Benajmin E. Mays Elementary School building now an Englewood community center

Benjamin E. Mays Elementary School (838 W. Marquette Road) had been among those 50 schools on the south and west sides (or in "minority" communities) which had been closed by former Mayor Rahm Emanuel's school board back in 2013. It's unfortunate that the school named for the illustrious former President of Morehouse College is now closed. However, it's great that the building that housed the school will now have a new use as community center operated by Shepherd's Hope.

Read more about it at Block Club Chi.

Sun-Times: Pfleger plans to shut down Dan Ryan on July 7 by marching on roadway

Via Chicago Mag

Saw this in the news feeds over at the Capitol Fax blog on Monday. Tweet with link to article below and a quick excerpt

The Rev. @MichaelPfleger plans to shut down the Dan Ryan Expressway on the morning of July 7 to bring attention to gun violence, @mitchdudek reports. https://t.co/QpWAwAij6h

— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) June 25, 2018

On July 7 at 10 a.m., Pfleger plans to lead a group down the Dan Ryan’s northbound entrance ramp at 79th Street and walk about a mile and a half before exiting at the Marquette Road/67th Street exit ramp.

Pfleger said several people in positions of power, he wouldn’t say who, have tried to dissuade him from marching down the highway — to no avail.

Ample notice of the demonstration will hopefully allow motorists to avoid the area, he said.

It’s unclear how many people will be joining him. Pfleger said he’s received interest from people as far away as Naperville.

He's doing this on a Saturday. Shouldn't be a heavy traffic day though guaranteed if he did this during the week, this would be very risky PR-wise.