Diane
Latiker, founder of the Chicago-based non-profit Kids of the Block, has been
selected as one of the 2011 Top 10 CNN Heroes.
Latiker hopes those who walk or drive by the
growing stone memorial at 11627 S. Michigan Ave. get the message: “It’s one
simple set of words –– we’re losing a whole generation.”
The memorial started with just 30 stones in 2007
now holds more than 220 to represent Chicago’s murdered victims up to age 24.
Click here to read more about Latiker.
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