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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

Who will fill Brandon Johnson’s Cook County Board seat?

Zerlina Smith-Members (from left), Rev. Ira Acree and Rev. Marshall Hatch, Jr. are vying to fill the Cook County Board seat vacated when Brandon Johnson became mayor. All belong to the same prominent West Side faith-based group. (Anthony Vazquez, Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

On the West Side over the past several years, at pivotal moments both joyful and tragic, members of a prominent faith-based group have taken center stage.

They played a key role in developing a transformative plan for West Garfield Park that won $10 million; they’re opening a credit union in Austin that aims to change lives; and when suicides among Black Cook County residents rose precipitously, they rallied to preach about the importance of mental health.

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