Can't we do something about New Chicago?
#NEWCHICAGO.......I AM SAD , AND MY HEART ACHES FOR MY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD, "NEW CHICAGO" IN MEMPHIS.......I WAS BORN AND RAISED THERE, SO IT HAS THE NUMBER 1 SPOT IN MY HEART, BECAUSE I AM ONE OF THEM.........I NEVER FORGET WHERE I CAME FROM......WHEN I WAS THERE, WE HAD AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PARK IS WHERE WE ALL WENT EVERYDAY AFTER SCHOOL...... AND, ON SATURDAYS, AND SUNDAYS, THERE WERE SOFTBALL GAMES, BASKETBALL, BARBECUE, ETC ETC..........( TODAY, I SAW ON THE NEWS, THAT AFTER ALL THE RAIN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS........ THE PARK, "CHICAGO PARK".......HAD STANDING WATER, AND NO KIDS CAN PLAY.........THAT CAN'T BE HEALTHY FOR THE KIDS AND FAMILIES, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OR AT LEAST, NEAR THE PARK...WHICH IS A LOT .....I WAS ASLEEP, AND MAN, I HAD TO GET UP.......WHERE IS THE PROPER DRAINAGE?.....THE KIDS WERE SAD ...REAL SAD....WHERE DO YOU GO AND PLAY ON A PRETTY DAY, LIKE TODAY, OR ANY DAY?.............) ....THIS WOULD NEVER , EVER HAPPEN , IN GERMANTOWN, COLLIERVILLE, MIDTOWN, INNER DOWNTOWN, BARTLETT, ETC ETC ............WELL, IT'S NOT ANYONE'S FAULT.......BUT IT IS REALLY SAD THAT "NEW CHICAGO", AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, ALL OVER, ARE LEFT OUT, OR FORGOTTEN........HOW CAN THAT HAPPEN?.......I KNOW IT HAPPENS ALL OVER THE WORLD.............BUT, THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT.............
I PRAY THAT I CAN HELP AND THAT THE CITY OR SOMEBODY, AT LEAST, DRAIN THE PARK......COME ON..........( THE BIBLE SAYS....."HOW CAN YOU SAY YOU LOVE GOD, WHO YOU CAN'T SEE, AND DON'T LOVE YOUR BROTHER, WHO YOU SEE EVERYDAY"......1 John 4:20 )......#PRAY
Student and Teacher of Servant Leadership
6 年I live in a pretty good neighborhood in Chicago. 10 years ago they took down the hoops at all our local parks because neighbors were complaining about noise. Today kids in my nieghborhoods cannot play basketball unless they have a gym membership or there parents sign them up for some kind of league or something. It's sad to see the parks I grew up in our empty because neighbors complain about the bouncing of basketball in thier neighborhood parks. Planning to make a difference soon to encourage kids to come out and play. Thanks for sharing your story and providing motivation
Experienced Economic, Community, & Small Business Development Professional
7 年Hi Vincent, I've had an opportunity to read the history of New Chicago and what a glowing background. I hear your heart and appeal for help in your community. I'm not one with deep pockets, but certainly, I can put on my thinking cap and lend a hand somehow.
24 year Advocate/ Director of Community Outreach & Engagement at JGK Holdings, LLC.
7 年People like you can change the world. Keep praying Superman.
Operations Director at South Soul Media / Man of the House Mentoring
7 年Well stated Good Brother... Keep up the fight??, speak Truth to power, and Pray for our children, always. Matthew 25:40 "As you do unto the least of these, you do also unto me." Many Blessings, TN?? www.memblink.com/manofthehouse