WOODLAWN — Activists are trying to get 4,000 people to link arms on nearly a mile of 63rd Street on Aug. 5 in protest of violence on the South Side.
The human chain will start linking up from Stony Island Avenue to Martin Luther King Drive at 11 a.m., with in a prayer in unison at noon.
The event is being organized by No Shots Fired, a Woodlawn organization working to reduce violent crime in the neighborhood.
Gathering points will be on 63rd Street at Dorchester, University and Maryland avenues.
To participate, register on No Shots Fired’s event website.