Help Inner City Improve Communities

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Tommy Meeks - Inner City Reconstruction Group

Posted

Sep 24, 2018

ICRG wants to see improvement through out our County. Helping people with job opportunities and increased education is a good thing. Knowing our history truthfully will improve our community not hurt it. Creating new jobs and asking employers to be more diverse , will improve all communities.

Hosted by: Paul Lisnek Produced by: Greater Chicago Newsmakers Team

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