CHICAGO — Chicago faith leaders and community activists are joining forces to call for peace in the city. Several "No Crime Weekend" events are being held through Sunday.

“I was an ex-gang member, so I come out here to be part of something positive and give back to our community which I grew up in,” Gregory Collins said. “I fight for peace.”

Collins was among several former gang members-turned community activists leading a peace walk on the Far South Side on Saturday.

“We’re trying to put the neighbor back in the hood, and that’s all we’re basically trying to do. I’m sick of all these kids out here shooting and stuff and all this gun violence,” Collins said.

Attendees marched from 127th Street and Michigan Avenue in West Pullman to 111th Street and Indiana Avenue in Roseland — nearly t

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