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Chicago Cyclists Buy Out Vendors' Goods Amid Crackdown
- On Sunday, Cycling x Solidarity and the Street Vendors Association of Chicago rode to buy out vendors' goods across Chicago's Latino neighborhoods, responding to DHS's Midway Blitz and delivering food to shelters.
- Since the start of the federal crackdown, enforcement actions have emptied neighborhood streets, producing more than 3,200 arrests in the Chicago metropolitan area and causing vendors to fear leaving home.
- Rick Rosales, community organizer, Cycling x Solidarity, runs two weekly buyout rides supporting five vendors each, while the Street Vendors Association of Chicago launched a GoFundMe with a $300,000 goal and Delilah Martinez started `Operation Buyout`, purchasing stock and distributing cash and equipment.
- Volunteers load purchased food for shelters and families after buyouts, while street vendors have told organizers `You saved my life`; last week, over 100 Brighton Park neighborhood residents rallied for a detained vendor.
- Advocates say the loss of vendors is a cultural and economic blow, part of the fabric of our city, while Maria Orozco and others highlight longtime vendors like a baker from Mexico City and organizers expand support through restaurant crawls and pop-ups.
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