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black lives matter chicago

Illustration By: Gwyn Whalen
Posted inUncategorized

One Day I Want to Wake Up and See…

by Kelsey Stone November 11, 2020November 12, 2020

One day I want to wake up and see a different world Where we treat the people and places like a rare pearl Where Black lives do matter, Where skin tone isn’t a factor Where hair patterns don’t cause internal disasters My body, her body, their body is respected No need to protest and march […]

Posted inActivism

Chicago Native American Organizer on the Intersection of Black Lives Matter and Decolonization

by Jacqueline Serrato August 5, 2020October 17, 2020
Posted incoronavirus/COVID-19

Prison Speaks: Torture survivor Mark Clements on the coronavirus, decarceration, and more

by Bobby Vanecko July 8, 2020July 25, 2020
Mount Greenwood Community Church is one of two large churches on 111th Street. It stands about half a mile from where Joshua Beal was killed.
Posted inActivism, Features, Mount Greenwood, Police, Politics

Life, and a Death, in Mount Greenwood

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