Students of all ages marched down Chicago Avenue in Austin on Saturday for the “Say No to Drugs Anti-Violence Parade.”
The event put the spotlight on the positive ways teens on Chicago’s West Side are getting involved in the community, from marching bands to drill and dance teams.
“We’re trying to create an environment that shows you have people here supporting you,” said Aaron Fite, a junior at Kenwood Academy High School.
Showcasing the good is part of the solution to summer violence, Fite said.
Before the parade stepped off, a Lifetime Service Award was presented to retiring Congressman Danny Davis of Illinois’ 7th District, whose service spans nearly five decades.
“My heart is imbued with appreciation,” he said.
The parade, which was presented by the Arthur Lockhart Resource Institute and Healing Temple COGIC Church, was led by Mayor Johnson along with representatives from a global peace run who made a stop in Chicago.
“We’re here today as part of a relay that started actually in New York,” said Salil Wilson, executive director of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run. “It’s a 10,000-mile relay through all 50 states this year to celebrate the fact that peace begins in the heart of each one of us.”
The 38th annual parade drew dozens of local advocacy groups, elected leaders and West Side residents, all united by a message of anti-drug and anti-violence awareness.
“There’s a lot of things we want to do, a lot of stories we want to tell,so just to have that is powerful,” Fite said.
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