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Marksallen

One of the first community organizers to work with Barack Obama in Chicago for over 20 years. Chairman, National Black Wall Street Chicago. Over 40 year activist, recently included in the 2012 edition of Who’s Who In Black Chicago.

Latest on ChicagoNow

• RSVP today For help with family members with bail from our BAIL PROJECT

  from And The Ordinary People Said by Marksallen
  posted today at 10:51 am

• Do you have anxiety? It’s real and it’s spectacular(ly awful)

  from Opinionated Woman by Judy Marcus
  posted today at 9:44 am

• PHOTOS: Timber-framed La Grange 6-bedroom with guesthouse: $2.2M

  from ChicagoNow Staff Blog by ChicagoNow Staff
  posted today at 9:10 am

• Mittens — Petraits Rescue

  from Pets in need of homes by ChicagoNow Staff
  posted today at 9:09 am

• Five Lessons I Learned Finding Remote Work

  from One Cause At A Time by Gordon Dymowski
  posted today at 8:55 am

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