With some added precautions and changes, Chicago's annual Lunar New Year parade will march on as planned.
"We wanted to take this time to comfort each other as we mourn the loss of more members of our Asian American community," said Alderwoman Nicole Lee, 11th Ward.RELATED: Security beefed up for Uptown, Chinatown Lunar New Year celebrations this weekend
"Because of these two shootings, the victims cannot reunite with their family for the special holiday," said Maggie Lee. "To know now that it was perpetrated by someone from within the community, I think, is something we're going to be grappling with for a long time," Ald. Lee said. Ald. Lee, the first Chinese American member of Chicago's city council, feels the weight of comforting her constituents."This is an opportunity to have a bigger conversation, an ongoing conversation, about mental health," she said.
Now, with heavy hearts still in mourning, they'll try to recapture the essence of a new year and new beginning.With some added precautions and changes, the annual Lunar New Year parade will march on as planned.
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