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Sarah Sanders (left), Rev. Sarah Richards, and Becca Tally look to the inmates in the yard at the Pulaski County Dentition Center during the prayer vigil Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Ullin, Ill.

Gallery: Activists hold prayer vigil at Pulaski County Detention Center

By Jared Treece, Staff Photographer
October 11, 2020
Amina Butt, of Carbondale, shows a series of white flags with sayings on them to her son, Yusef, on April 13, 2017, at Carbondale’s Gaia House. About 25 community members gathered at the Gaia House for a vigil as a sign of solidarity with Syria amid the country’s civil war. Butt is a member of the Carbondale Muslim Center and her father is president of the city’s Interfaith Council, a collaborative group of local religious leaders. Butt said she wanted to bring her children to the vigil to teach them about the world and help them understand the ongoing conflict in Syria. “It puts their blessed life in perspective for them,” she said. (Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill)

Photo of the Day: White flags for Syria

By Bill Lukitsch
April 15, 2017
Timothy Cricket Mullen, originally from Greenville, plays his banjitar Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, outside Good Samaritan Ministries. For me to actually sit there and be able to play brings so much joy and so much comfort that I know I can do something thats going to travel with me for the rest of my life, said Mullen about his music. Mullen describes Carbondale as a home away from home. When he is not staying at Good Samaritan House, Mullen stays with whichever friend is able to accommodate him at the time. My thing is, its societys belief that a person is homeless, but wherever you feel more comfortable at, that should be your home, not a building, Mullen said. Me myself, I’m more of a free spirit. Like if I want to go out and do something, Im going to go out and do something. Otherwise I just stay at home, which home could be right over there in that field. (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

City seeks local solution to homelessness

By Anna Spoerre, @ASpoerre_DE
September 27, 2015
Homelessness: The invisible issue

Homelessness: The invisible issue

By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ
March 31, 2015
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