Loyola Stands Against Gun Violence, 2160 S First Avenue, Maywood, IL (2026)

The Loyola Stands Against Gun Violence committee is a multi-departmental, multi-disciplinary committee which holds representation from Loyola Medicine and Loyola University Chicago. The committee formed in 2017 after the Emergency Department and chaplains in the Spiritual Care and Education Department began to collaborate to support patients and family members affected by gun violence. Loyola Stan

ds meets monthly to share, discuss, and lead Hospital and University initiatives, community events, policy developments and action items, prayer services for mass shootings, and the organization of conferences and educational activities. Key initiatives run by members of Loyola Stands include:
Stop the Bleed trainings, Americorps partnership for Certified Nurse's Assistant program, Community Paramedicine program in collaboration with Hillside Fire Department, Mother's Dawn gatherings for mothers and family members who have lost loved ones to violence, ongoing data analysis and academic presentations on the scope of gun violence in the Loyola catchment area, Community Grand Rounds on community-identified topics, and a regional network collaboration to explore the feasibility of a community-based Trauma Recovery Center model. In 2022, Loyola Stands will work with community partner organizations to explore the prospect of a social enterprise in the village of Maywood.

03/13/2023

The Loyola Stands Against Gun Violence Committee invites you to the 4th annual Community Advocacy and Violence Prevention Summit!

Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Health Sciences Campus (Room TBA) or Webinar
8:30am-12:30pm
Free and open to the public
Register: https://bit.ly/3J3hurT

This Summit is a gathering of Loyola, Proviso, and Chicagoland communities to discuss advocacy and strategies to prevent gun violence in our communities. This year's event will provide applicable information and guidance on how we can be advocates for change through presentations and hands-on events.

Featured Address: Kris Brown, president of the Brady Organization, lawyer, policy advisor, and gun violence prevention advocate.

This event is eligible for 2 EGR Credits, CCGH Supported Lecture, BCCI® CE chaplaincy credit, and 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Questions: [email protected] or Idiake Irumundomon at [email protected]

07/08/2022

A prayer for peace and remembrance, in honor of the victims of the Highland Park mass shooting on Monday, July 4, 2022.

This prayer was beautifully written by Reverend Michael Hayes.

04/13/2022

Last week was the 3rd Annual Loyola Stands Against Gun Violence Community Advocacy and Violence Prevention Summit at Loyola. Thank you to everyone who joined us last week and we are excited to continue working together to stand against gun violence!

03/21/2022

In honor of being just over two weeks away from the Community Advocacy and Violence Prevention Summit on April 6, we wanted to share a bit more about our featured speaker, Fred Guttenberg.

"Fred Guttenberg began his public life after the murder of his beautiful 14-year-old daughter Jaime in the Parkland school shooting on Feb 14, 2018. The day after the murder, Fred decided to attend a public vigil in Parkland. While there, the Mayor asked him to speak. His words shook a nation and he has not stopped since.

Only four months prior to the murder of his daughter, Fred’s brother Michael passed away in October 2017 from cancer related to his service in 9/11. He was one of the original first responders at the WTC with a team of doctors who got trapped in the WTC as it collapsed. Amazingly, the room that they hid out in did not collapse and Michael and his team of physicians spent 16 days at ground zero taking care of others."

To learn more about Mr. Guttenberg's remarkable work, please visit his website linked in our bio!

Registration for the Summit is still open and still free of charge! To sign up, please visit the link in our bio!

02/22/2022

Join us for the 3rd annual Community Advocacy and Violence Prevention Summit! Wednesday, April 6, 8:30am-12:30pm. Attend in person on Loyola's Health Sciences Campus or virtually via webinar!

This event is free of charge and open to all members of the Loyola community and beyond.

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/224881856687

12/20/2021

Please consider joining us for the third annual
Community Advocacy and Violence Prevention Summit!

Wednesday, February 9, 2022
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
CTRE Auditorium or virtually via webinar

Featured address: Fred Guttenberg
(Author of Find the Helpers, gun safety advocate, and Parkland parent)

Free and open to the public!

*This event is eligible for 2 EGR Credits, CCGH Supported Lecture, and 2 AMA PRA Category 1 credits*
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../community-advocacy-and...

Questions? [email protected] or [email protected]

Address

2160 S First Avenue
Maywood, IL
60153

Website

https://linktr.ee/loyolastands

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