Imagine a grandmother of two, who helps her granddaughter get ready for the prom and cooks fried chicken for block club meetings. Then imagine that same grandmother going head-to-head with a gang member.
Imagine Betty Jo Swanson.
Gangs are intimidating, but they have proved to be no match for Swanson, a long-time resident of the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.
When gangs and crime started to dominate the community during the late 1980s, Swanson and many other residents who stayed didn't let the gangs take over; they made their presence known.
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