More than 12 years after 15-year-old honor student Hadiya Pendleton was shot and killed in Chicago, her parents remain as passionate as ever about preventing gun violence, holding an annual event to honor the life of their daughter and other families who have lost loved ones to shootings.
Hadiya was shot and killed just days after she marched in former President Obama’s second inauguration parade. Her death sparked a national conversation about gun violence in Chicago that resonated all the way to the White House.
For the past 12 years, her parents have held an annual “Party 4 Peace” on the South Side…