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Unity in the Community – Mural Project

Residents of the Back of the Yards neighborhood are invited to honor the fallen officers Thomas E. Wortham and Alejandro Valadez, and Christopher Wheatley, Edward Stringer, and Corey Ankum from the Chicago Fire Department. The mural project will be taking place on the viaduct of 49th and Loomis, on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 9:00a.m.

Our organization plans to continue this mural project into further areas of our neighborhood.

Participating Organizations:

  * Back of The Yards and New City Taskforce
  * CAPS – 9th District
  * Cook County Crime Stoppers
  * Expanded Anti-Violence Initiative
  * Hedges Elementary
  * Madres Por La Paz
  * 20th Ward Alderman Willie B. Cochran
  * State Representative-Esther Golar
  * Neighborhood Housing Services
  * Richards Career Academy High School
  * St. Michael Archangel Church
  * St. Joseph Parish
  * The Resurrection Project
  * UNION Impact Center

Sponsored by:
CPD Memorial Foundation