The TRACE — carofotos

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These are the voices of five survivors of Chicago’s violence

Each of their essays offers a peek into the ways violence rearranges a life. There are stories of loss and grief but also redemption, love, regret and shifting notions of justice.

We spent a year helping Chicago survivors of gun violence tell their stories in their own words

There are news stories every day of shootings, deaths and lives boiled down to a few details. Violence looks different through the eyes of those who’ve survived a shooting or lost a loved one.