Pastor to End Rooftop Vigil after Donation [View all]

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" A South Side pastor who has spent more than three months living in a tent on the roof of a Park Manor motel says he will end his vigil today, thanks to a promise of $98,000 from movie mogul Tyler Perry that will allow the pastor to buy and demolish the motel to make way for a community center.

The Rev. Corey Brooks moved into a tent on the roof of the motel Nov. 22 and has spent 94 days on his third-story perch in an effort to bring attention to gun violence that plagues the area. He had said he wouldn’t come down until he raised the $450,000 to buy the former motel, which he said was a drug den, and raze it."

Good people make my day. I saw Rev. Brooks interviewed and he seems like such a compassionate man. Living on a rooftop in Chicago for three months in the winter (though a mild winter) has got to suck.


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-pastor-to-end-rooftop-vigil-after-donation-from-tyler-perry-20120224,0,701016.story