Ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, advocates in Chicago are continuing his mission of inclusion, working to ensure marginalized communities have equal access to health care.
Those behind the 11-year project called"Focal Point," an initiative that seeks to provide the city's West and Southwest side communities greater opportunity to thrive, hope to see their ideas come to fruition.
"When Dr. King came to Chicago and he said equitable health care was fundamental to a more just American, that's a problem we still live with," the professor said.Sign up for NBC Chicago newsletters.
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