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>>> THROUGHOUT MUCH OF CHICAGO'S HISTORY SOME IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES HAVE MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD SOCIALLY AND POLITICALLY .

DURING THE 1960s, AND LINCOLN PARK, A PUERTO RICAN GANG CALLED THE YOUNG LORDS GOT TOGETHER AFTER BEING PUSHED OUT DUE TO URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS.

OVER THE YEAR, THE YOUNG LORDS HAVE STARTED A CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION WITH NATIONAL REPRESENTATION.

A PROJECT IN HUMBOLDT PARK EXPLORES THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF THE WOMAN IN THAT MOVEMENT.

>> IT IS AN INSTALLATION DEDICATED TO THE WOMEN OF THE CHICAGO YOUNG LORDS FROM THE MOMENT THAT THE YOUNG LORD WAS FORMED IN THE 1965.

IN THE LINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY UP UNTIL THE PRESENT TIME, INCLUDING THE NEW ERA YOUNG LORDS WHICH WERE A MANIFESTATION OF THE MOVEMENT THAT FORMED IN 2020.

I DISCOVERED THAT WOMEN WERE INVOLVED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING IN THE YOUNG LORDS INCLUDING WHEN THEY ORGANIZED IN 1965 AS THE YOUNG LORDETTES AND BEYOND THAT AS INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION .

WOMEN RESPONDED IN THE SAME WAY.

I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WAS A LOT HARDER FOR WOMEN TO IDENTIFY FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS, INCLUDING SOME OF THE VALUES THEMSELVES, RIGHT?

WOMEN OFTEN CAME IN AS PARTNERS OR JUST DID THE WORK AND WERE ACTIVE IN THE RANK AND FILE.

THEY DIDN'T SEE THEMSELVES AS PART OF THE LEADERSHIP .

THEY WEREN'T AS EAGER, RIGHT?

OR IS READY TO CALL THEMSELVES YOUNG LORDS IN THE WAY THAT THE MEN WERE.

IT DID TAKE SOME EXCAVATION TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF WOMEN BUT I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEM WERE INVOLVED IN KEY MOMENTS WITHIN THE MOVEMENT.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF CHICAGO TO COME AND LEARN ABOUT PART OF OUR HISTORY THAT ON A NATIONAL SCALE HAS BEEN