Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Governor Larry Hogan will meet later this week to discuss how to address crime in the city. It comes as Baltimore Ceasefire wrapped up another weekend of pushing to end gun violence.Each name uttered was a life ripped away too soon in Baltimore as runners of all paces and walkers with Baltimore Ceasefire gathered Sunday morning at Herring Park to advocate against violence in the city. The beautiful thing about the Ceasefire movement is that it s for all of us. All of us have ways that we can be more peaceful in our own lives and in our interactions with others, said Gretchen Tome, Organizer for Runners For Justice.It was one of many events as the group kicked off its Ceasefire Weekend with a small rally in the streets on Friday. The group s efforts come as Baltimore police are seeing a rise in crime with homicide numbers already ahead of those from last year. Unfortunately, we ve had two people who lost their lives one person on Friday, we kn
Collaborating for change
The debut concert of the Racial Justice Concert Series brings together Baltimore Ceasefire 365 and the Baltimore Boom Bap Society By Bret McCabe / Published March 10, 2021
About every three months since August 2017, the Baltimore Ceasefire 365 movement has asked city residents to go 72 hours without any murders or acts of violence. These weekends are emotionally potent calls to action, and they work. A 2020 study published in the
American Journal of Public Health showed an average 52% drop in shootings over Ceasefire weekends. Those quarterly Ceasefires are the result of grassroot organizers consistently knocking on doors and collaborating with community members year-round the kinds of face-to-face interactions that the coronavirus pandemic has prevented. COVID-19, unfortunately, has not lessened our experience with murder but what it has done is exposed the root causes of murder, says Ellen Gee, one of the
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Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Saturday, February 6, 2021
BALTIMORE (AP) - During Baltimore’s first CeaseFire weekend of 2021, participants highlighted the people and places that make Baltimore more than its crime rate.
The city has recorded 30 murders in the first five weeks of the year. Supporters of the CeaseFire event hope to bring an end to violence.
Because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, organizers tweaked the traditional format by kicking off Saturday with a virtual “Speak Joy Over Baltimore” event. A second virtual event took place later, when participants created drawings and art to express their appreciation for the city.