IN THE MEDIA

Crain’s Chicago Business, 2/8/16

When President Barack Obama addressed religious leaders at the last week, he singled out a longtime Chicago activist and nonprofit leader working on the city’s Southwest Side.

Obama had met Rami Nashashibi, executive director of earlier in the week at a mosque in Baltimore…. His organization also has been instrumental in a project to build a memorial to King in Marquette Park, where the civil rights leader marched in 1966….

WBBM Radio, CBS Chicago, 2/7/16

Political Editor Craig Dellimore talks with Rami Nashashibi, director of the Inner City Muslim Action Network , about challenges facing the Muslim-American community…and about spending time with President Obama discussing such matters….

Chicago Tonight, 2/4/16

President Barack Obama on Wednesday visited a mosque for the first time during his presidency to discuss Islamic relations and to combat growing anti-Muslim rhetoric in the country….

Joining us tonight is Rami Nashashibi, the executive director of the Chicago-based . He was at the mosque Obama visited and was mentioned by name in the president’s speech during Thursday’s national prayer breakfast. Nashashibi joins us to discuss Muslim relations and to share his story…

CBS-TV Chicago, 1/18/16, 5 p.m. newscast

The nation pauses today to pay tribute to the legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Junior. Work is underway on what organizers call the city’s first ever memorial here. CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole gives us a sneak peek…

ABC-TV Chicago, 1/18/16, 6 p.m. newscast

Sculpting from more than 15,000 pounds of clay, artists begin the early stages of a living memorial honor Dr. King.

“The imagery is on three walls,” explains artist Sonja Henderson. “There are six sides. Each wall has an image of Dr. King on it and the community coming together.”

The memorial will be permanently placed in Chicago’s Marquette Park where, almost 50 years ago, Dr. King marched for equal and fair housing. Since so many homes on the southwest side are brick, artists Sonja Henderson and John Pittman Weber say the material is appropriate for the project…

NBC-TV Chicago, 1/18/16, 6 p.m. newscast

Community leaders around Chicago are working on a living memorial to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic 1966 march in Marquette Park.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, artists from the Chicago Public Art group put together drawings and clay models to show what the finished sculpture may look like…

Chicago Tribune, 1/18/16

The face of Martin Luther King Jr. sprung forth from the wall of wet, gray, clay brick. Kneeling on a dusty studio floor Monday, Sonja Henderson, a Chicago Public Art Group artist, carved rough-hewn lines into smooth curves with fluid strokes. John Pitman Weber looked on with crossed arms.

After months of plans and sketches, work was finally beginning…