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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...

Baltimore CeaseFire weekend focuses on ending violence Follow Us 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 traditio...

Baltimore CeaseFire 365 met with several groups on Saturday during the second day of its weekend to combat gun violence in the city.