White House social secretary Desiree Rogers, a friend of President Obama’s from Chicago, is leaving her job to return to the private sector, the White House said Friday.

Rogers’s tenure as the top party and events planner for the administration was marred by the Salahi gate-crashing incident, in which a Virginia couple managed to enter the White House grounds during Obama’s first state dinner in November.

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Yesterday, in an act of protest, students living in Chicago’s Gardens neighborhood who attend Fenger High (the high school that slain teenager Darrion Alberts atteneded) stayed home from school.   With the support of their parents, the teenagers are protesting conditions by staying home and boycotting the violence they have to face to get an education. More after the jump.









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Yesterday, US Attorney General Eric Holder gave a powerful speech about the importance of tackling youth violence. I am glad people are finally acknowledging the problem. They say they are going to get beyond the surface issues. I hope so, inner city violence isn’t going to go away just because somebody gives a fancy speech.

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It’s happened again! Within a week of the beating death of the 16-year-old Derrion Alberts, another boy, this time a 14-year-old, was beaten on Tuesday. He skull was fractured, and he was left bleeding in the streets.

The boy (his name is not being released by police at this time) is now in critical condition at Children’s Memorial Hospital undergoing surgery. This time the event happened on the Northside. Last Night, A witness told police the victim was being chased by three males about 7:45 p.m. After the three caught up with the victim, all three beat him, and one reportedly struck him over the head using some type of shiny” object.

A neighbor found the boy lying in the street while she was looking for a parking space. Blood was all over the street. It was all over his face, arms, and coming from the back of his head. Two little girls and another kid were with him, holding him down. The police arrived shortly. Police have not yet made any arrests.

IS THIS AN AFFRONT TO THE OUTRAGE THAT HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE NATION?

The powerful truth is that this is only a mirror! All I know is that these events only reflect US…(all the ADULTS who have arrived here before they did). Who we are and our choices in resolving conflict. There is an energy, a wicked one NO DOUBT, that has chosen our children as ripe receptacles for violence and brutality. Why are our children so vulnerable to these demonic acts of senseless terror against THEIR OWN!? Both Derrion and the latest victim (here in Chicago) were defenseless to attack! NO WEAPONS! AND THE ATTACKERS. JUST HAVE AN ENERGY WITH A MISSION! WHO IS THEIR MASTER? THESE STORIES ARE DEEPER & THE ELEMENTS AT PLAY ARE FIGHTING FOR SOULS.

Written by Ebony, originally found at http://thishappenseveryday.blogspot.com/

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The whole nation is shaking its head after that horrible mob beating that took place in Chicago last week. Of course, this isn’t the first time that something like this has happened. This tragic murder just so happened to be caught on tape. ( If you haven’t seen it…Google it, because I refuse to post it.)

Check out the blog below from my home girl Ebony. We gotta do something about this ya’ll.

SEPTEMBER HAS BLOWN IN A “LORD OF THE FLIES” FEEL TO THE WINDY CITY. Fresh off of a school year which boasted 500 shootings committed against Chicago Public School students this recent melee in the streets of Chicago stands boldly as a testament to the EMERGENCY the Children of Chicago are going through! This past Thursday while walking home from school, while passing a Community Center, 16-year-old Derrion Albert, a student at Fenger High School, was beaten to death (again was BEAT TO DEATH) by a MOB of school aged children in a street melee that wasn’t gang related. This was a case of school tension boiling over into after school brutality and bloodshed!

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