The 77-year-old didn't pay his property taxes, and St. Clair County foreclosed his home. His story reveals a series of breakdowns in a system that struggles to deal with people who don't fit into traditional society or follow all its rules.
“(After the eviction) I said, ‘Are you OK?’ And he said, ‘I don’t want to talk about it.’ It was so sad. I wanted to cry because he just had a pillow and his cart,” said a neighbor.
Saturday’s Deaf Picnic featured games, events and food to allow deaf people to meet, communicate, have fun and raise money so the Deaf Women of Chicago organization can host the 2023 Deaf Women United National Conference.