CULTURETECHLENSMy Block My Hood My City
VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-00244 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-I-0025. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
The American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois (tier 3) states "In 2014, Jahmal founded My Block, My Hood, My City, a non-profit organization that partners with schools to expose underprivileged youth to a world outside their neighborhood", operating in Chicago - establishing existence, nonprofit-organization type, Chicago base, and founder Jahmal Cole. The stored founding year (2016) is NOT covered by this stamp; see conflicts. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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The American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois (tier 3) states "In 2014, Jahmal founded My Block, My Hood, My City, a non-profit organization that partners with schools to expose underprivileged youth to a world outside their neighborhood", operating in Chicago - establishing existence, nonprofit-organization type, Chicago base, and founder Jahmal Cole. The stored founding year (2016) is NOT covered by this stamp; see conflicts. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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- City: Chicago
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- https://www.redcross.org/local/illinois/about-us/news-and-events/press-releases/red-cross-to-honor-chicago-man-as-hero.html (verification source · master store)
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The American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois (tier 3) states "In 2014, Jahmal founded My Block, My Hood, My City, a non-profit organization that partners with schools to expose underprivileged youth to a world outside their neighborhood", operating in Chicago - establishing existence, nonprofit-organization type, Chicago base, and founder Jahmal Cole. The stored founding year (2016) is NOT covered by this stamp; see conflicts. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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