For moms who've lost children to gun violence, hand-delivered flowers for Mother's Day
by Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune
May 11, 2018
3 minutes
CHICAGO - The Saturday before Mother's Day, for three years running, Tamar Manasseh has thrown a party.
It's on the corner of 75th Street and Stewart Avenue in Englewood. There's a band. There's a DJ. There's a photo booth. There's a whole lot of food.
"I'm Jewish, and I'm black," Manasseh said. "If there's one thing my people have in common, it's the universal language of food."
Manasseh is the mother of two grown children and the founder
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