A nonprofit organization, arising from the police brutality death of Burrell Ramsey, focusing on change to provide better opportunities to Boston communities.
CALLING ALL PEACE AND CHANGE SUPPORTERS!!
JOIN THE #LIVE4BO TEAM
FOR THE MOTHER'S DAY PEACE WALK NOW!!
Walking to support of peace, healing, and community.
and all lives impacted by violence.
Why is there a Mother’s Day Walk for Peace?
Created in 1996 by parents grieving the death of their son, the Mother’s Day Walk for Peace began as an opportunity for families, whose children had been killed, to gather and support one another.
Today, this annual walk draws people from all over Greater Boston, and from communities across the state. Each year, thousands of people participate, including the business community, elected officials, professionals from the law enforcement and criminal justice system, health care professionals and bereavement specialists, and faith communities from Massachusetts and neighboring states. Family members and friends of people killed walk with family and friends of those incarcerated for these acts. People walk for different reasons - some to remember a loved one, some trying to forgive. People who come from communities not impacted by violence walk to show their support for all families and to send the strong message that violence in any neighborhood is unacceptable.
Who does the Walk benefit?
The Walk benefits the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute. In 1994 Tina Chery, co-founded the Peace Institute after her 14 year old son Louis was killed, caught in gun crossfire on his way to a “teens against violence” meeting. The Peace Institute has been a healing center and a training and education resource for Boston and beyond for almost 20 years. Often the first place to which families in crisis are directed, the Peace Institute works with families through grief, loss and trauma. In addition, the Peace Institute works with police, hospitals, the courts, and government systems to improve services for families in crisis and with children in the Boston Public Schools.
The Walk is an annual fundraiser for the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute. Our goal is to raise $600,000. Every dollar directly supports families and survivors of homicide victims through our Healing Support Services, provides critical resources for youth through our Generation Peace programs, and drives all of our other events, initiatives, and programs that strengthen communities impacted by murder, trauma, grief, and loss. Your contribution helps cultivate cycles of peace and healing.
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