Hyde park august 9 2017

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Week of August 9, 2017 Vol 28 • No 37 • www.thechicagocitizen.com

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COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES GUN VIOLENCE WITH RESIDENTS By Christopher Shuttlesworth

Black women are only receiving 63 cents for every dollar a white woman receives, which is negatively affecting their families and the economy, according a group called MomsRising organization. The organization maintains equal wages for equal work would decrease poverty by 50 percent and allow Black working mothers to have enough money for 2.5 more years of child care, 155 more weeks of groceries, or nearly 22 months of rent. Photo Credit: MomsRising.org

MOMSRISING ORGANIZATION SAYS EQUAL PAY FOR BLACK WOMEN WOULD BOOST THE ECONOMY By Christopher Shuttlesworth More than four million family households are headed by Black women in the United States, according to MomsRising.org. But Black women are only receiving 63 cents for every dollar a white woman receives, which is a loss of $21,000 a year. On top of that, Black mothers are only receiving 51 cents for every dollar a white female earns. Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, executive director and chief executive officer of MomsRising.org, a national

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online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, said “it’s unfair, ridiculous and wrong that Black women are not making equal pay for equal work, which is hurting families and the economy. So, it’s not only the right thing to do, but the economically smart thing to do,” she said. Rowe-Finkbeiner explained that women are the people in the customer-field economy who make most

According to statistics released by Cook County Commissioner Richard R. Boykin’s office, more than 2,000 people have been shot in the city of Chicago and 400 people were killed in Chicago in 2017. In Englewood, one of the top five violent crime areas in Chicago, more than 150 individuals were shot in 2017. In the heart of Englewood at Antioch Baptist Church located on 6248 S. Stewart Ave., officials came together to address Chicago’s gun violence epidemic as they sought to offer solutions. Boykin, Chicago Police Commander Kenneth Johnson (7th District) and other local leaders held a State of Emergency Tour at the church and were joined by residents in the community. During the meeting, Boykin said gun violence knows “no boundaries” but the solution to gun violence is rooted in the principles learned in church and in the home, Boykin said. He voiced key survival tips which included families making sure their children are home before the street lights come on; participating in activities outside of the home including enjoying things like the forest preserves. It’s also important for parents to let children know they love them, he added. “Someone told me ‘people are being shot in the morning in broad daylight and it’s not even curfew hours.’ But I said there are a lot of young people being shot after curfew, he

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