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Alex Levesque
Chicago Peace Fellow
Back Of The Yards
Back of the Yards, Chicago

Alex Levesque is the CEO and founder of the Automotive Mentoring Group(AMG), a nonprofit that is designed to be proactive against gun violence andgang violence in Chicago. AMG works throughout the city in the number of neighborhoods and is designed to halt Chicago gang violence, send the participants back to school to get their high school diploma, and ultimately get them enrolled in colleges that have Automotive programs. AMG also works with more than 51 hiring partners to match participants with good automotive jobs.

"We work hard provide a very safe and productive environment for young people to work and learn during the summer when gun violence is at its height in Chicago."