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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

Nelson Mandela Center planned for now-vacant West Side storefronts: ‘We are saving the community that once saved us’

Storefronts at 4752 W. Madison St. in Austin that the community group To Walk in My Shoes is hoping to turn into the Nelson Mandela Center. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

For years now, brothers Malcolm and Marnell Brown, along wth Shrone Conaway, have tried to help people on the West Side, offering a place to stay for those who needed it, connecting people with COVID testing or substance abuse counseling.

They’ve done so with the help of organizations like Howard Brown Health and University of Illinois, but now they’re digging deep into their own pockets to expand their outreach.

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