Local Ukrainian group fighting to keep murals of slain woman out of Chicago

Elleiana Green — 2026-02-06T11:30:29Z

Weeks after a mural of a slain Ukrainian refugee appeared in a West Side neighborhood, a local Ukrainian group is fighting to prevent a second mural from going up.
Members of the Illinois chapter of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) received word from Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th) that a constituent had made a request to paint a mural somewhere in the North Center neighborhood. It was not immediately clear if the proposed mural was linked to the North Center artwork of (…)

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