Special Outdoor Edition: Community Cafe Rocks the Block

IMAN and South West Organizing Project (SWOP) kicked off its "Community Safe Zone", a collaborative effort started in the summer of 2008 to address the continuous rise of violence that affects the lives of youth and their families on Chicago's Southwest Side. The kick off was presented through a special outdoor edition of Community Cafe on IMAN's parking lot on Saturday, June 27, with live music, local Chicago performing artists, vendors, games, and a strong message about the necessity to build strong cooperative relationships with our communities. Safe Zone leaders brought neighbors and family out to the event, beginning the change that we will see only when communities, families and organizations come together for a cause that unites us all.

video by: Ahlam Said, IMAN Communications Coordinator

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