Hoping for peace, they'll walk through Dorchester

By Meghan Irons, Globe Staff

Parents and children who are hoping for an end to violence on city streets will walk for peace at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Dorchester.

Scores are expected to participate in the walk, held for the 10th year by the Bobby Mendes Peace Legacy. The walk begins on Groom Street in Uphams Corner.

Isaura Mendes has organized the walk since her son, Bobby, was stabbed to death. Another son, Matthew, was killed in a drive-by shooting.

“We have a problem because our children are killing each other,’’ she said recently, taking a break from plastering her neighborhood with posters about the walk. “But I think we have hope that we can spread to the world about peace -- and now I think I spread forgiveness.”

“The children are very important in our lives,’’ she said, “and we have to do the best we can for them.”