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1,000 boys and young men of color expected to take part in Brilliance and Excellence march against violence
The third annual Brilliance and Excellence march against violence is set for this weekend in Chicago. The purpose is to promote antiviolence strategies and resources for the community, and organizers hope to bring more than 1,000 boys and young men of color together for that purpose. "We strategically placed this march at the end of the school year," said Vondale Singleton, founder of CHAMPS Male Mentoring and cofounder of the Brilliance and Excellence movement. The annual gathering aims to change the narrative. "The way that young Black men are looked at in our city, it's not like a good look," said Brashen Gilbert, portfolio manager for Male Mogul Initiative. "So I just want to show how we can come together and just stand up for each other." Gilbert is expecting the area of Pershing Road and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Bronzeville to be filled with hundreds of boys and young men for the third annual Brilliance and Excellence march and opportunity fair. The Brilliance and Excellence movement is a conglomerate of local organizations, coming together to march along that historic stretch of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. "Let's not make the excuse that nobody cares, that 'no one loves me,'" said Singleton. "We love you. We support you. We're rocking with you. We're rocking for you. But you've got to show up." When the march first started in 2023, 700 boys and men showed up on the South Side. Last year, the march was held on the West Side, and nearly 1,000 took part. Keith Bass of Male Mogul Initiative participated in the previous marches, and said it allows young men to receive summer jobs and plug them into safe and peaceful activities. "I think they just benefit by just getting the exposure that, you know, there's a lot of Black positive male role models in Chicago," Bass said. "They can really bring people to come together." Singleton said since the previous Brilliance and Excellence movement marches were so successful, the Obama Foundation reached out and asked the group to be the new backbone organization for My Brother's Keeper Chicago. "We have a Brilliance and Excellence board who's focused on creating convening spaces across Chicago — so not just on the South Side," Singleton said. "We have a West Side regional space. We have a Latinx community space for MBK." The 1,000 boys and young men of color will meet Saturday near the intersection of Pershing Road and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The march kicks off at 10 a.m.
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Marysville homeless shelter could get new life through rescue mission takeover
MARYSVILLE — A decade-old emergency shelter in Marysville is at risk of losing state funding. But instead of shutting it down, a local mission may be its saving grace. Now, officials are coming up with solutions to combine the shelters. "Just yesterday, the state kind of had their most updated current budget and the [Homeless, Housing, Assistance and Prevention] program has zero dollars in it, which means that in two years there won't be money coming down," said Johnny Burke, executive director of the Sutter Yuba Homeless Consortium. Statewide budget cuts are having major impacts on homelessness programs, including the Yuba County-run 14 Forward, a roughly 10-year-old shelter with Tuff Sheds. "They need renovating. They weren't meant to be permanent shelters, so there's no insulation or sheet rock or electricity or heating or air conditioning," said Aaron Walrath, executive director of Twin Cities Rescue Mission. After running the numbers, Burke says the county has the funds to run 14 Forward for only a couple more years. But they're coming up with a plan to keep it going, a plan he says he's pleased with. "They know funding is going to end. We can use it for a couple of years to run it as is, and then there's nothing. Or we can take that money, invest in infrastructure and make it bigger and better than it ever was and allow another agency to come in and run it and do services for decades to come," said Burke. The Yuba County Board of Supervisors will be voting later this month to give site control of 14 Forward to the neighboring Twin Cities Rescue Mission. From there, existing folks in the shelter will have to leave for renovations. The county said in a statement to CBS13: "No participants will be evicted related to this effort; however, we are working with existing participants to secure permanent housing in preparations for the construction to occur. Our goals are to improve conditions and expand operations in the future." "We're going to consume it as part of the mission, we're going to run it as the mission is run," said Walrath. The complexity is that the mission is currently a men-only sober-living shelter. At 14 Forward, half the tenants are women and being sober isn't a requirement. But Walrath says he won't just throw people back out onto the street. "I don't require people to be sober to come in. It's a sober-living facility, but Jesus never said, 'Get cleaned up before you come to me,' " said Walrath. Walrath says the next step is to build a separate women's shelter on the same lot. He says the temporary loss of 14 Forward will be better for everyone in the long run. "We may have a different demographic, but what we have is working," said Walrath. If the board vote goes through, the rescue mission will have site control of 14 Forward beginning July 1. Walrath says he's hoping to start construction for the women's shelter next summer.
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Denver spends $200,000 to change protected bike lanes, biking community shares concerns
In recent weeks, changes in downtown Denver have been made to some protected bike lanes. Those lanes are meant to provide dedicated safe areas on the street for cyclists. Now, some of the vertical barriers have been changed, including those along the protected bike lane on Market Street. The biking community said it's a safety concern and is more dangerous now. But the city said the changes were made for several reasons. The City Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, otherwise known as DOTI, said they removed several of the vertical barriers on corridors and replaced them with travel lane dividers. They added that travel lane dividers on the ground are easier to maintain because the vertical barriers kept falling. They also mentioned that the travel lane dividers are sturdier, reducing maintenance and replacement needs. CBS For June Churchill, biking is her ideal mode of transportation to get around the city. "Biking is just a way some people get around, and it's just a way of life," said Churchill. She's also the budget chair of the DOTI Advisory Board and often rides in protected bike lanes, where she said the vertical barriers help bikers feel safer by providing separation. "It's safety, anyone who bikes knows that outside of a nice, protected bike lane or a trail, it is dangerous," said Churchill. Bikers are now concerned that many of those barriers have been removed. DOTI just finished installing the protected bike lane and barriers last fall along Market Street. "We had to plan for and study and implement this, these bike lanes in downtown for years. It has taken years to study and plan and implement the vertical protection for these bike lanes, making them more accessible, making them safer," said Aylene McCallum, who co-chairs the DOTI Advisory Board. McCallum pushed for protected bike lanes to be built, which bikers wanted, to feel safer. Now she believes this is a step in the wrong direction. "They're looking for safe infrastructure to help them feel safe enough to use it. If the vertical separation is not there on a protected bike lane, it's more likely that people won't use it," said McCallum. CBS Colorado DOTI said they were also hearing concerns about "visual clutter." Since the changes, they say sight lines have also opened, making corridors less visually impacted. The city said they spent about $200,000 on the changes, using money set aside for "neighborhood transportation and calming." "It eats up valuable dollars that could be spent to make biking a better experience," said Churchill, who feels like bike lanes were downgraded without any input, and she hopes for more transparency moving forward. "Removing the vertical protection from these bike lanes is absolutely a step backwards for bicycling," said McCallum. "If this isn't the right answer for everyone, then let's have an open and honest conversation about what might be a better answer, but let's keep our bicyclists safe before we remove it." The city said they're working on coming up with different ways and strategies to improve biking, and have kept vertical barriers in busy areas and intersections.
