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Marshall Hatch Jr. at City Hall on Oct. 16.
West Side pastor named to Time magazine’s list of 100 rising stars
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Ravinia continues free after-school music programs at West Side schools Teaching orchestra to students at Catalyst Circle Rock, and now GR Clark Elementary, Frazier and Gregory Elementary
Honor goes to Marshall Hatch Jr. for his dedication to improving the lives of Black and Brown young adults
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A West Side pastor who is building a center for “arts and activism” has been named one of the world’s top 100 rising influential voices by Time magazine. Marshall Hatch Jr., pastor at New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church at 4031 W. Washington Blvd. in West Garfield Park, was named to Time’s 100 Next list, a compilation of upand-coming innovators, artists, leaders and advocates.
An Austin Weekly News partner Hatch, 37, is featured among names such as WNBA star Paige Bueckers, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and new CBS News boss Bari Weiss. He made the list for his advocacy work as the executive director of the church’s social justice ministry, the MAAFA Redemption
Project. Hatch will attend the Time100 Next ceremony Thursday in New York City. Rev. Al Sharpton wrote about Hatch for Time’s list, with Sharpton saying he watched Hatch grow up while working with his father, longtime faith leader Marshall Hatch Sr., to advance social justice on the West Side. “As President Donald Trump continues to send federal law enforcement into a series of American cities, it has never See PASTOR on page 9
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Every concert season at the Ravinia music venue in Highland Park, musicians grace the open-air and indoor stages to perform for thousands of listeners. This summer, a 20-year-old graduate of Catalyst Circle Rock in Austin led a number on the Ravinia stage in front of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The young adult was part of Sistema Ravinia at Catalyst, a program that launched at the school in 2012 to provide free after-school orchestra classes to students. “We want to make all forms of music more accessible and inclusive, and orchestral music See RAVINIA on page 8