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Englewood Activist Sleeps Under Viaduct to Raise Awareness
Clip: 4/8/2023 | 3m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
Activist Aleta Clark is raising money to open a homeless shelter.
Activist Aleta Clark has hosted "sleep outs" under a Pilsen viaduct to raise funds to support Chicago's homeless community and open a shelter.
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Englewood Activist Sleeps Under Viaduct to Raise Awareness
Clip: 4/8/2023 | 3m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
Activist Aleta Clark has hosted "sleep outs" under a Pilsen viaduct to raise funds to support Chicago's homeless community and open a shelter.
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>>> SINCE FEBRUARY 8, ENGLEWOOD ACTIVIST ALITA CLARK HAS BEEN AT CLUB 51 AND THE CLUB HAS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF CELEBRITIES AND PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE THE CLUB YOU THINK IT IS.
IT'S UNDER A VIADUCT, AND CLARK IS SPEAKING THERE EVERY NIGHT IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, THE PEOPLE SHE COLLECTIVELY CALLS THE FRIENDS.
SHE WILL KEEP SLEEPING THERE UNTIL SHE RAISES ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD A SHELTER.
SHE GIVES THE LAST WORD ON WHAT THE FRIENDS REALLY NEED.
>> THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE PUT ON THE POSTER BOARD FOR UNTREATED MENTAL ILLNESS, AND THEY SUFFER FROM ADDICTION, AND THEY DON'T IS HAVE JOBS SO PEOPLE LOOK AT THEM LIKE THEY IS NOTHING.
AND I AM OUT HERE, AND MY GOAL HAS BEEN TO RAISE $14000 SO FAR AND I HAVE ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO COME OUT IN SOLIDARITY AND TELL THEM THEY ARE NOT ALONE, AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T CALL THEM HOMELESS.
I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE LOVE AND RESPECTED, AND I WANT THEM TO DO THE SAME THING AND THEY TREAT THEM WITH LOVE OR THEY NOT GOING TO BE AROUND THEM.
TELL ME HOW YOU WOULD FEEL IF PEOPLE CALLED YOU FAT OR UGLY INSTEAD OF BY YOUR NAME.
YOU COME OUT HERE AND SAY I SEEN THE HOMELESS PEOPLE AND YOU REMIND THEM INSTEAD OF SAYING WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
HEY, YOU HUNGRY?
YOU WANT SOME OF THIS?
DROPPING OFF A HALF-EATEN PLATE IS NOT HELPING.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
I KNOW PEOPLE CAN'T BE OUT HERE BUT YOU CAN POST AND SHARE AND DONATE, AND THE FRIENDS ARE YOUR REGULAR PEOPLE AND AUNTS AND UNCLE, MOTHER, FATHERS AND BROTHERS AND THEY ARE YOU.
THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE.
INSTEAD OF JUDGING THEM, WHY NOT HELP THEM?
SUPPORT ME AND HELP ME GET THE WORD OUT HERE.
I I AM OUT HERE GANG BANGING AND I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT HURTING PEOPLE BUT LOVING PEOPLE.
THIS IS WHAT I CALL GANG BANGING.
YOU HEAR THAT?
>> YEAH.
WE HEAR YOU.
CLARK HAS BEEN WORKING TO SUPPORT THE FRIENDS FOR YEARS BUT THIS BEGAN WHEN SHE USED DONATIONS TO BOOK A MONTH-LONG
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