"You don't have mothers killed in a place that is sacred to mothers and not take that as a message. Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox.Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. "Who's next? "The murder of a woman brought us to our corner on 75th & Stewart so there's no way we're going to let the murder of more moms drive us away," the fundraising page says. Mothers Against Senseless Killings' founder wants to build a pocket community center in Englewood. The hope would be, she said, to have these conversations spur people to get more involved in community engagement work. "The drive-by shooting followed what has become a familiar pattern in Chicago, where more people are fatally shot than in any other city in the U.S. Chantel Grant, 26, and Andrea Stoudemire, 36, were shot dead in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood while volunteering with Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings … Grant and Stoudemire were members of Mothers Against Senseless Killings (MASK), a group that was formed in 2015 after three women were shot, one fatally, near the … "We deserve to live without fear and the young women, Chantel Grant and Andrea Stoudemire who were torn from their children families tonight, deserve justice." She said attending a screening of the documentary gave her hope that it would mobilize audience members to engage in conversations and join the movement to rebuild communities in Chicago affected by gun violence.Lydia Greenberg, Hillel’s social justice coordinator, said she was inspired to bring Manasseh to campus because she exemplifies the Jewish value of Tikkun Olam,or repairing the world.

Mostly Sunny Again On WednesdayCBS 2 Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 10 p.m. RealTime Weather forecast for Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Two women involved with a group called Mothers Against Senseless Killings were shot dead Friday on a South Side Chicago block where moms gather to help curb gun violence. Manasseh said she was inspired to fight for her community because she “was just a mom that didn’t want to lose her kids.” She said she approaches gun violence prevention in a multi-faceted way, focusing on eliminating variables that contribute to gun violence like food insecurity by cooking food for her neighbors on her street corner of 75th Street and South Stewart Avenue.Manasseh emphasized that her upbringing was influential in growing up to advocate for the survival and education of the children in her community. Police say they don't believe the two young mothers were the intended targets.The deaths of Chantel Grant, 25, and Andrea Stoudemire, 35, in the Englewood neighborhood served as a grim reminder of the kind of violence that led them to participate in neighborhood activities organized by Mothers Against Senseless Killings. “There’s something powerful about having somebody who is black and Jewish talk about how those identities inform each other in this work.”assistant director of leadership development and community engagement, said she is interested in bringing activists, organizers and community leaders to campus to make it more accessible for students to learn about how people are doing “inspiring” work in Chicago. Mothers Against Senseless Killings founder Tamar Manasseh called the women's death's "terrifying" and "heartbreaking." Buchanan said Manasseh is an example of someone living out her passions and finding a way to practically and tangibly apply her faith to make a difference on her block. Charvonda Andrews is consoled as she mourns two women killed July 26 on the block where a group called Mothers Against Senseless Killings gathers to help curb gun violence, on Tue., July 30, 2019, in Chicago. Charvonda Andrews is consoled as she mourns two women killed July 26 on the block where a group called Mothers Against Senseless Killings gathers to … Tamar Manasseh speaks about her work for Mothers Against Senseless Killing at the University Christian Ministry.