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>> THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER

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IS A BIT CLOSER TO REALITY

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TODAY.

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THAT'S AFTER THE FORMER FIRST

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FAMILY BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA

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RETURNED TO CHICAGO TO BREAK

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GROUND ON THE CENTER IN JACKSON

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PARK.

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THE MOVE COMES AFTER YEARS OF

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LEGAL BATTLES GENTRIFICATION

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CONCERNS AND A FEDERAL REVIEW.

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OUR AMANDA VINICKY WAS THERE FOR

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THE GROUNDBREAKING AND JOINS US

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NOW FROM JACKSON PARK.

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AMANDA, SET THE SCENE FOR US?

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>> YES, BRANDIS I'M JUST OUTSIDE

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JACKSON PARK OUTSIDE OF THE

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CLOSED GATE.

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BEYOND WHICH WILL BE THE FUTURE

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BARACK OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL

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CENTER.

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AND I AM GUESSING IT WILL BE A

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WHILE BEFORE MEMBERS OF THE

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PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO GET PAST

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THAT FENCING.

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WEREN'T

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THERE TODAY IT WAS A SMALL

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AUDIENCE OF DIGNITARIES AND

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MEDIA.

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WHAT WE SAW AT THIS POINT A LOT

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OF DIRT BULLDOZERS AND

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CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.

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BECAUSE WHILE TODAY WAS THE

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OFFICIAL GROUNDBREAKING, THERE'S

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BEEN A LOT OF WORK GOING ON IN

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THIS SITE SINCE THE OBAMA

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FOUNDATION OFFICIALLY TOOK IT

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OVER SOME 19 ACRES OF JACKSON

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PARK'S 550 ACRES IN MID-AUGUST.

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DURING HIS REMARKS FORMER

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA TALKED

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ABOUT WHY HE CHOSE THIS

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PARTICULAR PLACE FOR THE

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MONUMENT TO HIS LEGACY.

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>> CLOSE TO WHERE MICHELLE GREW

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UP.

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WHERE I STARTED MY POLITICAL

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CAREER.

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IT IS SURROUNDED BY VIBRANT

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NEIGHBORHOODS, AND A COMMUNITY

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WHERE WE BELIEVE WE CAN HELP

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

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JACKSON PARK ALSO HAPPENS TO

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HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART

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BUT IT WAS LITERALLY MY ENTRY

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WAY INTO CHICAGO.

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>> WITHIN A COUPLE MILES RADIUS

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OF HERE, HE SAYS IS WHERE HE AND

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MICHELLE HELD THEIR WEDDING

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RECEPTION AT THE SOUTH SHORE

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CULTURAL CENTER WHERE THEIR

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DAUGHTERS WERE BORN IN A NEARBY

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HOSPITAL WHERE HE AND A FORMER

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FIRST LADY BOUGHT THEIR FIRST

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HOME.

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>> CHICAGO IS WHERE I FOUND THE

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PURPOSE I HAD BEEN SEEKING.

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IT'S WHERE I FINALLY PUT MY

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IDEAS ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND

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ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE TO

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THE TEST.

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>> MICHELLE OBAMA WAS LIKEWISE

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SAYING HER SOUTH SHORE

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UPBRINGING COURSES THROUGH HER

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VEINS AND DESPITE HAVING THAT

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ROYALTY AND IS MOST PROUD OF

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BEING A DAUGHTER OF THE SOUTH

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SIDE EVEN IF SHE SAYS AS A

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YOUTH, THE PARK ITSELF DIDN'T

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CALL TO HER.

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IT WAS MOSTLY A PLACE TO DRIVE

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THROUGH OR DRIVE AROUND.

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SHE SAYS THAT WHEN HER FAMILY

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WANTED TO GET CULTURE OR

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GREENSPACE THEY HAD TO REALLY

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PILE INTO HER FATHER'S BUICK AND

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GO NORTH.

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>> AN EVEN AS A CHILD, I

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UNDERSTOOD THIS DISPARITY.

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I UNDERSTOOD THAT WHENEVER THERE

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WAS A HUGE INVESTMENT OF

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RESOURCES IN THE CITY, NEW PARK

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OR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS,

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OR ANY OTHER BEAUTIFICATION

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EFFORT, IT JUST RARELY HAPPENED

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IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

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>> THE OBAMAS SAY THEIR PLAN IS

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TO QUOTE RESTORE JACKSON PARK.

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THEY WILL PLANT NEW TREES AND

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MAKE THIS A PEOPLE'S PARK.

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NOW, THE WORD RESTORE IS ONE

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THAT MAY CAUSE UMBRAGE FROM

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CRITICS, THERE IS STILL AN

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ONGOING LAWSUIT THAT IS SEEKING

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TO PREVENT THE CENTER FROM BEING

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BUILT HERE ON AT JACKSON PARK

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THE SITE OF THE 1893 WORLD'S

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FAIR AND AN OPEN AREA THAT THE

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ORGANIZATION PROTECT OUR PARKS

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SAYS SHOULD REMAIN THAT WAY AND

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THAT WAS A POINT MADE BY A PLANE

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FLYING OVERHEAD DURING THE

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CEREMONY WITH A BANNER THAT READ

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STOP CUTTING DOWN TREES MOVE

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OPC.

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PROTECTS OUR PARKS SAYS IT CAN'T

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TAKE CREDIT FOR THE PLANE EVEN

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IF IT AGREES WITH THE SENTIMENT

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ISSUING THE STATEMENT SAYING THE

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HOMECOMING OF THE FORMER

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PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY SHOULD

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BE A MOMENT OF PRIDE.

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ON THIS THIS VISIT WE HOPE THEY

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WILL MOURN THE DEVASTATION OF

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THE CLEAR-CUTTING OF THE TREES

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AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE

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WOMEN'S GARDEN IN JACKSON PARK.

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IN ADDITION TO THE LONG-TERM

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ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH

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DANGERS THAT WILL ENSUE.

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DIXON RAMIRO WAS BORN AND RAISED

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IN SOUTH SHORE AND LIKEWISE SAYS

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TODAY TO BE A JOYOUS DAY AND

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SAYS THERE IS POTENTIAL THAT IT

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WILL BE THE START OF A JOYOUS

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OCCASION BUT HE SAYS IN ORDER

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FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, THE CITY

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NEEDS TO MAKE SURE TO PROTECT

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SOUTH SHORE RESIDENTS FROM

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GETTING DISPLACED.

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>> WE NEED MORE PUBLIC AND

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SOUTH

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SHORE BECAUSE THE PRICES THAT

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ARE CHEAP THEY ARE RELATIVELY

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CHEAP MOST SOUTH SHORE RESIDENTS

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STRUGGLE THEY WILL RISE UP

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CENTER THIS IS GOING TO BECOME

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PRIME REAL ESTATE AND THE FOLKS

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WHO SENT BARACK OBAMA TO

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SPRINGFIELD AND THE SENATE AND

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THE FOLKS WHO SENT HIM TO

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WASHINGTON D.C., THEY SHOULD BE

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PART OF THE JOURNEY OF THE

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CENTER AND THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE

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>> THE CITY COUNCIL DID PASS A

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HOUSING PRESERVATION ORDINANCE

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COVERING WOODLAWN.

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BUT THERE IS NO SUCH MEASURE

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RIGHT NOW FOR SOUTH SHORE

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RESIDENTS PROTECTIONS.

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ALDERWOMAN LESLIE HAIRSTON SAYS

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THE COMMUNITIES ARE DIFFERENT.

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>> THEY HAVE VA CAN'T LAND IN

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WOODLAWN THAN THEY DO IN SOUTH

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YOU HAVE A MIXTURE OF FEDERALLY

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OTHER SUBSIDIES.

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YOU'VE GOT MARKET RATE.

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YOU'VE GOT AFFORDABLE RENTALS.

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YOU'VE TWO FLATS AND THREE

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SO YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING AND

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IT'S ALL IN A DENSE AREA IT'S

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NOT AS SPREAD OUT AS THE PARKS

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OF WOODLAWN THAT I REPRESENT.

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>> SHE SAYS, HOWEVER, THAT THERE

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SHOULD BE NEWS COMING SOON ABOUT

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SOUTH SHORE.

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NOW, I DID TALK WITH OTHER

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CHICAGOANS SOME OF WHOM WERE

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BOTHERED THAT THE OBAMAS KEPT

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TODAY'S EVENTS SMALL RATHER THAN

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PARTICIPATION FROM THE

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COMMUNITY.

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I HAD KEFVIE HOBBY WHO LOST HIS

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SON TO GUN VIOLENCE AND SAID

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PRESIDENT OBAMA SHOULD USE HIS

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RETURN TO THE CITY TO DEAL WITH

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THAT ISSUE.

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>> WE ARE OUT HERE TRYING TO

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SAVE THESE KIDS GIVE THEM AN

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OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING YOU

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CANNOT TELL THEM TO STOP.

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AND YOU NOT GIVING THEM AN

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OPTION TO DO SOMETHING.

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YOU KNOW THAT IS WHAT WE ARE

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FIGHTING FOR WE NEED HELP.

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PRESIDENT OBAMA IF YOU CAN HELP

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US.

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>> NOW, CERTAINLY NOT EVERYONE

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IS UPSET.

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I SPOKE WITH A MAN WHO LIVES

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ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE

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FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CENTER AND

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HE IS POSITIVELY THRILLED THAT

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WHAT HE SAYS HE EXPECTS WILL BE

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CHICAGO'S GREATEST CONSTRUCTION

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WILL BE ACROSS FROM HIS HOME.

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NOW THE OBAMAS HAVE HIGH

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ASPIRATIONS FOR THE CENTER.

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IT MAY BE JUST DIRT NOW, AND

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NICE DIRT AS PRESIDENT OBAMA

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CALLED IT, BUT THEY WANT IT TO

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BE A CATALYST FOR REINVESTMENT

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IN THE SOUTH SIDE PROVIDING JOBS

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AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

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SURROUNDING AREAS AND MOSTLY

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BLACK RESIDENTS AND BRING

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BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC

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ACTIVITY.

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OBAMA SAYS THAT HE WANTS THIS

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MUSEUM, ACCOMPANYING ATHLETIC

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FIELDS AND LIBRARIES TO BE MORE

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THAN JUST A PRESIDENTIAL

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ARCHIVE.

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>> WILL BE THE WORLD'S PREMIER

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INSTITUTION FOR DEVELOPING CIVIC

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LEADERS ACROSS FIELDS, ACROSS

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DISCIPLINES AND, YES, ACROSS THE

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POLITICAL SPECTRUM.

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A FORUM FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO

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STRENGTHEN DEMOCRATIC IDEALS AND

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FOSTER ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP.

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A CAMPUS HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE

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WHERE WE HOPE TO CONVENE SUPPORT

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AND EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION

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OF LEADERS.