Jack D. Lynch, retired Senior Advisor at Gift of Hope (Photo Credit: Marshelle Sanders).
The Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network, alongside community...
After weeks of countless shooting-related deaths in Chicago, hundreds gathered at Chicago State University on Friday for the Emergency Summit on Urban Violence, led by the Congressional Black Caucus, to discuss finding a solution to gun violence throughout the city and nation. Although murders and shootings are down this year compared to 2012, it has been difficult to ignore the high number of deaths in Chicago brought on by gun violence — most notably this past Fourth of July weekend in which 74 people were shot. “With all due respect to Newtown and Arizona and the mass murders, we need to have voices for the urban areas and for urban violence,” said U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly on Friday. Kelly was joined by Congressional Black Caucus members — Maxine Waters, Bobby Rush and Danny Davis — along with Chicago’s mayor Rahm Emmanuel and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. “We’re beating the drum, and I know I’m not going to let this die because we’re losing a generation of young people,” Kelly said. And her st ...
U.S. Reps. Bobby Rush, D-1st Dist., left, and Danny Davis, D-7th Dist., listened as parents, community residents, members of advocacy groups and others addressed...
