North Lawndale tour erases stereotypes concerning the ’hood:

A imaginative and prescient of the West Side that focuses on gangs, weapons and poverty is barely part of the image. To see the complete image, take a tour of North Lawndale, as we did on a current Saturday, with some younger individuals who grew up there. Like Amari Bell, a scholar at Collins Academy High School, who instructed us, “Most people think negative. We want to show them the positive.” On Saturday mornings all through this summer season, Chicagoans have a possibility to study from Amari and different good, participating younger folks as they information excursions organized by the nonprofit My Block, My Hood, My City. The aim: To shatter preconceived notions concerning the