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Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks during the 57th Annual Rainbow/PUSH Convention at the Apostolic Church of God in Woodlawn on July 16, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
See what Block Club Chicago reporters captured while covering the neighborhoods this week.
Vice President Kamala Harris holds hands with Rev. Jesse Jackson as he was recognized during the 57th Annual Rainbow/PUSH Convention at the Apostolic Church of God in Woodlawn on July 16, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club ChicagoSupporters listen as Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks during the 57th Annual Rainbow/PUSH Convention at the Apostolic Church of God in Woodlawn on July 16, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Ald. Anthony Napolitano (41st) claps in support of commenters criticizing Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez (33rd). Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club ChicagoMayor Brandon Johnson answers questions during the press conference after a City Council meeting on July 19, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club ChicagoSaru Jayaraman speaks on the One Fair Wage movement during a City Council meeting on July 19, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Christian Bird, a rising senior at the University of Chicago, has spearheaded WHPK’s efforts to appeal the funding cut. Credit: Noah Glasgow/Block Club Chicago
Andrea Kersten, Chief Administrator at COPA, gives an update on the allegations of sexual misconduct against asylum seekers by Chicago Police officers on July 18, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Scott Collis of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory speaks during a tour of the new Chicago State “supersite” for climate research on July 18. Credit: Maxwell Evans/Block Club ChicagoResearchers gather outside of the prairie-based instrument station on Chicago State University’s campus before a tour of the new Community Research on Climate and Urban Science “supersite” on campus. Credit: Maxwell Evans/Block Club Chicago
SEIU Healthcare President Greg Kelley speaks outside Loretto Hospital on July 19, 2023. Credit: Alex Wroblewski/Block Club ChicagoA protester holds a sign to block the sun at a press conference outside Loretto Hospital. Employees at the hospital said they plan to strike over what they said was staffing shortages and unfair wages. Credit: Alex Wroblewski for Block Club Chicago
Tyrone Muhammad, an activist arrested earlier this year for attempting to block the arrival of migrants at Woodlawn’s Wadsworth School, opposes the Douglas shelter plan for migrants. Credit: Noah Glasgow/Block Club Chicago
Roberto Clemente Community Academy gives a tour to open a pilot CPS welcome center for newly arriving families on July 17, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club ChicagoMayor Brandon Johnson speaks at a press conference at Roberto Clemente Community Academy. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Neighbors protest at a Levav Properties-managed building in the Beverly neighborhood July 19, 2023. Levav abruptly sent non-renewal notices to more than 100 residents, many of them older people on fixed incomes. Credit: Crystal Paul/Block Club Chicago
A property leased by the U.S. Marine Corps in North Park. City officials have considered moving asylum seekers there. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Chicago Loop Alliance ambassadors Aaron Woolridge and Ronnae Lockette — part of the youth ambassador program — interact with people along State Street in the Loop on July 13, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club ChicagoRonnae Lockette, a youth Chicago Loop Alliance ambassador, poses for a photo along State Street in the Loop on July 13, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
A neighborhood cat on Hadden Avenue in Humboldt Park on July 17, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
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