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  • At home in Platte City, Tommy Brown plays on the ground as his mother, Cyndi Perkins, at right, rests after a long day of running errands and working at Y Club, an after school activities program, on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Perkins makes $9.25 an hour but is not allowed to work more than 28 hours each week so that her employer isn't required to enroll her in health insurance.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • From left, Cyndi Perkins, her sister Jackie Perkins and her 18-month-old son Tommy Brown wait as Perkins’s grandmother Vi Lane loads diapers into the car shortly after a trip to Sam’s Club in Kansas City on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. In addition to food, the crew purchased items in preparation of the birth of Cyndi Perkins’s daughter whose due date is just weeks away on October 9.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • [Twenty six years ago, Vi Lane and her family were set. She and her high school sweetheart Rod owned three KFC restaurants and a video store. But a lump developed on Rod's neck, and four years later, Rod died from complications related to oats-cell carcinoma. Rod's treatment cost millions of dollars, and without health insurance, Vi sold the family's businesses to settle the hospital bill for 2.5 million dollars.<br />
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Vi has always worked, but with her 70th birthday looming on the horizon, she had settled into a solitary life in a two-story house she rents near downtown Platte City.<br />
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Eight months ago, shortly after Vi's 22-year-old granddaughter Cyndi Perkins found out she was pregnant with her second child, she and her 18-month-old son Thomas Brown moved in with Vi.<br />
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Cyndi works for Y Club, an after school program south of Platte City, and she hopes to teach second grade once she gets her degree. She makes $9.25 an hour but is not allowed to work more than 28 hours each week so that her employer isn't required to enroll her in health insurance. Cyndi's hospital stay for the birth will be covered by the new Missouri Uninsured Women's Health Services program, but the only hospital that will take that insurance is a 35-mile drive from home.<br />
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Though health insurance woes continue to plague them, this unexpected family has brought a sense of cohesion and has filled Vi's solitary home with love.]<br />
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Vi Lane reaches out to her great-grandson Thomas Brown as they drive through Platte City on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Lane lost her family's four businesses after the death of her husband 22 years ago, and though the future continues to be unclear, she is grateful for the time with family.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • From left, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah seniors and captains Trevor Rebedew, Hunter Schoenborn, Brock Bonebrake Elliot Van Oss walk to center field before the Resorters' game against Valley Christian on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah sophomore running back Jared Shaw encourages senior quarterback Elliot Van Oss on the head as they prepares for the Resorters' game against Valley Christian on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated. Also pictured are lineman Andrew Muller, at left, and running back Trevor Rebedew.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah students and band members, from left, Sydney Shovan, Eliza Meyers and Riley Winter prepare for their halftime performance during the first half of the Resorters' game against Valley Christian on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. As is tradition, students covered the town with toilet paper leading up to the big game. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah senior wide receiver Gunnr Johnson prepares for the Resorters' game against Valley Christian on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • From left, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah students Brittany Schmidt, Taylor Marie Poisson and Brittany Schneider take a break from dancing as the 2013 Homecoming King AJ Lallensack, at right, enjoys the Homecoming dance, which took place in the school's cafeteria on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Olivia Salm shares a secret with her boyfriend Mitchel Jensen during the homecoming dance, which took place in the school's cafeteria on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah sophomore running back Dyllan Konen has trouble focusing on U.S. History just hours before the Resorters' homecoming game against Valley Christian on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • As a train passes, the Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah cheerleaders warm up the crowd before the Resorters' game against Maranatha Baptist in Watertown, Wisc., on Friday, Sept. 4, 2014. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 43-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • From left, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah players Trevor Rebedew, Jared Shaw, Owen Kalbacken and Dyllan Konen prepare for their game against Maranatha Baptist during the national anthem in Watertown, Wisc., on Friday, Sept. 4, 2014. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 43-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • In Wisconsin, the Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah football team has enjoyed a new-found popularity since converting its 11-man team to 8-man. This resort town school joined a statewide trend toward this style of play, which allows small schools -- many of which are shrinking due to rural population decline -- to compete with each other on a level playing ground.<br />
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The community -- small thought it may be -- behind the school has wholeheartedly embraced the new style of play. "The student section is phenomenal," head coach Barry Feldman said. "Our players feel it. They hear it, and they see it. And it makes them play even harder." <br />
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Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah senior wide receiver and defensive back Logan Knepfel, at left, and senior Meghan Clemens prepare to take part in the Homecoming parade as part of the Homecoming Court before the Resorters' homecoming game against Valley Christian on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • From left, Daniel Reyes, 17, and Steve Reyes, 17, who are not related, row together during practice on the Chicago River on Thursday, May 1, 2014, for the Chicago Training Center, a non-profit in Chicago, which has a free program designed to introduce low-income, minority youth to rowing, and since it was founded in 2007 it has gained a reputation for producing rowers who go on to compete at the NCAA level. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • From left, VLA students Asha Andrews-Hutchinson and Kwesi Brakwa roast marshmallows along the shores of the Yasika River during the farewell dinner and bonfire near Cabarete.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Children from the La Joya, Jarabacoa, community and Chicago’s Village Leadership Academy swim downstream from the Jimenoa Waterfall in the Dominican Republic.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Young children, including VLA student Jevron Hobbs Jr., at left, bridge the language divide with the global language of sport outside of the Pomier Caves Anthropological Reserve north of San Cristobal in the Dominican Republic.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • A young boy named Eduardo practices drums in Santiago de Los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic. Behind Eduardo hangs a painting by the Dominican artist Ricardo Toribio who paints scenes celebrating life on the island, especially that of the native Tainos who European colonialists enslaved alongside African slaves imported in the 15th century. The country, and its neighbor Haiti, still struggle with racism and ethnic divisions, but art celebrating the lives of the descendants of slaves has found a new audience and acclaim.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • The American Peace Corps initiative Brigada Verde works with young Dominicans who are committed to preserving the environment, which has been adversely affected by the tourism industry. The brigade is part of Sirve Quisqueya, a coalition of groups that improve local youth leadership and participation in community projects. In the image, a young Dominican alerts his friend to the photographer’s presence while the boys escorted a group of young American tourists near the Jimenoa Waterfall near La Joya, Jarabacoa.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • The caves in El Choco National Park, near Cabarete in the Dominican Republic, have become an important part of the country's tourism industry, but conservationists worry about the long-term consequences tourism brings on the cave microclimates, which are affected by physical alterations, such as concrete paths and steel handrails, as well as climate changes in carbon dioxide, humidity and temperature altered by human presence. In the image, a candle lights a young Dominican boy named David who escorted a group of young American tourists.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Road weary and overwhelmed, 11-year-old VLA student Jakya Hobbs walks with Illinois State Senator Toi Hutchinson near the Jimenoa Waterfall in the Dominican Republic.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • VLA student Anarree Jonson looks out the bus window as a young, Haitian boy peers in, hoping for a gift he can sell or use at the Sosua dump where he and other homeless people live and work. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • VLA student Jevron Hobbs Jr. rests on the grass outside of his hotel room after visiting the Sosua dump where homeless people sort garbage to be sold for about a dollar a day.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Iowa National Guard Spc. John Kerschner, 46, hugs four of his daughters including, from left, Grace, 14, Gianna, 7, Gaela, 9, and Gladys, 11, outside of their home in Clearfield, Iowa. Kerschner served at Combat Outpost Dand Patan with Bravo Company of the 1-168th battalion of the Iowa National Guard. “I don't want to say it was an enjoyable experience” in Afghanistan, Kerschner said. “But it was a worthwhile one.” | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Randy Thompson is photographed at 1860 West Bennet Road in Martell, Neb. on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Thompson has become an unexpected spokesperson in matters concerning the pipeline and its route through Nebraska. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • After saying no for years to outreach workers who tried to coax him to live in an apartment rent-free, Omahan Mark Rettele, 52, finally agreed to give up living on the streets and sleeping on a concrete ledge under a bridge. Rettele sees the national program Housing First as a good start at a second chance in his often troubled life. "It's warm," he said of his apartment. "It's my own place." | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Ben Burdick holds his great-grandsons, Trevor Burdick, 3, at left, and Mason Burdick, 2, before posing for a family picture after lunch at the Burdick Ranch south of Wood Lake, Neb. on Saturday, April 21, 2012. The Burdick family, now with four generations working the land, credit their branding success to neighbors and hire hands. "We run a thousand cows," Ben Burdick said. "If you didn't have help, you couldn't operate." | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • An Afghan boy waits to sign up to clean the streets at the district police station of Marwakh, near Combat Outpost Zormat, on Saturday, March 19, 2011. First Lt. Justin Schultz, of Council Bluffs, not pictured, and the 1-168th battalion of the Iowa National Guard's Delta Company worked with Shura leaders to set up a work for cash project in which locals boys and men cleaned up the streets of the bazaar. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Amber cuddles with Justis in the living room of their apartment at Family Works, a residential treatment program for expectant or new mothers, in Omaha on January 9, 2012. Through individual therapy sessions, Amber has learned how to connect emotionally with her daughter. "She looked like a little angel when she was born. Her head was so small and she was so tiny and so precious and very frail...and I couldn't believe that I did that to her," Amber said. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Nine-year-old McKayla McCarville stands in the staging area outside of the Burwell arena where the 85th annual Nebraska's Big Rodeo is held. McKayla's father, Kirk McCarville, brought her to the rodeo and McKayla said that she nervously watched him compete in the rodeo's wild horse race. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Jacqueline Smyth poses for a picture with Omaha Heart fan Tad Deja of Omaha at Twin Peaks Restaurant in Omaha on Saturday, April 27, 2013. To garner a following and pack the stands at their home games, the team is required to make promotional appearances around town.<br />
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The Lingerie Football League (now the Legends Football League) players say that they are athletes first. The lingerie is, in their minds, an unfortunate necessity. Many admitted that sex appeal was the reason fans attended the game, but talk to any woman who’s played, and you’ll learn that it’s no powder puff or flag football. <br />
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The players dedicate exhaustive effort, months of their time and thousands of dollars to a sport with little reward, to a league that takes more than it gives. Many players hope that one day the league won’t be about the sex appeal but instead a showcase for female athleticism.<br />
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“People can get the impression it’s just a bunch of bimbos out here,” Omaha Heart quarterback Linsey Noble said. “Everyone has their own story. You can’t really judge people by the cover, by the book or the lingerie.”<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Almost two weeks after a surgery to fix a torn ACL in her right leg, Leslie Walls is back at the game with her sons Colton Walls, 2, and Noah Walls, 9, outside of their home in Omaha on Friday, April 26, 2013. "These girls have worked so hard that it’s inspiring just to even watch them. It is heart wrenching not to be on the field, but it’s inspiring to watch from day one what they’ve put in to where they are now," Walls said.<br />
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The Lingerie Football League (now the Legends Football League) players say that they are athletes first. The lingerie is, in their minds, an unfortunate necessity. Many admitted that sex appeal was the reason fans attended the game, but talk to any woman who’s played, and you’ll learn that it’s no powder puff or flag football. <br />
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The players dedicate exhaustive effort, months of their time and thousands of dollars to a sport with little reward, to a league that takes more than it gives. Many players hope that one day the league won’t be about the sex appeal but instead a showcase for female athleticism.<br />
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“People can get the impression it’s just a bunch of bimbos out here,” Omaha Heart quarterback Linsey Noble said. “Everyone has their own story. You can’t really judge people by the cover, by the book or the lingerie.”<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Leslie Walls grimaces in pain as she works through her first physical therapy session at Athletes' Training Center Sports Center and Physical Therapy in Omaha on Monday, April 19, 2013. Walls tore her medial patellofemoral ligament  -- MPFL -- on the first official practice in the fall of 2012. After surgery and about seven months of physical therapy, she returned to practice in March only to tear her anterior cruciate ligament -- ACL -- in the other leg. Walls said that, though she does have insurance through her work, the league does not help with the medical bills. "I hope maybe one day that they’re able to put in the money that these girls put out on the field for injury purposes," Walls said.<br />
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The Lingerie Football League (now the Legends Football League) players say that they are athletes first. The lingerie is, in their minds, an unfortunate necessity. Many admitted that sex appeal was the reason fans attended the game, but talk to any woman who’s played, and you’ll learn that it’s no powder puff or flag football. <br />
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The players dedicate exhaustive effort, months of their time and thousands of dollars to a sport with little reward, to a league that takes more than it gives. Many players hope that one day the league won’t be about the sex appeal but instead a showcase for female athleticism.<br />
<br />
“People can get the impression it’s just a bunch of bimbos out here,” Omaha Heart quarterback Linsey Noble said. “Everyone has their own story. You can’t really judge people by the cover, by the book or the lingerie.”<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Much to the fans' delight, Jacqueline Smyth, and Morgan Anderson, at right, are slammed into the wall while tackling Atlanta Steam's Nasira Johnson during the first half of the Omaha Heart's 42-6 loss to the Atlanta Steam in Gwinnett, Ga., on Saturday, April 13, 2013. In arena football, the field is narrow and only 50 yards long. Fans pay extra to be seated along the wall, which is considered in bounds unless a player is tackled against it. <br />
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The Lingerie Football League (now the Legends Football League) players say that they are athletes first. The lingerie is, in their minds, an unfortunate necessity. Many admitted that sex appeal was the reason fans attended the game, but talk to any woman who’s played, and you’ll learn that it’s no powder puff or flag football. <br />
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The players dedicate exhaustive effort, months of their time and thousands of dollars to a sport with little reward, to a league that takes more than it gives. Many players hope that one day the league won’t be about the sex appeal but instead a showcase for female athleticism.<br />
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“People can get the impression it’s just a bunch of bimbos out here,” Omaha Heart quarterback Linsey Noble said. “Everyone has their own story. You can’t really judge people by the cover, by the book or the lingerie.”<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Morgan Anderson prays before the team's opening game against the Atlanta Steam in Gwinnett, Ga., on Saturday, April 13, 2013. "I couldn’t  imagine being done for the rest of my life out of competitive sports," Anderson said. "Nothing is compared to those games that actually count."<br />
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The Lingerie Football League (now the Legends Football League) players say that they are athletes first. The lingerie is, in their minds, an unfortunate necessity. Many admitted that sex appeal was the reason fans attended the game, but talk to any woman who’s played, and you’ll learn that it’s no powder puff or flag football. <br />
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The players dedicate exhaustive effort, months of their time and thousands of dollars to a sport with little reward, to a league that takes more than it gives. Many players hope that one day the league won’t be about the sex appeal but instead a showcase for female athleticism.<br />
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“People can get the impression it’s just a bunch of bimbos out here,” Omaha Heart quarterback Linsey Noble said. “Everyone has their own story. You can’t really judge people by the cover, by the book or the lingerie.”<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Atlanta Steam's Colette Montgomery is announced during the Omaha Heart's opening game in Gwinnett, Ga., on Saturday, April 13, 2013. The Heart lost 42-6. Atlanta, also an expansion team, lost its first game against Jacksonville.<br />
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The Lingerie Football League (now the Legends Football League) players say that they are athletes first. The lingerie is, in their minds, an unfortunate necessity. Many admitted that sex appeal was the reason fans attended the game, but talk to any woman who’s played, and you’ll learn that it’s no powder puff or flag football. <br />
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The players dedicate exhaustive effort, months of their time and thousands of dollars to a sport with little reward, to a league that takes more than it gives. Many players hope that one day the league won’t be about the sex appeal but instead a showcase for female athleticism.<br />
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“People can get the impression it’s just a bunch of bimbos out here,” Omaha Heart quarterback Linsey Noble said. “Everyone has their own story. You can’t really judge people by the cover, by the book or the lingerie.”<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Hockey helmets and uniforms, which provide little coverage on the field, hang in the locker room before the Omaha Heart's opening game against the Atlanta Steam in Gwinnett, Ga., on Saturday, April 13, 2013. The Legends Football League, formerly the Lingerie Football League, has moved away from the implications of its former name, though the uniforms remain scant.<br />
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The Lingerie Football League (now the Legends Football League) players say that they are athletes first. The lingerie is, in their minds, an unfortunate necessity. Many admitted that sex appeal was the reason fans attended the game, but talk to any woman who’s played, and you’ll learn that it’s no powder puff or flag football. <br />
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The players dedicate exhaustive effort, months of their time and thousands of dollars to a sport with little reward, to a league that takes more than it gives. Many players hope that one day the league won’t be about the sex appeal but instead a showcase for female athleticism.<br />
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“People can get the impression it’s just a bunch of bimbos out here,” Omaha Heart quarterback Linsey Noble said. “Everyone has their own story. You can’t really judge people by the cover, by the book or the lingerie.”<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • From left, Lindsay Burnham, Linsey Noble, SarahJane Thompson, Morgan Anderson, Nikki Koley and Ally Allen fix makeup and hair before the team's opening game against the Atlanta Steam in Gwinnett, Ga., on Saturday, April 13, 2013. The away team travels to the arena on game day and participates in photo and video shoots all day until the game that evening. "We had to be a the airport, makeup and hair ready at 4:30 a.m.," Noble said. "We were on our feet all day."<br />
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The Lingerie Football League (now the Legends Football League) players say that they are athletes first. The lingerie is, in their minds, an unfortunate necessity. Many admitted that sex appeal was the reason fans attended the game, but talk to any woman who’s played, and you’ll learn that it’s no powder puff or flag football. <br />
<br />
The players dedicate exhaustive effort, months of their time and thousands of dollars to a sport with little reward, to a league that takes more than it gives. Many players hope that one day the league won’t be about the sex appeal but instead a showcase for female athleticism.<br />
<br />
“People can get the impression it’s just a bunch of bimbos out here,” Omaha Heart quarterback Linsey Noble said. “Everyone has their own story. You can’t really judge people by the cover, by the book or the lingerie.”<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • SarahJane Thompson, at left, and Lindsay Burnham line up during drills as the Omaha Heart practice at Millard South High School's Buell Stadium on Thursday, April 4, 2013. The women wear youth shoulder pads during practice but have much flimsier shoulder pads in games. "Down the body, we are extremely exposed. We are still 100 percent tackling. We’re taking hits, we’re delivering hits, but we don’t have the luxury of having pads," defensive player Brittany Benson said.<br />
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<br />
The Lingerie Football League (now the Legends Football League) players say that they are athletes first. The lingerie is, in their minds, an unfortunate necessity. Many admitted that sex appeal was the reason fans attended the game, but talk to any woman who’s played, and you’ll learn that it’s no powder puff or flag football. <br />
<br />
The players dedicate exhaustive effort, months of their time and thousands of dollars to a sport with little reward, to a league that takes more than it gives. Many players hope that one day the league won’t be about the sex appeal but instead a showcase for female athleticism.<br />
<br />
“People can get the impression it’s just a bunch of bimbos out here,” Omaha Heart quarterback Linsey Noble said. “Everyone has their own story. You can’t really judge people by the cover, by the book or the lingerie.”<br />
<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Amanda Hogan, at bottom right, and Morgan Anderson run up a hill during physical conditioning at the end of practice at Millard Central Middle School in Omaha on Thursday, April 25, 2013. "It’s been rough learning all of the new plays. I was hurt quite a bit in the beginning because it’s completely new movements that you’re learning," Anderson said.<br />
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<br />
The Lingerie Football League (now the Legends Football League) players say that they are athletes first. The lingerie is, in their minds, an unfortunate necessity. Many admitted that sex appeal was the reason fans attended the game, but talk to any woman who’s played, and you’ll learn that it’s no powder puff or flag football. <br />
<br />
The players dedicate exhaustive effort, months of their time and thousands of dollars to a sport with little reward, to a league that takes more than it gives. Many players hope that one day the league won’t be about the sex appeal but instead a showcase for female athleticism.<br />
<br />
“People can get the impression it’s just a bunch of bimbos out here,” Omaha Heart quarterback Linsey Noble said. “Everyone has their own story. You can’t really judge people by the cover, by the book or the lingerie.”<br />
<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • The Lingerie Football League (now the Legends Football League) players say that they are athletes first. The lingerie is, in their minds, an unfortunate necessity. Many admitted that sex appeal was the reason fans attended the game, but talk to any woman who’s played, and you’ll learn that it’s no powder puff or flag football. <br />
<br />
The players dedicate exhaustive effort, months of their time and thousands of dollars to a sport with little reward, to a league that takes more than it gives. Many players hope that one day the league won’t be about the sex appeal but instead a showcase for female athleticism.<br />
<br />
“People can get the impression it’s just a bunch of bimbos out here,” Omaha Heart quarterback Linsey Noble said. “Everyone has their own story. You can’t really judge people by the cover, by the book or the lingerie.” <br />
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Omaha Heart's Ashley Lambrecht, at center, dances with teammates including, from left, SarahJane Thompson, Linsey Noble, Morgan Anderson, Lindsay Burnham, Shawnte' Bunting and Kelsey Lane, before the team's opening game against the Atlanta Steam in Gwinnett, Ga., on Saturday, April 13, 2013. The Heart lost 42-6. "I love showing people that we’re real athletes. A lot of people doubt…It makes me so mad when they say, 'Is it powderpuff? Is it flag?' I’m just like, No! If you’ve seen it, then you’d know that we actually tackle. You’ve seen that it’s not just models or pretty girls just trying to play football. It’s pretty girls that have careers, that are moms that can actually play football and are good at it," Bunting said.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • East Butler Evan Sisel prepares to take on Hyannis's Emmett Hoover at 170 pounds before his upcoming first round match in Class D. Sisel pinned Hoover at 1:00 and went on to defeat Howells-Dodge's Brandon Wragge 6-3. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Freeman High School's second-ranked Austin Ruskamp bares bloody teeth after pinning Anselmo-Merna senior Jake Wells, ranked No. 1 at 160 pounds in the Class D quarterfinal match. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Pool fashion. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Griswold High School seniors, from left, Brandon Ridlen, Tyler Mosier and Keith Rush emerge from cornstalks near their school and practice field. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Scott Goldman, co-founder of Cocktail Courier by ShakeStir poses for a photograph at the company's Chicago shop.<br />
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Camiella Williams, a 28-year-old gun violence activist from Chicago, stands near a memorial wall that honors young people who have died violently.<br />
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Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Camiella Williams, a 28-year-old gun violence activist from Chicago, stands near a memorial wall that honors young people who have died violently.<br />
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Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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A memorial wall honors young people who have died violently. <br />
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Camiella Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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A memorial wall honors young people who have died violently. <br />
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Camiella Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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Camiella Williams, a 28-year-old gun violence activist from Chicago, stands near a memorial wall that honors young people who have died violently.<br />
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Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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A memorial wall honors young people who have died violently. <br />
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Camiella Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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A memorial wall honors young people who have died violently. <br />
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Camiella Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
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A memorial wall honors young people who have died violently. <br />
<br />
Camiella Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
<br />
Camiella Williams, a 28-year-old gun violence activist from Chicago, stands near a memorial wall that honors young people who have died violently.<br />
<br />
Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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  • Chicago, Illinois - March 8, 2016<br />
<br />
Camiella Williams, a 28-year-old gun violence activist from Chicago, stands near a memorial wall that honors young people who have died violently.<br />
<br />
Williams has lost 22 friends and family members, many of whose pictures are displayed on the wall, which stands outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago. Williams left Chicago for the suburbs after the birth of her son. "Those that were fortunate enough not to be killed, now our babies are being killed," Williams said.<br />
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CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The Trace
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