Webster Elementary School students hold Peace Walk for gun violence awareness in Chicago

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Following a violent holiday weekend in Chicago, some Chicago Public Schools students, teachers, families and community members attended a Peace Walk in North Lawndale.

The third-annual Peace Walk honoring lives lost to gun violence happened Wednesday morning at Daniel Webster Elementary School on Arthington Street.

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The goal of the Peace Walk is to raise awareness about gun violence and teach students about social justice and community activism.

The event was led by the school's student-led Anti-Violence Youth Committee, formed in response to the death of a Webster Elementary eighth-grader in May of 2021.