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Concordia Place tenants complaining about mice, mold and mildew get action after Rainbow/PUSH visit, rent strike Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune © E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune Members of the Concordia Place Apartments tenants association meet April 15, 2021, with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, and members of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition who are helping to intervene as residents seek to improve living conditions at the complex in Chicago's Eden Green neighborhood. The smell of gas was unavoidable upon entering Deborah Lewis’ residence at Concordia Place Apartments, as...

Through an executive order the city is launching a gun violence prevention initiative. Author: Mike McDaniel / Eyewitness News (WWL) Published: 10:17 PM CDT April 19, 2021 Updated: 10:17 PM CDT April 19, 2021 NEW ORLEANS — They’re familiar scenes across the city of New Orleans, complete with yellow police tape and yellow markers on the ground, indicating the latest shooting. “We all know too well gun violence has plagued this city for a number of years,” said Tamara Jackson, executive director of Silence is Violence. How to stop gun viol...

CCSU is giving fully vaccinated students a $50 discount on their housing fees. Author: Shara Taylor (FOX61) Updated: 11:45 PM EDT April 18, 2021 MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Students from Xavier, Mercy and Middletown high schools received their COVID-19 vaccinations over the weekend at Wesleyan University. Community Health Center (CHC) started efforts to vaccinate people ages 16 and up, whom became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in Connecticut. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) held a clinic to vaccinate students and provided an extra incentive, while the...

Tamara Jackson shows the growth of mold in different areas of the apartment which she has reported to the owners but has only been painted over to cover the mold at Concordia Place Apartments where residents have been complaining about lack of support from the owners for basic utilities and repairs in Eden Green, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Three months after Tamara Jackson’s Far South Side apartment was painted, black spots could be seen on the top of her walls in her bathroom and bedrooms. “I’m not wiping it anymore,” Jackson said about what she believes is m...

“For a crime city, and I hate to label New Orleans as such, but we’ve always had a problem with violence. The pandemic has exacerbated that,” said Jackson.