DOWNTOWN — Groups of Chicago children and teenagers got the chance to explore some of the city’s top attractions on Saturday amid larger questions of who Downtown really belongs go.
For My Block, My Hood, My City founder Jahmal Cole, the answer to that question is simple.
“Repeat after me when I say Downtown belongs to everybody,” Cole said to a crowd of roughly 1,000 kids packed into Harris Theater, 205 E. Randolph St., Saturday morning for My Block, My Hood, My City’s fourth annual Downtown Day, coordinated alongside the Chicago Loop Alliance.
The large-scale field trip brings youth from the West and South sides into the city center to expose young Chicagoans to the many resources and attractions the city has to offer just a short commute away from their neighborhoods. Many kids participating in the event haven’t spent much time Downtown despite living in Chicago all their lives…