Gerald Whitehead, a former gang member and ex-offender, thought he had finally found a place in society where he could shine.
Fresh out of prison and no longer affiliated with street gangs, Whitehead was striving in bis new trade-thanks to Sweet Beginnings, 3726 N. Floumoy, a non-profit organization on the West Side that assists ex-offenders with job training and placement. Sweet Beginnings is an entity of the North Lawndale Employment Network, a non-profit organization, which operates out of the same West Side location.
But Whitehead, 49, aUeges that the organization used him and other exoffenders as bait to secure grants.
"I went from working 40 hours per week to …
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