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The Rainbow Covenant Economic Development Center, located in the Austin community, held a town hall meeting on July 24, 2017 to collaborate with other organizations and develop strategies to solve Chicago’s gun violence epidemic. Photo Credit: Christopher Shuttlesworth By Christopher Shuttlesworth
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ore than 2,000 people have been shot in Chicago this year, which is 206 fewer victims than in 2016, according to the Chicago Tribune. As a result of the crisis, some community organizations are fed up with Chicago’s gun violence. The Rainbow Covenant Economic Development Center, located in the Austin community, held a town hall meeting on July 24, 2017 to collaborate with other organizations and develop strategies to solve Chicago’s gun violence epidemic. Spokesperson Karen Clark, who is an Englewood resident, said one of the reasons why Chicago’s gun violence epidemic can’t drastically disappear is due to a divide among community organizations and leaders. “Where I live at it is five aldermen in the [Englewood] community but Englewood is number
2 for most gun violence deaths in Chicago,” Clark said. “So, the five aldermen need to work together not only in their ward, but for the entire Englewood community.” Clark noted that she invited all 50 city aldermen including Mayor Rahm Emanuel, but only one alderman came to support the organizations’ meeting. She added, “We decided to do the town hall meeting so that we could become better together with the different agencies, organizations and communities that are standing for change,” Clark said. “We were stirring up the pot to allow people to open up their minds and start to think and become more aware of the gun violence.” Tio Hardiman, who is the former Ceasefire CEO, said as an African American man who was raised in the heart of the ghetto, he believes that African American men must take a non-traditional approach toward
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