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Welcome to the 20th annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace!
The Peace Institute has been on long journey,
and we’ve arrived at the 20th Anniversary of the
Mother’s Day Walk for Peace! Thank you so much
to all the survivors of homicide victims and allies
who have walked alongside us and helped us get to
this historic milestone. The theme of the walk this
year is “Celebrating the Courage of Community.”
We want to honor those
families impacted by
murder that have shown
the courage and commitment it takes to transform pain and anger into
power and action.
The Mother’s Day
Walk for Peace started
twenty years ago when
the co-founder of the
Peace Institute Clementina Chery was struggling to figure out how
to spend her special day
Mothers Walk for Peace
founder Clementina Chery after her son Louis was
killed. Tina was told
that no one would show up to a walk for survivors
of murder victims on Mother’s Day. Hundreds of
people showed up to Town Field to the first walk in
1996 –mothers whose children had been killed and
neighbors who wanted to support them. The Walk
has become an annual tradition in the City of Boston when survivors can honor the memory of their
loved one and all of us can re-commit to doing our
part in the peacemaking process.
The purpose of the Peace Institute is to transform
society’s response to homicide so that all families
are treated with dignity and compassion, regardless of the circumstances. The Mother’s Day Walk
for Peace is part of that – we walk together in unity
without blame or shame; we let families who have
been most impacted by murder lead the way.
“The Peace Institute is a truly spiritual dwelling
and a shelter for people trying to cope with unspeakable loss. Your work and faith are sadly, desperately needed, now more than ever. I will most definitely be among the thousands of people walking on
Mother’s Day. May 7th marks the 5th anniversary
of my forever 19 year old son Derek. Wrapped in
the support of you and all the other survivors who
march to City Hall, I will get through yet another
anniversary. I honor you for your work and will see
you on Mother’s Day.” (Deirdre Murphy)
The vision from the beginning has been for the
Mother’s Day Walk to become a city-wide walk so
we can appreciate the beauty and assets in every
neighborhood. Violence is not just a Dorchester
problem; each one of us has a role to play in creating and sustaining a city where all families can live
in peace no matter their address. This year we are
embracing this shared responsibility and collective
power by walking all the way from Field’s Corner to
City Hall – we invite you to walk with us!
“Violence is not the problem of one neighborhood
or group and the responsibility of one neighborhood
or group…Coming together to own this problem and
the solutions are central.” (Dr. Deborah ProthrowStith, MD)
We invite you to participate in the historic 20th
Annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace.
Peace isn’t simply the absence of violence; peace
is the presence of healing, reconciliation, and ac-
countability.
The Mother’s Day Walk is a fundraiser. Our goal
is to raise $600,000 so that we can sustain the Peace
Institute as a center of healing, teaching, and learning for families impacted by murder, grief, trauma,
and loss. We are counting on our community to invest in us. We are grateful to our lead sponsors:
New England Patriots Charitable Foundation,
The Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation, Boston
Globe, WCVB TV 5, The Dorchester Reporter, Mark
Wahlberg Youth Foundation and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Walk with us toward peace
this Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8th, 2016!
Our 2016 Funding Priorities:
Intergenerational Justice Program (IJP): IJP creates a continuum of support for survivors of homicide victims and families of people arrested and incarcerated for murder as they navigate the criminal
justice system in the aftermath of homicide.
Rest in Peace Fund: The RIP Fund provides financial assistance to survivors of homicide victims
who are unable to pay upfront burial costs so that
all families are able to lay their loved ones to rest
with dignity.
Live in Peace Fund: The Live in Peace Fund
provides micro-grants to people impacted by murder who are working to inform public policy or positively impact the community.
Registration for the Mother’s Day Walk for Peace
is FREE and we welcome anyone to walk with us.
We do encourage all participants to set personal
fundraising goals. We ask that individuals set a
goal of at least $100 and teams try to raise at least
$1000.
Event Details: Sunday morning, May 8, 2016 – Rain or Shine – WEAR PURPLE
WALKING TO
BOSTON CITY HALL
LEG 1: Town Field Park,
Fields Corner – 6.8 miles
2.5-3hrs walk time to City
Hall. 1520 Dorchester Ave.,
Dorchester, MA 02122
MBTA
RED
LINE:
FIELD’S CORNER
Day of Registration Begins: 6 a.m.
Opening Remarks: 8 a.m.
Walk Begins: 8:30 a.m.
Entry/Exit Point:
MADISON PARK HIGH
SCHOOL
– 3 miles (11.5hrs) to City Hall
For those wanting to walk
a shorter distance, this entry/exit point is an excellent
choice. Start your walk here
or exit Leg 1 and take the T to
City Hall.
Start: MADISON PARK
HIGH SCHOOL, 75 Malcolm
X Blvd, Roxbury, MA 02120.
MBTA ORANGE LINE:
ROXBURY CROSSING
Registration Begins at
Madison Park: 7a.m.
Opening Remarks: 9:15
a.m.
9:45am Estimated entry
and meeting point with Leg 1
PEACE RALLY/
Closing Ceremony
Celebrate with us!
Boston City Hall, 1 City
Hall Square
Registration Begins at
City Hall: 9 a.m.
Opening Remarks and
Entertainment: 10 a.m.
Peace Rally Welcoming
Walkers: 11 a.m.
Peace Rally Closing: 12 p.m.
PARKING: Free Parking
is available on Sunday, May
www.mothersdaywalk4peace.org
10 at 500-520 Geneva Ave lot
in Dorchester. There is also
ample free street parking in
the area. (You must exit the
Parking lot by 1:00pm)
Parking is also available at
lot 3 and 2 of Roxbury Community College (1234 Columbus Ave, ROXBURY CROSSING, MA 02120), near
Madison Park High School.
Walk route: Start Town
Field,
Dorchester
(1520
Dorchester Ave). Turn right
onto Park St., 0.1 mi. Turn
right onto Geneva Ave., 0.6
mi. Turn Right onto Bowdoin
St., 0.7 mi. Slight left onto
Hancock St., 0.4 mi. Turn
right onto Columbia Rd., 0.1
mi. Turn left onto Dudley St.,
0.5 mi. Continue onto Malcolm X Blvd. Slight right onto
Tremont St.,1.9 mi. Continue
onto Oak St., W 371 ft. Turn
left onto Washington St., 0.8
•
m. Turn right onto State St.,
249 ft. Turn left onto Congress St., 0.1 mi.
End City Hall Square
RESTROOM STOPS:
The Food Project, 555
Dudley St, Dorchester, MA
02125
St. Patrick’s Church,
Corner of Dudley St and 10
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•
Magazine St, Roxbury, MA
02119.
Madison
Park
High
School, 75 Malcolm X Blvd,
Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120
Boston Fire Dept., 700
Tremont St., between W.
Concord and Rutland.
Wang YMCA, Chinatown,
8 Oak St. West.
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2016 Peace Walk Teams
A BIG Thank you to all of our Donors and Walk Teams. You make our work possible. Thank you for Investing
in Peace. Mother Teresa lived and expressed it best: “I beg you with my whole heart to work for, to labor for
God’s peace and to be reconciled with one another…please choose the way of peace.”
List of Teams:
Alisa Muhammad
Anita’s House of Healing
Ministries, Inc.
Ann Fleck-Henderson
Ann Willever
Anne Patrick
Arlington Street Church Boston
Beacon Hill Friends Meeting
Boston College High School
Boston Medical Center
Boston Mothers Care
Boston Pink
Boston Public
Health Commission
Boston University
School of Public Health
Boston Workmen’s Circle
B-PEACE for Jorge Campaign
Brenda Frazier
Brigham and Womens’
Hospital Walks for Peace
BU School of Public Health
Caitlin Mogan
Carole Katz
Catherine Pilfrey
Catholic Charities Teen Center
at St. Peter’s
Cherish Chris
Chris Dellea
Christ Church Cambridge
Church of the Covenant
in Boston
Clare Fitzgerald
Clarence McGregor/
Team C.A.M.
Codman Academy
College Students for Peace
Compassionate Cohasset
Congregation Dorshei Tzedek
Congregation Hillel B’nai Torah
Dannys Team
David Kuck
Derek’s Team
Diane Doherty
Dyineisha Tyra
Elaine Hylek
Eric Clark
Erik Wissa
Everyday Boston
Felix & Brian
First Church and Parish
in Dedham
First Church Cambridge
First Church JP-UU
First Parish Brookline UU
First Parish Cambridge
First Parish Chelmsford
First Parish in Concord Team
First Parish in Dorchester
First Parish Milton
First Unitarian Society
in Newton
Follen Church Team
Fresh Pond Meeting Of The
Religious Society Of Friends,
Quakers
GirlTrek Boston
GRANDMOTHERS AGAINST
GUN VIOLENCE
Harvard Chan School Walks
for Peace
Henderson Inclusion School
Hope Central Church
HYCC Neighbors
Walk for Peace
In memory of Chaz Burton,
KOPS- Keeping Our
People Safe
In Memory of
Eyanna and Amani
In Memory of
John Monroe Chase
Invisible Families
Jamaica Plain
Mother’s Day Walk
Jane Liebschutz
Jardin
JOHN DOE
JOJO’s WORLD PEACE TEAM!
Jude, Max, and Maggie Walk
for Peace - Thank You!!!
Judith Lockhart-Radtke
JUSTICE FOR ANTHONY
JUSTICE RESOURCE
INSTITUTE Team
Karen Lewis Brownell
Karen Seniuk
Khenedy Vongsanith
King’s Chapel Team
LDB Walks With Me
Legacy Lives On Inc
Lisa Bello’s Peace Squad
Live4BO
Lowell Walks for Peace
MA Chapter of Moms Demand
Action for Gun Sense
Mallory Hanora
Mario and Rachel
MARISOL
MARTIN RICHARD
FOUNDATION
Midwives for Peace & Justice
Muslims for Humanity Team;
CNA Relief MA
NEWELL AND JAMIE LEWEY,
TEAM “AMY ROSE”
North American Indian Center
of Boston, Inc.
PAYING HOMAGE
Peace Partners 2016
PeeWee’s Peoples
Pretty Gurlz Club 7
Project Love 2016
Roxbury Community College
Walks for Peace
Sabrina Mason
Sharon Bilodeau
Showing Up for Racial Justice
- Boston
Simmons College
Mother’s Day
Walk for Peace Team
Span Inc
St Elizabeth’s Sudbury
St. John’s Church in JP
Striding Against Violence
Suffolk County Sheriff’s
Department’s Fundraising Page
Suffolk University
Taylor Strong
TEAM AFSC Center
for Community Healing
Team AGO
Team Alan Emanuel Johnson
Team Andrea Campbell
Team Annissa
Team Belmont
Team BIDMC
Team Collin
Team Connolly
Team Curo Ergo Sum
Team David
Team Dom
Team Dre
Team Geoffrey
Team Gideon
Team Iota (Iota Phi Theta
Fraternity, Inc.)
Team Jeff Raphael
Team Jephthe
Team Kenai
Team Martha Eliot
TEAM NCAS
Team Norfolk
Team Raheem/ TJ/ ALLEX
Team Ramone 2016
Team Rashad
Team Reicy
Team Soheil Turner
Team St Mary of the Angels
Team Stephen
TEAM TEACH PEACE-AL
THEA PRATT AND FRIENDS
Team Waban Hill and
Friends fundraising page
Temple Emunah Lexington
The Boston Foundation
The Park School Team
The Pride
Tricia Connolly
Trinia Thompson
Trinity Church Boston Team
Troy Heartbeats
True Vine Church Transformers
UMB For Peace
UUCR Walks 2016
Victor Visionaries
Watertown Walks for Peace
Wayne Sylvester Daley
Wediko Children’s Services’s
Fundraising Page
WEST ROXBURY ACADEMY
Winchester Unitarian Society
Winchester Unitarian
Wogga’s Warriors
Looking Back: the 2015 Mother’s Day Walk Last year approximately 15,000 people walked in the
19th Annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace. There were 198 teams, and $350,000 was raised to support the
work of the Peace Institute. Thank you for your continued commitment to peace!
Thank you Host Committee:
Co-chairs:
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, City of Boston
Dr. Kevin Tabb, CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Maura Healey, MA Attorney General
Senator Linda Dorcena Forry, MA State Senate
Deval Patrick, Former MA Governor
STEERING COMMITTEE:
We thank the steering committee for helping to ensure sponsorship
goals are met and promoting the walk.
Constance Afshar, Board Member, LDB Peace Institute
Timothy Albers, Suffolk University
Councilor Frank Baker, Boston City Council
Janey Bishoff, Bishoff Communications
Jamie Bissonette Lewey, Board Member, LDB Peace Institute
Jim Braude, WGBH
Senator William Brownsberger, Senate Member
Phil Carver, UMASS Boston
Hodari Cali, Governor Baker’s Office
Councilor Andrea Campbell, Boston City Council
Mardi Chadwick, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Susan Carman, Board Member, LDB Peace Institute
Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz, Senate Member
Anthony Cignoli, A.L. Cignoli Company
Michael Connolly, Board Member, LDB Peace Institute
Lynda Connolly, Simmons College
Roxann Cooke, Eastern Bank
Rep. Edward Coppinger, House Member
Michael Curry, NAACP Boston
Rep. Dan Cullinane, House Member
Chris Dellea, Board Member, LDB Peace Institute
Rev. William Dickerson, Greater Love Tabernacle
Senator Sal DiDomenico, Senate Member
Latoyia Edwards, NECN
Councilor Michael Flaherty, Boston City Council
Councilor Annissa Essaibi-George, Boston City Council
Rep. Gloria Fox, House Member
Ralph Fuccillo, DentaQuest Foundation
Carolina Garcia, Suffolk University
Julie Garnder, Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center
Rev. Alan Gates, Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
Robert Gittens, Northeastern University
Dean Alberto Godenzi, Boston College School of Social Work
Charlotte Golar Richie, MA Commission Against Discrimination
Janet Goldernberg, MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence
Bob Goldman, Bob Goldman Law LLP
Larry Gordon, Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
Josie Green, The Josephine and Louise Crane Family Foundation
Rev. Ray Hammond, Bethel AME Church
Judge Leslie Harris, Retired
Rep. Russell Holmes, House Member
Rep. Kevin Honan, House Member
Rep. Dan Hunt, House Member
Darrin Howell, 1199 SEIU
Alan Isakson
Councilor Tito Jackson, Boston City Council
Philip Johnston, Johnston Associates
Cynthia Kennedy, Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center
Tom Kershaw, Hampshire House
Josh Kraft, Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston
Lisa Lachance, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Councilor Salvatore LaMattina, Boston City Council
Rev. Laura Everett, Mass Council of Churches
Margaret Leipsitz, Root Cause
Robert Lewis, Pathway to Redemption
Council President Bill Linehan, Boston City Council
Rep. Jay Livingstone, House Member
Rep. Adrian Madaro, House Member
Rep. Elizabeth Malia, House Member
Jane Matlaw, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Councilor Timothy McCarthy, Boston City Council
Kevin McCaskill, Madison Park High School
C. Monroe Chase, Board Member, LDB Peace Institute
Rep. Michael Moran, House Member
Nahma Nadich, Associate Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council
Councilor Matt O’Malley, Boston City Council
Athanasia Orphanos, iHeartMedia Boston
Louise Packard, Trinity Inspires
Fmr. Gov. Deval Patrick, Bain Capital, LLC
Ed Powell, Justice Resource Institute
Councilor Ayanna Pressley, Boston City Council
Emily Procknal, Boston Globe Foundation
Judith Radtke, Board Member, LDB Peace Institute
Rep. Dan Ryan, House Member
Senator Michael Rush, Senate Member
Rep. Byron Rushing, House Member
Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez, House Member
Shaileen Santoro, iHeartRadio
Bob Scannell, Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester
Enid Shapiro CSW, LICSW
Rev. Daniel Smith, General Boston Interfaith Organization,
First Church in Cambridge, Coalition to Reverse Gun Violence
Dana Smith, Boys & Girls Club of Boston
Mark Sokoll, Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston
Marie St. Fleur, The Bessie Tartt Wilson Initiative for Children
Alejandra St. Guillen, Office of New Bostonians
Senator Bruce Tarr, Senate Member
Adam Thomas, Board Member, LDB Peace Institute
Rev. Lorraine Thornhill, Black Pastors of Cambridge
John Tobin, Northeastern University
Sid Topol
Bob Travaglini, Travaglini, Eisenberg & Kiley
Yusufi Vali, Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center
Rev. Elizabeth Walker, Roxbury Presbyterian Church
Peter Welsh, Peter Welsh Strategic Consulting Services
Bob White, Robert White Associates
Darnell Williams, Urban League
Lorita B. Williams, Roxbury Community College
Erik Wissa, TJX Companies
David Wright, Black Ministerial Alliance
Councilor Michelle Wu, Boston City Council
Councilor Josh Zakim, Boston City Council
Thank you to Our PEACEVESTORS as of April 25, 2016
Media Sponsors:
Channel 5
JAM’N Radio
Dorchester Reporter
Boston Globe
2016 Mother’s Day Walk for Peace Volunteers
Julia Thompson
Jeanine Mohamed
Maria Cecilia
Gloria Viera
Betty Aguirre
Sheila Bennett
Jaida Adams
Kendra Jae
Nanette “DIVA” Cromartie
Crystal Lee Daley
Jenine Lindsey
Tanoy Burton
Evelyn Darling
Veronica Acosta
Ethiopiah Al-Mahdi
Boston City Hall Staff
Cori Bodley
buildOn Students
Codman Academy Students
Boston Medical Reserve Corps
Jamie Bloyd
Agnes Chang
Paul A. Cooperstein, Esq.
Edward Kennedy Center
Dayanna Fuentes
Micka Gata
Blossom Hoag
Adelina Janiak
Melis Kural
Michael Mackie
Madison Park High School
Students
Karun Mahadevan
Jernell McCray
Samantha Montano
Elise Morrell
David Mullins
Walter Palmer
Felicia Robinson
Kenia Rodrigues
Roxbury Community College
Students
Kayla Rubim
Marian Shuler
Suffolk University Students
Lara Sullivan
Jane Taylor
Jeannie Wright
Margaret Young
Jackie Zhou
Daniel Parker
Charly Jean Baptiste
Bruce Dyer
Joe Sullivan
Michael Foley
Mario Rodrigues
Edgar Sterling
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20th Annual Mother’s Day Walk
For
PEACE
Thank you for Investing in Peace.
Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation
“The Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation commends the Peace Institute for the tireless work it does to create safer
communities by supporting individuals and families in crisis and promoting violence reduction policies and practices.”
Dorchester Reporter
www.dotnews.com
Rick & Gitte Shea
Affiliated Physicans Group
Josie Green
& Glen Asch
Peace Builders
Boston Medical Center
Affiliated Physicians Group
Hebrew SeniorLife
Lahey Health
The Charlotte Foundation
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Plymouth
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Milton
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
Carney Hospital
Tenet Healthcare
H. Levenbaum Insurance & Chill on Park
St. Vincent Hospital/Metro West Medical Center
Peace Partners
Balloons Over Boston
BNN
City of Boston
Clear Channel
Duck Tours
Equal Exchange
Madison Park High
MassDOT
Roche Bros.
Roxbury Community College
Solid Rock Solutions
Superior Realty Co.
Supreme Entertainment
WCVB
Zumix
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The Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
is a center of healing, teaching, and
learning. We serve families on both
sides: families of murder victims and
families of people arrested and incarcerated for homicide. Our purpose is
to transform society’s response to homicide so that all families are treated
with dignity and compassion, regardless of the circumstances. Our vision
is to create and sustain communities
where all families can live in peace
and all people are valued.
The Peace Institute’s programs are
grounded in the proven social-ecological framework that peace starts
from within and then extends to family, communities, and society. Our
programs are:
Survivors Outreach Services: provides crisis management and service
coordination for survivors of homicide victims in the immediate aftermath of murder.
Intergenerational Justice Program: creates a continuum of support
for survivors of homicide victims and
families of people arrested and incarcerated for murder as they navigate
the criminal justice system in the aftermath of homicide through the reentry process.
Leadership Academy: training series for families of murder victims
and families of incarcerated people
to practice healing techniques, learn
about the criminal justice system,
connect to service providers, and
build skills to inform and impact
public policy.
Serving Survivors of Homicide Providers Network: convening space for
service providers and institutional
stakeholders to build trust, share
best practices, and strengthen service coordination.
Peace from Within: program for incarcerated people to gain an understanding of inner peace and prepare
to return peacefully to their community. Peace from Within is currently
being offered at Plymouth County
Correctional Facility.
Peace-ing it Together: workshop
series for white allies to build skills
Peace Month is a celebration of
students’ potential to be peacemakers. The Louis D. Brown Peace
Institute has over twenty years
of experience developing primary
violence prevention curriculum.
As the rusted homicide response
agency in Boston, we recognize the
deep and broad impact violence
can have on students at home and
in the classroom. Our approach to
peace education is to acknowledge
the pain of grief and loss while embracing our capacity to heal.
For Peace Month, we created
a series of lesson plans that will
help foster a culture of peace in
the classroom by reinforcing positive behaviors, promoting social
responsibility, and deepening relationships between students rooted
in respect and compassion. We also
to address racism and violence in
their own communities and to gain a
deeper understanding of the LDBPI’s
work and methodology.
published Instructor Guides so
that teachers feel more equipped
to engage their students in socialemotional learning.
Peace Month is made possible
through a grant from Eastern Bank
Charitable Foundation will culminate with the 20th Annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace where we
hope to see a large contingent of
students and teachers walking to
show their commitment to creating
more peaceful classrooms and communities. We’re so grateful to those
teachers who can make time during Peace Month to take advantage
this important healing and learning opportunity.
Register, Start a Team,
Donate at:
www.mothersdaywalk4peace.org