May 26, 2013

Chicago Pastor Takes a Journey Across the Nation on Foot

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*Pastor Corey Brooks of New Beginnings Church Chicago and Project H.O.O.D. (Helping Others Obtain Destiny) have embarked on an epic cross-country walk from New York City to Los Angeles on June 5. The group plans to make stops along the way in various urban and rural communities. Project H.O.O.D.’s “Walk Across America to End Violence” is [...]




Dr. Boyce: Rapper’s Violent Death Shows How We’re Failing Our Kids

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*This week, a rapper in Chicago by the name of Jojo made a “diss record” about the rapper Chief Keef. A few days later, the 16-year old rapper was dead.  Some think that Jojo’s death certificate was signed when he spoke negatively against Keef, and some of his friends were even dumb enough to brag [...]




‘Interrupters’ (PBS) Captures Chicago’s CeaseFire Program

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*Over the course of a year, filmmakers shadowed three ex gang members in Chicago known as Violence Interrupters, whose sole purpose is to sense when violence is about to jump off, then, step in and stop it from happening. Filmmaker Steve James (“Hoop Dreams”) and author Alex Kotlowitz (“There Are No Children Here”) embedded themselves [...]




Lawmakers Want National Guard Deployed in Chicago

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*Two Illinois lawmakers say the violence in Chicago is so rampant that the National Guard needs to be called in for reinforcement. Chicago Democratic Reps. John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford made a public plea to Gov. Pat Quinn on Sunday to deploy troops in the wake of a recent surge in violent crime, including a [...]