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Sign up for our newsletters Subscribe Art is what I m meant to do, KeiyaA says. But I also want this to be a way for me to build a strong foundation and legacy that doesn t have to be attached to me working for somebody else. AnAkA for Chicago Reader Polyester! KeiyaA says, laughing. The uniforms were so thick and dense. We re in what she calls the studio room of her Bushwick apartment, reminiscing about singing in the Chicago Children s Choir. Hanging on the wall behind her is a white pegboard adorned with an assortment of audio cables. KeiyaA, 28, was in the choir till she was 12, but she tells me she doesn t remember much besides the red vests of their performance uniforms and the dimly lit church (First U
CPD partners with community groups, security company to curb carjackings in Chicago
With carjackings out of control across the city of Chicago, police are employing some new strategies.
CHICAGO - With
police are employing some new strategies.
This includes partnering with community groups and a private security company. It takes everybody to come together. This is literally what teamwork looks like, said Early Walker, a community activist.
Chicago police officers, private security workers, community leaders and politicians gathered in front of the Jewel store at 95th and Stony Island with one goal in mind.
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There were 218 carjackings in Chicago in January alone, which is three times as many as the previous January. Last year,
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