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Your Everyday Heroes is proud to feature one of today’s many esteemed Black female film directors Vick Lee. From an early age, Lee immersed herself in movies and TV, eventually studying film at Columbia College Chicago. Whether telling stories of love or conflict, Lee’s body of work always maintains a socially conscious bend.
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Chicago in particular has been hit hard with missing persons cases. A quarter of people who go missing in Chicago are young (11 to 21 year-old) Black women. Additionally, Black people of all ages make up two-thirds of the city’s total open missing persons cases. This discrepancy is further reflected in the fact that Black…
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Quick Sound Bite – of Damon being awesome. Keep it up Damon! Why Is Reed’s Work Necessary?Still Searching addresses a pressing issue that does not get the media coverage it deserves. Outside the realm of true crime “fandom,” missing persons cases are rarely discussed. And sadly, it is easy to see why. They are such…
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Lymphoma is cancer that begins in infection-fighting cells of the immune system. “Look what God did…””I want to show the world that, yes, we are still searching, and we’re gonna keep going until we find answers, until we find resolution.”
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Laurynas Buzinskas is a graphic designer, street artist, and muralist based out of Chicago, Illinois. He originally hailed from Lithuania, but immigrated to the United States as a young adult to pursue his passion for graffiti in the country that is considered the birthplace of the art form.
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Laurynas’ transformation from a street artist working odd day jobs to a professional graffiti muralist didn’t happen by just his talent and will. He credits his wife as the driving force behind building his business and success.
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Laurynas Buzinskas is a successful mural artist in Chicago, Illinois, but he started out as a Lithuanian tagger who was discouraged from pursuing his passion by his family, friends, and educators.
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