Rita Ashford This is Me

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   Published on: 12/9/2004   Last Visited: 6/28/2005

   Rita Ashford has been a resident of the North Lawndale Community for over fifty (50) years. She is a product of the Chicago Public School System. She also attended the Loop Junior College. Rita began serving her community over thirty (30) years ago. She has volunteered in the Chicago Public Schools for twenty-five (25) years. She has organized block clubs, parent safety patrols, as well as her own organization "Safety First". She is also a Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (C.A.P.S.) Facilitator for Beat 1011 in North Lawndale, and member of Superintendent Cline's Committee for Better Relationships between Minorities and the police.
   
   People will gather at Loyola University for an awards dinner to publicly salute these two special people, all of who have, in his or her own unique way, made Chicago