Pastor walks coast-to-coast to help kids
Walking Tennis Shoe
Posted: 07/16/2012
CHICAGO - The Rev. Corey Brooks says all of Chicago is to blame for the gun violence gripping the city and everyone must work together to fix it.
The Chicago pastor has been walking across the country to raise $15 million to build a community center in a vacant lot across the street from his church.
He was welcomed back to Chicago Sunday during a rally attended by about 300 people, including Gov. Pat Quinn and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. His walk will end in Los Angeles.
So far, Brooks has raised about $600,000. He says the center will address the economic, social and spiritual ills facing today's youth.
The pastor started advocating for the center over the winter. He camped out for 94 days on the roof an abandoned motel where drug activity was rampant.
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