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Conservative Vice Lords Exhibit Explores the Role of Gangs

Can gang members become forces for positive social change? That’s the main question posed throughout the hall of the “Report to the Public: An Untold History of the Conservative Vice Lords” exhibit. Organized by the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum with the intention to open dialogue about gangs and the opportunity for creating social change, the [...]

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Seeking Peace: Communities Unite to End Street Violence

The list read as though part of a commencement ceremony. One by one, accompanied by a mellow hymn, the names of over 260 children killed by street violence in Chicago were read out loud. Gathered at Holy Cross Church on Nov. 4, parishioners joined by youth and residents of Back of the Yards and other [...]