Angered by canceled hotel stay, advocate for homeless men now plans her own shelter

Aleta Clark, the founder anti-gun violence group Hugs No Slugs, sits in the lobby of a downtown hotel, where she helped a group of unhoused Chicagoans secure rooms to make it a dangerous December storm. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

A group seeking shelter from life on the street made reservations at a downtown hotel this week, but it was canceled before they could check in.

Aleta Clark, the woman who brought the group to the Hyatt House in the West Loop, said hotel staff canceled the reservation because of an issue with the booking,then told the group to seek a shelter rather than correcting the error.