By Neal Pollack
From the seventh floor a woman shouted, “We’re not going anywhere!”
Members of the RCYB floated along the fringes, waving their hands, exhorting the crowd to join Moore in her anthem.
“This building ain’t closed,” Moore said.
He motioned to a worker.
“Thanks to the cooperation of residents, elected officials, and community leaders, these families will be safe and warm for winter,” Jackson said. “The savings will be reinvested in our existing properties to improve conditions for all residents.”
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For many years the choir was the group’s only activity. It operated on a shoestring budget, with no permanent staff or funding. It traveled around the city, singing, dancing, and performing a play called The Life of Christ: Then and Now, which featured a Jesus born in the projects and a Joseph who’d fought in the gulf war. Thomas also got God’s Gang involved in a program called Sports Affinity, which trained kids to coach various sports.
