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Chicago's Grief Gate
As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to climb in Illinois, one local community organization is commemorating the lives we've lost. JUSTembrace (https://justembrace.org/about-us/) is a religious-based organization focused on uplifting and unifying the Chicago neighborhood of Uptown. Executive Director, Sherilyn Sheets, created the Grief Gate to celebrate the lives of community members who have passed. "It's a lamenting gate, it's a place that we have used to mark every life that's been lost to COVID-19 in just the city of Chicago," Sheets said. The gate is covered with 2,700 ribbons. "We want our neighborhood to know when someone's life has gone and this is a community where a lot of people disappea...
07.29.20 | 03:27 | CC
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