Aiming for More
Groups working in Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods try to reach people early on Fact checked by Derick Wilder The shooting happened in Uptown three and a half decades ago. Les Jenkins was carrying his daughter, taking her to kindergarten, when two men approached on a bicycle. Jenkins, who was 19 at the time, remembered […]
The Role of Faith in Gun Violence Prevention
Fact checked by Derick Wilder Charnesha Collier knew she was hearing gunshots as soon as the pops started. Her mind jumped to the safety of the group of teens she had taken to work on a house in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. Collier was the crew leader then with the River City Community Development Center […]
