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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

BBQ for homeless moms is for those ‘who feel they fell short’

Tawana Pope, an outreach worker for Hines VA Medical Center. She grew up on Chicago’s West Side and dedicated her life to helping those experiencing addiction and homelessness. (Louis Washkowiak/Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital)

When Tawana Pope talks about herself, she talks about her family — nieces, nephews, grandkids and siblings, and of course her own kids.

She talks about how she briefly lost those kids, as she was struggling with sobriety, and how that pain drives her to this day.

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