I will never see her again. Instead, she said, they want to be known as moms and men “who volunteer or just come out to create a safe and productive space in their community by being the village,” a MASK Facebook post “Andrea and Chantel are valued, loved moms and community members, not ‘activists in an anti violence movement,” the post said. Looks like your browser doesn't support JavaScript. By now, I should have seen Chantell at least three or four times at this point of the day. On Sukkoth we welcome guests for dinner, dancing, drinks, and play music in our Sukkah on Stewart. MASK (Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings) was established in 2015 as a way to put eyes on the streets, interrupt violence and crime, and teach children to grow up as friends rather than enemies. Chantell Grant, 26, and Andrea Stoudemire, 36, were both mothers of four children who worked with Mothers Against Senseless Killings to stem violence in the Englewood neighborhood. You can sign up below to volunteer as a buddy, or sign your child(ren) up to participate. "We deserve to live without fear and the young women, Chantell Grant and Andrea Stoudemire, who were torn from their children families tonight, deserve justice. A group of caring individuals in the community began to simply hang out on the block, cook food, and emanate love. I will never see Andrea again.”“Andrea was a mother’s mother. An occupant fired several shots, witnesses told police. Police have not found any suspects for the deaths of Chantel Grant and Andrea Stoudemire.Chantell Grant used to bring three of her children several times a day to play on the corner of 75th Street and Stewart Avenue in Chicago’s South Side.

"It is sacred ground, as far as we're concerned," Maria Pike, a MASK member, "The murder of a woman brought us to our corner on 75th & Stewart so there's no way we're going to let the murder of more moms drive us away," the petition says. Chantell Grant used to bring three of her children several times a day to play on the corner of 75th Street and Stewart Avenue in Chicago’s South Side. Two women involved with a group called Mothers Against Senseless Killings were shot dead Friday on a South Side Chicago … Chantel Grant, 26, and Andrea Stoudemire, 36, were shot Friday night in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood. "At least 48 people who were shot in incidents of gun violence in Chicago over the weekend, the Chicago Sun-Times Manasseh does not want the mothers of MASK to be labeled as anti–gun violence activists or advocates. Every day. “She was a dedicated mother. At the intersection, the kids could be supervised, learn to dance, eat dinner together, and be productive members of society, Manasseh said in an impassioned speech on Sunday.It was a place where mothers could watch over their kids to make sure they had better lives, she said.“Chantell was one of those mothers,” Manasseh said.

Both women were shot several times in the chest, and they died at the hospital.There is an ongoing investigation, but Chicago police have not arrested anyone so far and do not know the motive for the shooting.“We have no evidence that we can point to that suggests the women were the intended targets,” police spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement.

She mothered other mothers,” Manasseh said.A woman is consoled as she mourns Grant and Stoudemire in Chicago on Tuesday.Another young mother was also shot this month within a hundred feet of where MASK mothers, volunteers, and children hang out, according to Manasseh. Every day Chantell brought her kids here. As individuals joined together, our many voices are amplified as one.MASK (Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings) was established in 2015 as a way to put eyes on the streets, interrupt violence and crime, and teach children to grow up as friends rather than enemies. The two mothers were familiar faces at the Englewood intersection, where the group Mothers Against Senseless Killings has camped out every day … “Tasneem Nashrulla is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York. For Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings’ founder Tamar Manasseh, the last several days, and months, have been disheartening, to say the least. Chicago police speak on weekend gun violence 02:20. Mothers Against Senseless Killings / Facebook / Via They both volunteered with Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings. This corner was where the group Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings (MASK) would hang out with their kids every day in an effort to end gun violence and create a safer space in their community. “We also have no evidence to the contrary.”A memorial for the two mothers at 75th Street and Stewart Avenue in Chicago.Police said another man who was injured in the shooting had recently been released from prison.“For mothers to be killed in a place where mothers go to seek safety and sisterhood, I take that as a personal threat,” Tamar Manasseh, founder of MASK, said at a MASK founder Tamar Manasseh (center) speaks at a press conference on Sunday.A few years ago, MASK volunteers turned a “dirty and filthy” site at the Englewood intersection into a space where kids could come out and play safely every day. This corner was where the group Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings (MASK) would hang out with their kids every day in an effort to end gun violence and create a safer space in their community.On the night of July 26, Grant, 26, and her friend, Andrea Stoudemire, 36, were shot to death at the same corner where they spent their days trying to make their neighborhood safer.The two women were standing on the sidewalk around 10 p.m. when a blue SUV drove up.

MASK is a force that empowers us to be the voice of change, safety, and presence for our families and communities. A group of caring individuals in the community began to simply hang out on the block, cook food, and emanate love.While we build our school, we are launching our Study Buddy Tutoring program.