BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Peace Movement is gearing up to hold its last Peace Promise weekend of the year. This is where they work towards a peaceful 72 hours.
"All of us have lost somebody in our lives, on my squad, so we have lost someone in our lives to gun violence. It becomes personal when you say 'What can I do to help the next person live?'" Darnyle Wharton is one of the leaders of the Baltimore Peace Movement, which starts Friday.
This is where they will encourage everyone to honk for peace, "The people in high places are doing the right thing. We all can pitch in and help, like I said, it's a community thing," said Michael Dunn.
On Saturday, they will have tree-planting events where people can honor people who died due to gun violence.
The Peace Promise weekend comes as Baltimore is continuing to see a major decrease in homicides and non-fatal shootings.
"The numbers are coming down exponentially, so people are saying, this peace thing, let me try it. Let me see what it looks like if I live for peace," said Wharton.
"What we do is we get out there. There's a whole team. We have our ambassadors. We have community members and they come out, and we ask people to come out and honk for peace."
Jessup Correctional Institution will also have a Peace Promise weekend, inspired by the movement in Baltimore. Inmates at the jail will be participating in different events this weekend.