FIRSTHAND
FIRSTHAND: Peacekeepers — Trailer
Preview: Season 7 | 1m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Through firsthand accounts, we witness the struggles and triumphs of PEACEKEEPERS in Chicago.
WTTW will spend a year exploring violence interruption and prevention in Chicago in FIRSTHAND: PEACEKEEPERS, a series of documentaries, expert talks, investigative journalism, and community engagement focusing on extraordinary people who are making a difference. Through their firsthand accounts, we witness their struggles and triumphs as they mentor youth, build trust, and mediate conflicts.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
FIRSTHAND is a local public television program presented by WTTW
FIRSTHAND
FIRSTHAND: Peacekeepers — Trailer
Preview: Season 7 | 1m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
WTTW will spend a year exploring violence interruption and prevention in Chicago in FIRSTHAND: PEACEKEEPERS, a series of documentaries, expert talks, investigative journalism, and community engagement focusing on extraordinary people who are making a difference. Through their firsthand accounts, we witness their struggles and triumphs as they mentor youth, build trust, and mediate conflicts.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
How to Watch FIRSTHAND
FIRSTHAND is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
What do we want?
Peace.
What do we want?
Peace.
When do we want it?
NOW!
These stones represent young people who were killed by gun violence.
Oh, they fighting right here.
You can't guess when violence is going to happen.
Yo, yo, yo.
We'll go two weeks without a shooter and then we'll get three shooters in one day.
Every dot here is someone's life.
We have to be serious about change.
I'm trying to heal my community.
Relieve them from the trauma that we experienced.
You want to see your community become better.
Help me in this fight.
We try to be in front of the violence instead of being behind.
Show consistency.
Show our presence, engage with the community.
We all have the same goal.
To help young people repair the harm.
I try to give them a different perspective to what the streets can look like, what life can look like.
That inspires them, gives them hope.
That makes me feel wonderful.
I'm determined to make a change.
- News and Public Affairs
Top journalists deliver compelling original analysis of the hour's headlines.
- News and Public Affairs
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world.
Support for PBS provided by:
FIRSTHAND is a local public television program presented by WTTW