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Podcast: In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons
Episode: It’s Time To Let Teens Hang Out Downtown
Description: On July 19, My Block, My Hood, My City hosted its annual Downtown Day. The event brings teens downtown to experience some of what Chicago has to offer. While groups like MBMHMC work to forge connections between teens and their community, proposals like the failed “snap curfew” ordinance can make some young people feel like city leaders don’t trust them.
Reset sits down with My Block, My Hood, My City CEO Jahmal Cole, high schooler Damarion Spann and Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Lurie Children’s chair Dr. John Walkup to discuss how this lack of trust affects...