Mission Beacon is proudly one of the collaborating organizations within the Mission Community Peace Collaborative (MCPC). The month of January was an extremely industrious month for this collaboration due to the final planning stages of the second Mission Peace March, held on the 28th of January.
Strategically sending a message to the larger community, our focus was to:
1. Send a message of love and peace to our youth, letting them know that we will not tolerate violence in our streets.
2. Highlighting the collective work that CBO’s do on a daily bases to empower youth and keep them off the streets.
3. Standing united against the devastating budget cuts to programs and services that keep our children, youth and our families safe and supported. Mission Beacon has proudly been a significant player in delivering this message of peace to our community and to our youth.
The second Mission Peace March was also a powerful community engagement/experiential learning moment for our youth. They were not only hearing a message of peace from their admired elders but also representing a message of peace to other peers in the community.