Overview
- Thousands marched three miles in Dorchester to support the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute.
- The institute has begun a $25 million campaign for a healing and learning center on Westville Street with construction hoped for this year.
- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joined the walk and called it one of the most important events of the year.
- The march followed overnight shootings in Boston, including a fatal case in Mattapan and two people wounded in Dorchester.
- Police say the weekend fatality is the city's fifth homicide this year, compared with 11 at the same time in 2025.