1. About LIVE FREE USA. In their own words, then, “LIVE FREE USA is a faith based movement of racial organizers, peacemakers and freedom fighters committed to end gun violence and mass incarceration.”

2. LIVE FREE ILLINOIS is an affiliate, statewide, of LIVE FREE USA.

3. About Community Violence Intervention {CVI}. CVI is an approach that uses evidence information strategies to reduce violence through tailored community-centered initiatives as defined by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs.

4. About TWENTY FOUR/SEVEN SECURITY @ Maple Pointe Apartments of Chicago’s Southwest Loop. 24/7 Security seeks to serve as a faith based high rise an/or vertical bloc club of concerned Maple Pointe Apartments tenants dedicated to fostering 24/7 security at their complex @ 150 W. Maple Street, Chicago IL, 60610, Southwest Loop.

6. 24/7 seeks to regularly convene via hybrid means i.e. via teleconference, video conference, social media and face-to-face trainings especially but not limited to

7, 24/7 also seeks to partner with LIVE FREE USA and LIVE FREE ILLINOIS respectively.

Rev. Joel Washington {Khunanpu Sangoma}, Pastor and Maple Pointe Apartments Tenant, 1-31-25

Luke 2.49  “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”^[a]Or be about my Father’s business?” -NIV

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