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West Side moms camp outside vacant bank, fast during the Fourth of July weekend to 'pray against violence'


From left to right, Jackie Guider, Jacqueline Reed, Erica Perkins and Valerie Walker pose for a photo near 5200 W. Chicago Avenue in South Austin, Friday, July 2, 2021. The group of women will be holding a fast and prayer vigil outdoors all night at the Laramie State Bank building in response to the rise in gun violence in the neighborhoods of Chicago.
Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
A band of West Side mothers will forgo eating anything this Fourth of July weekend as they seek religious guidance through prayer to stop a historically violent weekend in Chicago – and more specifically, the Austin neighborhood.
The mothers said Austin has been flooded with police officers with no indication that crime is being reduced. Instead, they said, shootings are becoming more frequent - and both offenders and victims are getting younger. ....

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