Until urban communities become accountable for their children and actions, gun violence is always going to be hot in
Chicago, said LeAlan Jones, one of the six candidates on Tuesday’s ballot in the race to fill Jesse Jackson Jr.’s empty seat in Congress.
Green
Party candidate Jones lives in the South Shore neighborhood. He said he
often sees children walking to school alone in the morning.
“How
is it that momma can’t wake up or daddy can’t wake up to go with their
kid to school, and they don’t even have a job,” Jones said at last
night’s 2nd congressional district election forum sponsored by the
Chicago South Side and Far South Suburban chapters of the NAACP. Read more »
The following was written by Mike Reed of Sheridan, IL, courtesy of MoveOn.org.