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It's been awhile since I wrote, Iam still active working with the community. It seems our work is never done as a community activist I see the good and the bad, the up's and the down's of life. I watch the gleems in a familys eyes as a board member of NHS when they walk thru the door's of there new house as a frist time home owner. I also see a single mothers dispare when the ceiling in her kitchen has come down from water where a landlord has'nt taken care of his/her property and then won't... (continue reading)

The week of the 7th of Dec I'll be in D.C. accepting a National Award from Neighbor Works of America. Iam proud and humble to have been selected as the receipent out of 8 states, this is the frist time a black womam from Il has won. But most importantly the grant dollars that come along with this will go back into my community into areas where it is most needed, This money will benefit the Boy's and Girls Club, Rain, and FACC. The Boy and Girls clubs was closed a year ago, Rain is a ministry... (continue reading)