Chicago, Illinois - Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Jessica Denison, 13, smiles with Demarie Williams, 13, at back, before practice for the Geek Skquad Dance Company as they prepare for the Bud Billiken Parade, an important summer event for Chicago's South Side, at the Jackson Park Football Field, where the Obama Presidential Center is planned to be built.
The Obama Presidential Center is slated to encompass close to 20 acres of space in Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side.
Photographs by Alyssa Schukar for TIME