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Defunct ‘Rowdy funeral’ task force leaves behind to do list Group’s work led to some changes, but more recommendations for officials to act on and debate By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter
After a year’s worth of meetings, the Cook County Funeral and Cemetery Violence Taskforce may have ended its formal in-person meetings, but those involved in the group continue to talk remotely about how to keep Forest Park, Oak Park and other western suburbs safe during chaotic funeral processions, particularly as murders rise in Chicago. The group also left behind a series of recommendations, some of which have put into action by area law enforcement. “The more murders there are, the higher likelihood more violent, or disruptive, or breaches of the peace with funerals and funeral processions and burials there are,” said Detective Sergeant Jason Moran, who works for the Cook County Sheriff ’s Department. See TASK FORCE on page 5
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BASIC TRAINING: Celebrity Chef Rick Bayless, right, with participants in the inaugural cohort of his Impact Culinary Training, an eight-week professional instruction program for young adults on the West Side. The program takes place at the Hatchery in East Garfield Park.
Rick Bayless does culinary training on West Side Chef’s program, held in Hatchery, confronts labor shortage, jobless rate
By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
“I’ve been figuring out how to help neighborhoods on the West Side for a long time,” Rick Bayless, the celebrity chef and restauranteur — well-known for pioneering Mexican cuisine in Chicago by founding culinary lodestars Topolobampo and Fron-
tera Grill, and by producing a slew of cookbooks and PBS shows — said in a recent phone interview. Bayless, 65, saw his opportunity with the opening last December of the Hatchery — the $34 million, 67,000-square-foot food and beverage incubator at 135 N. Kedzie Ave., in East Garfield Park. The result is Impact Culinary Training,
an eight-week professional instruction program that provides young adults, between 16 and 24, with the rudimentary skills to gain a foothold in the restaurant industry, which is currently dealing with a severe labor shortage. Rob Gifford, the executive vice president
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DISCUSSING REFORM: Attorney Flint Taylor, left, and Alan Mills show photos of Menard solitary cells at La Shawn Ford’s Re-Entry Day forum, held July 3 at Malcolm X College.
Ford’s ‘Re-entry Day’ event spotlights criminal justice
The July 3 event also featured a screening of ‘When They See Us’ By BONNI McKEOWN Contributing Reporter
During a forum held July 3 at Malcolm X College, state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (8th), activists and formerly incarcerated individuals addressed some of the injustices in the criminal justice system. The forum was designed to commemorate Illinois Citizens Re-entry Day, which was designated by the Illinois House of Representatives to spread awareness about the importance of addressing prisoner reentry. As part of the event, Ford screened “When They See Us,” the Netflix docudrama about the plight of the Central Park 5, now known as the Exonerated 5. The five men, who were teenagers at the time, were convicted of raping and assaulting a white female jogger in Central Park in 1989 All of them served time in juvenile detention facilities or prison before they were exonerated by DNA results and a voluntary confession delivered by the actual attacker. Many of the people who spoke during the event talked about the mental and physical trauma they endured in prison, especially while in solitary confinement. They reported post-traumatic symptoms — from flashbacks on hearing the jingling of keys to continuing difficulties related to family and friends. Maximo Cerda, a street interventionist
with BUILD and former gang member, was imprisoned between the ages of 16 and 25. He also spent five years in solitary. “There’s nothing corrective about the Illinois Department of Corrections,” Cerda said. “It was my brothers in prison that helped me get rehabilitated. For some people, it’s religion. In my case, cultural awareness helped me. My slogan is ‘cultura cura,’ or ‘culture heals.’” Alan Mills, the executive director of Uptown People’s Law Center, showed photos of solitary cells in Menard Prison. Conditions have not changed since then, he said. The cells are long, narrow and closed in by walls, with only a small window to look out of. No TV, no radio, no human contact for 23 hours a day. Prisoners are assigned to solitary at the sole discretion of guards — sometimes for “offenses” like carrying candy in their pockets or for facial expressions. Federal officials have ruled the Illinois system of solitary confinement to be “cruel and unusual punishment.” Monica Cosby, of the West Side Justice Center, spent 20 years in prison, including five in solitary. She said that prisoners who are released are given a list of things they must do to complete their parole, but that list is not supplemented by information on how to get them done. Currently, she’s advocating for more investment in poor communities. Guillermo Gutierrez, a law student who served as a street law educator with First Defense Legal Aid, said that people must know their rights. CONTACT: michael@austinweeklynews.com
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Viral celebrity opens ‘another one’ of his eateries in Austin DJ Khaled’s new restaurant at 5045 W. Madison is his first outside of Florida By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
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Four years after opening his first restaurant, The Licking, in Miami, his hometown, hip-hop artist, producer and living marketing meme DJ Khaled has, to channel his unique parlance, “another one” and it’s not where you’d initially think. The sixth branch of his burgeoning restaurant chain is … right here in Austin. The restaurant, which opened last month at 5045 W. Madison St., is the first Licking outside of Florida. Benda World, the Licking Chicago’s marketing director, recently told Power 92 why the ownership team decided to bring the chain’s Miami-esque southern fare — which includes dishes like fried lobster, red velvet chicken and
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waffles, and collard greens — to the West Side. “When they did the Licking [in Miami] they put it in the hood,” he said. “They wanted to bring that element to the hood — the food, the family, the vibe, the tourists, the love. I feel like Hyde Park has a bunch of offerings and so does the South Side, so we wanted to bring jobs and create those things for that sector that didn’t have it.” The Austin restaurant is an outgrowth of Khaled’s rambunctious, viral personality — the walls yell at you in all caps (“MAC & CHEESE,” “CHICKEN,” “STEAK”), the seat-
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Growing chefs from page 1 of the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation, told the Nation’s Restaurant News in 2018 that in the next 10 years the restaurant industry is projected to create around 1.6 million new jobs, but “the population we are dependent upon to fill those jobs historically will decline by 1.3 million. So if you think it’s bad now — if you think the fight to talent is difficult now — it is going to get even a lot worse.” Impact Training confronts two problems at once, the program’s organizers said: chronic unemployment in some of Chicago’s most distressed communities and the restaurant industry’s labor shortage. “Restaurants are in desperate need for staff,” Bayless said, adding that a premium is placed on basic skills and prep work. “We are desperately in need of people to employ. I thought, ‘If we could bridge the gap between those young adults and the people in the restaurant industry, it could be a win-win on both sides.” The program’s first cohort of participants started classes on June 24, inside of a teaching kitchen in the Hatchery. Their two months’ of instruction will be followed by four-week paid internships at world-class restaurants in Chicago. “We see this program as a chance to combine the infrastructure of the Hatchery with our workforce development experience, and to bring more economic opportunity to the West Side, stated Steve DeBretto — the director of the Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago, a business incubator that special-
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RECIPES FOR SUCCESS: Participants with Impact will receive training and an internship at a world-class restaurant in Chicago. izes in workforce development — in a press release. The ICNC is a co-developer of the Hatchery, along with Accion, a small business lender. Bayless said that, so far, Impact has garnered the support of restaurants like Duck Duck Goat, Lula Café, Big Jones, Luella’s Gospel Bird and Honey Butter Fried Chicken, among others. The Impact program is funded by a range of Chicago companies, including ConAgra Foundation, Testa Produce, Edward Don Co. and Sunstar Uniforms. Additional support is provided by the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation and the Illinois Restaurant Association Education Foundation.
When he spoke with Austin Weekly News late last month, Bayless said that the program had been well-received by participants — but far from a walk in the park. “It’s going very well,” he said, adding that he’d received a report indicating that the program’s 20 initial participants had narrowed down to 16. “I think that’s kind of appropriate,” Bayless said. “Sixteen is a better size group for us to work with. We’re not only training them in culinary skills. We’re also giving them life skills as well.” And preparing the participants for life in the often cutthroat world of fine dining means serving their instruction with a dollop of tough love and a pinch of reality to
taste. “They’ll start at the bottom, like everyone else, like I started,” Bayless said of the Impact students. “Nobody is given an immediate job.” The upside of working in the restaurant industry, Bayless said, is that there’s a clear line of ascent for the ambitious, hard-working and talented prep cook, who might envision him or herself as a line cook, then a sous chef, then a chef de cuisine. Or perhaps something even beyond those careerist goalposts. Bayless, who owns more than a dozen restaurants nationwide and accolades to spare, distinguished himself in the culinary world, in part, by setting his sights outside of the kitchen (he’s done doctoral work in anthropological linguistics and studied Spanish and Latin American culture as a college undergraduate). Based on Bayless’ example, one possible life-hack to making it in the restaurant world is mastery — both of culinary skills and of a cuisine’s cultural and sociological context. “This is a craft and you have to perfect your craft,” Bayless said. “In our profession, nothing is handed to you on a platter.” CONTACT: michael@austinweeklynews.com
Austin Weekly News, July 10, 2019 seating is bright red and the menu, not satisfied with simply announcing the dishes, also reminds patrons that Khaled just released another studio album, “Father of Asahd.” Last month, Eater Chicago reported waits “as long as 45 minutes for a table for four.” During a lunch hour trip last week, patrons cycled through the establishment’s takeout area, which is just off Madison Street. There was no wait to dine-in (enter just off the parking lot), but the volume of visitors picked up over the course of an hour-long stay. Ray Brown and Gayle McDonald were visiting from Miami on business. “I usually get the Finger Licking wings, because they’re safe, and I love the turkey wings,” Brown said. “The collard greens? Must have.” “The lobster tail dinner is good, too,” said McDonald. CONTACT: michael@austinweeklynews.com
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Recommendations from page 1 “It’s absolutely correlated to the rise in murders in the city of Chicago,” he said. “So, in 2016, [Chicago] had that huge increase in murders, and each year it’s been very high since.” Ten years ago, Moran was the lead detective in the Burr Oak Cemetery Desecration Case, where he discovered two brothers were digging up corpses and dumping the bodies in the back of the cemetery to make room for new burials. “As a result of that case, I became the ‘cemetery cop,’” he joked. Moran was thrust into the death care industry and, because of his expertise, served on the Cook County Funeral and Cemetery Violence Taskforce. The sevenmember task force was created in 2017, after a homicide was committed at a funeral in Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery in Hillside. The Hillside police chief personally rammed his car into the fleeing murderer’s vehicle. The incident caught the attention of the media — as well as constituents in Hillside and the Austin community of Chicago — who complained about the prevalence of chaotic funeral processions, nicknamed “rowdy funerals.” Rowdy funerals often occur following the death of Chicago gang members, Moran said, as the funeral party travels to suburban cemeteries for the burial. Moran said he was unsure what gangs were associated with most rowdy funerals, “since the gangs have broken off into such small crews that
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The low-down from Oak Park Eats When music executive and songwriter DJ Khaled opened The Licking in Austin, we knew it would cause a stir in the West Side Chicago neighborhood and beyond. The food-loving team at Oak Park Eats adores exploring new restaurants in the western city and suburbs and we eagerly examined the menu at the latest from the Miami-influenced soul food hotspot. The Licking Chicago is the first Midwestern restaurant opened by the Florida restaurant chain. The soul-food establishment offers a chicken- and seafood-heavy menu with grilled, fried and baked options as well as a bevy of interchangeable side dishes. The fried shrimp dinner features a half-dozen generously fried shrimp and choice of two sides. The shrimp, coated in an herbflecked batter, were perfectly cooked and pleasantly crisp. We especially enjoyed the collard greens among the side dishes. Our first entrée was so good we just had to try another one. Khaled’s chain
it’s hard to really kind of see.” The sheriff ’s enter them into the public record in Septemdepartment was unsure if such a task force ber. Any action on the recommendations behas been enacted in other areas. yond that would be up to funeral directors, “I think that the general public sometimes state lawmakers and local law enforcement thinks its rival gang members, and it’s not. officials. It tends to be within the family, or groups of The task force’s five recommendations friends, that are in these processions that stress a need for the sheriff to communicate are causing these problems,” Moran said. to funeral directors and cemetarians about “It’s not someone like crashing a funeral or high risk funerals; for funeral directors funeral procession, so to speak. These indi- to contact the Chicago Police Department viduals know one another, either by blood, about violence or threats of violence during memorial services; for Chicago police to marriage or a friendly relationship.” update the sheriff ’s department Then-First District repreabout high risk memorial servicsentative Richard Boykin partes; for the sheriff ’s department nered with the Cook County to provide additional security at Sheriff ’s department to create ■ To read more Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery in the task force, with law enHillside; and for the state legislaforcement, faith leaders and fuVISIT ture to enhance penalties for inneral directors meeting three AUSTINWEEKLYNEWS.COM dividuals convicted of crimes at times over the next year. The funeral, memorial, internment last time the task force met was in November 2018, essentially ending its or entombment ceremonies. Some of those recommendations have in-person meetings after Boykin lost his reelection bid to new Commissioner Brandon translated into concrete measures implemented by local law enforcement, funeral Johnson. “My term sort of ended by the time the homes and cemeteries. After the task force was created, Moran task force’s work concluded, and so that cresaid the sheriff ’s department executed a ated an interesting dynamic,” Boykin said. “December 1 the new board was sworn in contract with Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery and so I was at that November meeting,” he to station two police officers there during added. “Obviously it was like, ‘Rush, rush, Fridays and Saturdays. “It doesn’t cost the rush to get something done here before my taxpayer any money, the cemetery has enterm ended.’ But then what I said to them tered into a contract with our department was, ‘Don’t rush it, do it right, come up with and they pay for the detail,” he said. So far, a set of recommendations that make sense Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery is the only cemetery that has secured a contract, aland get everyone everybody on board.’” The task force created a set of five recom- though the sheriff ’s department is “in talks” mendations in December 2018. Nine months with Mount Hope Cemetery in Chicago later, Boykin said he believed the sheriff ’s about stationing police there. Moran now acts as a central figure in department would send the recommendations to the Cook County Board of Com- a newly-created communication system, missioners, which could vote to formally called an intelligence bulletin, between fuacknowledge the recommendations and to neral directors, cemeteries, Chicago police
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also offers a creative riff on chicken and waffles featuring five (yep, five) fried chicken wings and four red velvet waffle quarters dusted with powdered sugar and served with maple syrup. The Licking also offers assorted appetizers, steak and lobster entrees, pasta Alfredo dishes, as well as vegetarian options. Mix-and-match menu options will keep the pickiest eaters happy, while “mystery drinks” will satisfy a serious sweet tooth. As with all recently opened restaurants, any potential patron should expect to wait for a table; folks are coming out in droves to support the new establishment. Wait times in excess of an hour for a dine-in table have been reported. Additionally, service is laid back and notably friendly. The Licking is not a fast-casual or fast-food restaurant and menu items are cooked to order. Expect to wait for your meal as you would in any full-service establishment. Melissa Elsmo
and suburban departments. When Chicago police learn of a high-risk funeral, Moran said they now issue an intelligence bulletin to the Cook County Sheriff ’s department, and then that agency will alert county police and suburban agencies — “primarily Oak Park and Forest Park” — about what they know about these activities. After meeting with the task force, Moran said funeral directors were given contact information for their district intelligence officers for the Chicago police department, and were encouraged to call cemeteries if they suspect a funeral might devolve into violence. “That’s helped out a lot,” he said. Commissioner Johnson said that, since he’s taken office, no one has brought the issue of rowdy funerals to his attention — although they have mentioned longer processions causing traffic problems — and that he has no reason to believe they are a “regular phenomenon.” In June, Johnson said he did have a conversation with local officials in Westchester, who said that, in the case of longer processions, it would be helpful to have sheriff ’s police help secure the village. “Local law enforcement has expressed a need for some additional support. I see that request as reasonable and sort of a simple ask for how the county can be supportive of local villages stretched for resources,” Johnson said, adding that he planned to talk with the sheriff in the coming weeks about providing additional support to villages where longer processions were travelling. Boykin said that, because the Cook County board has a balanced budget, he saw no reason the county wouldn’t be able to fund additional police presence during longer processions. CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com
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here have been major changes that will bring millions of new dollars to our schools and social justice initiatives seeking to right past wrongs by investing in under-served communities and over-targeted people. As the spring session wrapped up and people weighed in on the breadth and depth of our historic accomplishments, I’d like to think that I had something to do with them. You see, 2019 had barely begun when I was officially instated as the first AfricanAmerican woman to hold the title and office of Senate Majority Leader. To be honest, I was unsure what the position fully entailed, and after we adjourned for the summer I was more lost than ever as to what I had done in my new role. I was more tired than I had ever been and couldn’t figure out what I had to show for it. I kept hearing my name mentioned as my colleagues and Gov. Pritzker thanked people for their work on legislation, but I still hadn’t taken the time to process it all. It was at a bill signing that I finally came up for air. I was listening to young undocumented students giving their accounts as to how legislation that qualifies them for state assistance would be life changing, and for the first time since I became Majority Leader, I was overcome with emotion. Those students reminded me of being a first generation college student who managed to pay off student loans just in time to acquire my child’s debt, and that I would do all of my twenty years in this office all over again just to make sure that even one student was able to break the generational
curse that is poverty. I left the event before the bills were even signed because I wasn’t sure anyone would understand why I was in tears. When I started to revisit memories of challenging conversations with colleagues working on proposals that matter to them, I was deeply humbled to be in a position where I could guide and support their legislative goals. When historians look back on the 2019 legislative session, they will see a lot of big dreams, big ideas and big plans. They will see the results of people coming together to solve problems and provide opportunities. They will see the results of recognizing reality and joining forces to make our neighborhoods better for everyone who lives in them. This can happen when preparation meets opportunity. What we were able to accomplish was a culmination of years’ worth of work and negotiations that required some experience to navigate. None of our accomplishments simply just materialized. People have worked for years to get to this point, and I’m thankful for Governor JB Pritzker who didn’t say ‘no’ to any idea. I am grateful for the opportunity to put two decades of experience to the test at a time when it was imperative to show the people of Illinois what a government that wants to work can really do. Now, I can’t wait to see what we will do next. Kimberly Lightford is the Illinois Senate Majority Leader representing the 4th District, which includes Austin CONTACT: michael@austinweeklynews.com
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Funerals are not reasons to sugarcoat truth
uneral trends have always fascinated me. Not because I am morbid about death. It is simply that within the black community we have always established our own culture when it comes to funerals. I remember back around 1983 when a friend of mine, whose father pastored a church in K-Town near 18th and Pulaski, told me they no longer hosted funerals for individuals who were not members of their congregation. I remember being shocked hearing that. But the reality was glaring even then. The funerals of those who were killed in the commission of a crime, brought about a continuation of the criminal culture, especially if the crime involved gang members. The pastor’s decision was also essentially a rebuke to his own parishioners. Their loved one’s actions were being judged by a pastor who not only preached the gospel but stood firm in believing its teachings. The deceased’s relatives may have wanted the comfort of a funeral held at a church, but their desire wasn’t going to be accommodated. Fast forward to 2019, and a lot of churches have also long since adopted the same philosophy. If one pays attention, a lot of those funerals are now held at funeral homes, where the judgmental nature of a head pastor is not an issue One of the things I have found especially interesting regarding funeral obituaries of late is that when people posted the obituaries of those who died in the commission of a crime, their families put angel wings where a devil’s
horns might have been more appropriate. The notion that everyone who dies goes to heaven is being perpetrated as a given within the black community as if a person’s life decisions/choices don’t have consequences. I acknowledge that funerals are for the living. Thus we present the deceased in the best light possible. But if the message we send to those still living is that no matter what you do in this life heaven awaits, that’s a disservice. There is also the tendency to utter sympathetic phrases like, “They are in a better place,” while ignoring the main reason the deceased is dead to begin with. There was a time when wearing Tshirts displaying the deceased’s picture was quite fashionable. No more. Now the current trend is to have a funeral color palette (presumably the deceased’s favorite colors). Also a huge photo cutout made of the deceased is on display so people can take a final picture with it. Every last one of us will someday have a funeral. When the end comes after a long life, I can see the joyous celebrations. But when one’s life is cut short because of senseless behaviors, the messages sent regarding that behavior resonate. The question is, will that resonance involve change-for-the-better behavior or continuation of the negative?
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How two Austin teachers standout in the classroom Marchanelle Flowers and Samiena Singleton recently honored for their work at Spencer By KENDALL POLIDORI AustinTalks
In Marchanelle Flowers’ third grade class at Spencer Elementary Technology Academy the motto is: “Everyone, every day, all day, no excuses.” Flowers, 30, just finished her seventh year teaching at Spencer, where she landed after graduating from Illinois State University. It was a homecoming of sorts, as she grew up in Austin and attended Spencer as a child. Flowers said she knew from a very young age she wanted to be a teacher at Spencer and give students the escape that her teachers gave her. “I am the type of person who goes where I am needed, not where everything is handed to me,” Flowers said. Samiena Singleton is another Austin resident making an impact as an educator in the community. Singleton, 39, has been teaching fifth grade math and science at Howe Elementary School for seven years. For Singleton, it was not always her dream to become a teacher. She had worked in the corporate world for 10 years, when one day she saw a little boy sitting outside of a gas station downtown during a school day asking for money for food. From that moment on she knew she wanted to help children and make a difference in their lives. She went back to school to get her degree in education and has been teaching ever since. “Most of [our] kids come from not-sogood environments, so it has always been important for me to teach [here], because I felt like they needed me more, and they could relate to me because I grew up in the neighborhood,” Singleton said. Flowers said she developed a love for reading and learning at a very young age and her teachers helped her fulfill her desire for knowledge. They also let her forget about the struggles she confronted outside of school. “I faced a lot of the same struggles my students face today,” Flowers said. “It is always good to see people pour into you, and I wanted to give that back.” Flowers said being an educator in Austin is so natural for her because it is her own community and her home. She added that many of her students’ parents are people she attended school alongside. Yolanda Webster, the parent of a former student of Flowers’, said Flowers had a major influence during on her daughter during her time in sixth grade. “She takes pride in what she does and
motivates her students, always telling them that they can,” Webster said. Both Flowers and Singleton said their love for Austin and the kids is what makes the hard work worth it, and there is no other place they’d rather be. They said their favorite part about teaching is seeing their students grow. “You see that joy and that restoration in [them], and they apply that to every area that is difficult,” Flowers said. “Everything I give to my students every day is a gift.” Earlier this spring during teacher appreciation week both Flowers and Singleton were honored for the work they do in and outside their classrooms. Karin McFall, an assistant principal at Spencer, said it’s important to recognize
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n his last public letter — released two weeks before his death on July 4, 1826 — Thomas Jefferson praised the Declaration of Independence, a document he had drafted a half-century earlier, as “an instrument, pregnant with our own and the fate of the world.” According to author David Armitage, “as he declined an invitation to attend the commemoration in Washington, D.C., of the fiftieth anniversary of American independence, Jefferson […] regretted that illness would keep him from a reunion with ‘the remnant of that host of worthies, who joined with us on that day, in the bold and doubtful election we were to make for our country, between submission or the sword.’” Later in the letter, Jefferson announces his hopes that America’s independence “be to the world what I believe it will be, (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all), the signal of arousing men to burst the chains, under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government.’” After reading the beginning chapters of Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, I am fully convinced that a group of young, Black militants — many of whom were around the same age as many of the Founding Fathers when they took up their swords against the British — were the last citizens of this great country to genuinely act on Jefferson’s words, which is why many of them, like Maywood native son Fred Hampton, are no longer with us. As Armitage points out in Declaration of Independence: A Global History, and as I’ve stated in the past, the Declaration, in reality, was not a human rights document; it was an announcement directed at other nations, particularly global powers such as France, so that they would recognize the united colonies as a force, independent of
Great Britain, to be reckoned with (and worthy of credit to finance the fight for independence that would come later). The Founding Fathers were not a racially oppressed minority. As a class (economically, culturally, religiously), they were closer to their British ‘oppressors’ than they were to their marginalized would-be countrymen of African descent. Elite American colonists like Jefferson did not need to announce their humanity to the world. Poor, marginalized and despised Black men like Fred Hampton did and do. The Declaration of Independence is a dangerously contradictory document, in that it makes compelling cases both for self-governance and for insurrection in one fell swoop. The Black Panthers were revolutionary because they took the Declaration seriously — violently and deadly seriously. Unlike leaders of the modern Civil Rights movement, who operated mostly within a Constitutional context (and took the legitimacy of the U.S. government at face value), the Panthers adopted the fighting stance of the Founding Fathers during the American Revolution. Jefferson writes in the Declaration of Independence that a legitimate government requires the “consent of the governed,” that it must be created so that its subjects are allowed to pursue “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” and that “whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.”
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REVOLUTIONARIES, TOO: Black Panthers on the capitol steps in Olympia, Wa. in 1969. They were protesting gun legislation. The Black Panther Party excerpted a portion of the Declaration of Independence in its original Ten Point Program of May 15, 1967. In Black Against Empire, authors Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin, Jr. make an incredibly convincing case, based on thorough fact-finding and exacting historical analysis, for the Panthers’ status as genuine revolutionaries — perhaps the last of their kind in America. “Not since the Civil War … have so many people taken up arms in revolutionary struggle in the United States,” they write. “Of course, the number of people who took up arms for the Union and Confederate causes and the number of people killed in the Civil War are orders of magnitude larger than the numbers who have engaged in any armed political struggle in the United States since. “Some political organizations that embraced revolutionary ideologies yet eschewed armed confrontation with the
Read with us This year, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Fred Hampton’s assassination, Austin Weekly News will facilitate a virtual conversation and study group of Black Against Empire. We’ll have more details about how you can get involved in this campaign, and read the book with us, in the coming weeks. state may have garnered larger followings than the Black Panther Party did. But in the general absence of armed revolution in the United States since 1864, the thousands of Black Panthers — who dedicated their lives to a political program involving armed resistance to state authority — stand alone.” You can argue over the Black Panthers’ reasons for resistance and their means (and I encourage people to delve into that history), but Bloom and Martin are definitive in this one point. You can’t argue that they weren’t revolutionaries — and in the most Jeffersonian sense of the word. CONTACT: michael@austinweeklynews.com
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North Ave. apartment building breaks ground Seven-unit project part of a wave of residential development there By TIM INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
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New residential development is coming to North Avenue, with a company breaking ground on a seven-unit rental building in late June along the oft-overlooked commercial corridor. The project is located at 6603-09 North Ave. in Oak Park, includes four townhouse units, two single-level apartments and one twolevel apartment. Excavation began on the project at the beginning of July, and developer Sharon Heilala, owner of Jade Sky Real Estate LLC, said she hopes to have the building complete by this time next year. The project takes the place of a parcel of land that has sat vacant for more than a decade. Heilala told Wednesday Journal that the development aims to fill the need for “good quality modernrentalsinthenorthwesternpartof OakPark.” She said recent changes to the village’s zoning ordinance, allowing for exclusively
residential developments on North Avenue, made it easier to make the project a reality. Heilala said she first noticed the property on the market in 2013. “Knowing there are limited rentals and limited new construction in the area, it made sense for the price,” she said. “[The village] changed the zoning, which allowed me to get a special-use permit for the townhomes.” The development follows the approval of several residential projects on both the Chicago and Oak Park sides of North. The city of Chicago also is poised to approve the redevelopment of the former Sears building at the corner of Harlem and North avenues, following the recent endorsement of the project by Ald. Chris Taliaferro and the affirmative vote by the Chicago Plan Commission. That project by Tucker Development and Seritage Growth Properties will bring more than 300 residential units to the area. The village also recently approved a 10unit townhouse development at 6033 North
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NEW ON NORTH: Developer Sharon Heilala (left) and Judith Alexander and Christian Harris, both of the North Avenue District, attend a groundbreaking for the new Jade Sky apartment development on North Avenue. Ave. by Noah Properties. “We’re just really excited to be part of the revitalization effort that’s happening all along North Avenue,” Heilala said. Judith Alexander, chair of the North Avenue District, said the new developments
coming online is the beginning of a transformation of North Avenue. “I think that one project begets another project … and once you start getting some action, then more people get interested …” she said. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.GUILLERMO MORENO, FRANCISCA BARRERA, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Defendants 2018 CH 15321 5424 W OHIO STREET CHICAGO, IL 60644 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 29, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 8, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 5424 W OHIO STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-09-109-0210000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twentyfour (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS� condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no
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representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-12932. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-12932 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 15321 TJSC#: 39-2107 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I3123527
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF GREGORY GADBERRY AKA GREGORY L. GADBERRY AKA GREG L. GADBERRY, DECEASED, UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND LIENHOLDERS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF GREGORY GADBERRY AKA GREGORY L. GADBERRY AKA GREG L. GADBERRY, DECEASED, UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND LIENHOLDERS AGAINST THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF GREGORY GADBERRY AKA GREGORY L. GADBERRY AKA GREG L. GADBERRY, DECEASED, LETIA GADBERRY, GERALD NORDGREN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF GREGORY GADBERRY AKA GREGORY L. GADBERRY AKA GREG L. GADBERRY, DECEASED Defendants 18 CH 04200 1827 S KILDARE AVE CHICAGO, IL 60623 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 7, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 8, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1827 S KILDARE AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60623 Property Index No. 16-22-410-0240000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $59,070.66. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twentyfour (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount
bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 642791660. If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 642791660 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 18 CH 04200 TJSC#: 39-2899 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I3121033
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