2022

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...