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10 years after Freddie Gray's death, his neighborhood looks for hope
2025-05-17 05:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
Tracey Malone, executive director of the Sandtown-Winchester Community Collective, stands outside a shuttered recreation center in Baltimore. André Chung for NPR hide caption toggle caption André Chung for NPR Standing outside of a once-bustling recreation center in a West Baltimore neighborhood, Tracey Malone reflected on the community that she grew up in. "Sandtown-Winchester community is a loving community. It is a community where neighbors care for each other, you know each other," Malone, who is now the executive director of the Sandtown-Winchester Community Collective said. Though brightly colored murals wrap around the retaining walls of the recreation center, the doors are closed. The city closed the recreation center in 2021, leaving the neighborhood's young people with few places to go. "I grew up here. I grew up in Lillian Jones Rec Center," Malone said. "My mom still owns a home here, and my brother was murdered in the same community. And I am here giving back to this commu...
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