Little Village\u0027s The Mural Project community boxing gym
It's why a group of Chicago moms and community leaders want to open a boxing gym in their neighborhood, giving teenagers a reason to stay off the streets.It's a pain that Irma Morales has carried with her for more than a decade. Her daughter's boyfriend was murdered in cold blood, right in front of her, on a city block.
The grandmother of two is among those lives forever altered by gun violence. And now she and others are joining forces for change.The solution, according to the group, lies inside a 20-thousand-square-foot warehouse in Little Village. It's the site of a future community center where a boxing ring will serve as the centerpiece.
Whether they are doing boxing or they are doing art or they are getting some type of therapy or they are learning some type of trade we want to be able to have a safe space for them," said Delilah Martinez ofThe long term goal: To break the cycle of violence that has plagued their community for generations.
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