May 14, 2014
“We demand that if you’re building in our community we should be included in the economics of our community. If we can’t work in our community, where the hell can we work was my point to them and they’ve been in agreement with me but they haven’t been forthcoming with any employment or contracts.” - Russell Brown, Community Relations Director for BELT standing outside of his business, Second Encounters Thrift Store, 501 E. 79th st
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African American Laborers Want Jobs on University of Chicago Construction Projects
The Black Economic Legal Team (BELT) is in conversations with the University of Chicago (U of C), 5801 S. Ellis Ave., about a perceived lack of African Americans laborers working on the school's construction projects. BELT is also encouraging residents in communities near the University to petitions for the hiring of more African Americans on construction projects there.