Baltimore Peace Movement

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Baltimore Peace Promise Weekend: Partnering for Peace

Tom Hall

Darnyle Wharton, co-organizer of the Baltimore Peace Movement, joins Midday to discuss November's Peace Promise Weekend.

Balloons are placed at a utility pole at the site of Saturday's shooting in west Baltimore's Upton neighborhood on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. A weekend shooting in west Baltimore’s Upton neighborhood killed two people and left three others injured, including two young children whose mother was hospitalized in critical condition and later died. (AP Photo/Lea Skene)

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Baltimore's homicide count hits a 9-year low. Mayor Scott shares what's behind the drop.

Sheilah Kast

We’ll go On the Record with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott to talk about the lowest number of homicides in the city in nearly a decade. How does he plan to keep the momentum going? Plus, we speak with an activist who works for peaceful conflict resolution.

Exhausted neighbors watch police at a shooting scene in the Park Heights neighborhood of Baltimore in 2013. Photo: J.M. Giordano

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Manifesting and documenting peace in Baltimore

Sheilah Kast

We go On the Record with Baltimore Peace Movement to ask why changing their name lets them refocus energies … and with a photographer whose new book holds a decade of images that depict the effects of gun violence, and the people who rally against it.

A poster from the Baltimore Peace Movement, formerly known as Baltimore Ceasefire 365, encouraging residents of Baltimore to work for peace and help heal people whose lives have been shattered by violent crime. (image courtesy Baltimore Peace Movement)

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Baltimore Peace Movement: A report on their weekend of healing

Letrice Gant, co-founder of the Baltimore Peace Movement, discusses its Peace Promise observances over this past Mother's Day weekend.

A poster affirming the new themes of the Baltimore Peace Movement, formerly known as Baltimore Ceasefire 365, which held its first of four annual weekend events this past weekend (February 3-5) to encourage residents of Baltimore to work for peace, an end to violence, and compassion for people whose lives are upended by violent crime. The event, called "The Peace Promise Weekend," sought to introduce the Peace Movement's new emphasis on community mediation and non-violent conflict resolution. (image courtesy Baltimore Peace Movement)

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Baltimore Peace Movement holds its first "Peace Promise Weekend"

Tom Hall

Erricka Bridgeford and Letrice Gant, co-organizers of the Baltimore Peace Movement — formerly Baltimore Ceasefire 365 — assess the impact of the group's February 3-5 "Peace Promise Weekend," the first under its new banner.