Martin Luther King Day was marked in Chicago with a day of service beautifying schools, setting up community spaces and offering COVID vaccines.
At the Girls Like Me Project's new headquarters in Bronzeville, bags off office furnishings, furniture and other supplies were finally unpacked.
RELATED: On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Chicago protest pushes for national voting rights legislation Volunteers helped assemble furniture and decorate the space. Gray-Sewell said it's a fitting way to honor Dr. King.
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