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>>> THROUGHOUT MUCH OF   CHICAGO'S HISTORY SOME   IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES HAVE MADE  THEIR VOICES HEARD SOCIALLY AND  POLITICALLY .
DURING THE 1960s,  AND LINCOLN PARK, A PUERTO   RICAN GANG CALLED THE YOUNG   LORDS GOT TOGETHER  AFTER BEING  PUSHED OUT  DUE TO URBAN   RENEWAL PROJECTS.
OVER THE   YEAR, THE YOUNG LORDS  HAVE   STARTED A CIVIL RIGHTS   ORGANIZATION WITH NATIONAL  REPRESENTATION.
A PROJECT IN   HUMBOLDT PARK  EXPLORES THE   HISTORY AND LEGACY  OF THE   WOMAN IN THAT MOVEMENT.
>> IT IS AN INSTALLATION   DEDICATED TO THE WOMEN  OF THE   CHICAGO YOUNG LORDS FROM THE  MOMENT  THAT THE YOUNG LORD    WAS FORMED IN THE 1965.
IN THE  LINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY UP UNTIL  THE PRESENT TIME, INCLUDING THE  NEW ERA YOUNG LORDS WHICH WERE   A MANIFESTATION OF THE MOVEMENT   THAT FORMED IN 2020.
I  DISCOVERED  THAT WOMEN WERE   INVOLVED FROM THE VERY    BEGINNING IN THE YOUNG LORDS  INCLUDING  WHEN THEY ORGANIZED    IN 1965  AS THE  YOUNG   LORDETTES AND BEYOND THAT AS   INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE   ORGANIZATION .
WOMEN RESPONDED   IN THE SAME WAY.
I ALSO   RECOGNIZE THAT WAS A LOT HARDER  FOR WOMEN  TO IDENTIFY  FOR A   LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS,   INCLUDING SOME OF THE VALUES   THEMSELVES, RIGHT?
WOMEN OFTEN  CAME IN AS PARTNERS OR  JUST   DID THE WORK AND WERE ACTIVE IN  THE RANK AND FILE.
THEY DIDN'T   SEE THEMSELVES AS PART OF THE  LEADERSHIP .
THEY WEREN'T AS   EAGER, RIGHT?
OR IS READY TO   CALL THEMSELVES YOUNG LORDS IN   THE WAY THAT THE MEN WERE.
IT   DID TAKE SOME EXCAVATION  TO   UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF WOMEN    BUT I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS   REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE SO MANY  OF THEM WERE INVOLVED IN KEY   MOMENTS WITHIN THE MOVEMENT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY  FOR ALL  OF CHICAGO  TO COME AND LEARN    ABOUT PART OF OUR HISTORY  THAT  ON A NATIONAL SCALE HAS BEEN