“We See Ourselves in Alex”
Chicago-area nurses, healthcare workers honor Alex Pretti with a candlelight vigil For many healthcare workers in Chicago and beyond, the recent killing of Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse at the Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in Minneapolis, has become a moment for solidarity, pride, and profound grief. Hundreds of nurses and healthcare professionals gathered in […]
Chicagoans Honor Nurse Alex Pretti
Thousands of Chicagoans marched across the city this past weekend, after federal agents in Minneapolis fatally shot 37-year-old Alex Pretti. Pretti was an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse at the veterans hospital in Minneapolis. A growing memorial to Pretti now stands outside the Jesse Brown VA in Chicago. Flowers, candles, and messages surround a photograph […]