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Too Young To Die Project Gives Little Village Youth Opportunity to Respond to Violence in Their Neighborhood
Frederick “Mookie” Dennis was in a juvenile detention center when he heard his older brother Deandre Douglas had been shot and killed. “He was supposed to come and visit me that same night he died, but he never came,” said Dennis. Standing in a room full of peers, mentors and neighborhood residents at La Villita [...]
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Power Gloves Tournament Brings Regional Boxers to Little Village
Hosted by the Chicago Youth Boxing Club, the Power Gloves Tournament will draw fighters from Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana Soon, Little Village will be the center of a regional boxing tournament. On Nov. 9 and 10 the attention of boxing enthusiasts from around the Midwest will be drawn to Power Gloves, a boxing tournament hosted by [...]
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Chicago Youth Boxing Club Teaches More than Fighting
A boxing club in Little Village is helping youth stay off the streets through guidance and life training Every weekday afternoon the basement of La Villita Community Church in Little Village is filled with eager youth ready to strap on boxing gloves and spar. From the hours of 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., they are [...]
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NATO Summit Tour Takes Journalists to the South Side (Part I)
What do Chicago neighborhoods have to do with NATO? According to leaders of local community organizations, the answer is a lot. “Sixty percent of our federal tax dollars go to the military,” said La Villita Community Church Pastor Victor Rodriguez. “In Cook County alone $9.8 billion will go to funding the military and wars. That’s [...]
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