SAFE HAVENS OPEN TO NEGRO CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (CPS) STUDENTS ON SPRING BREAK - Due to black on black violence

Chicago Public Schools students are on spring break this week. Throughout the city, Safe Havens are open and activities are planned to help keep students safe while they are out of school.

Each Safe Haven site across the city is open from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. this week. Free meals and activities will be offered.

Click here for a list of Safe Haven locations.

A jump rope and a clear sidewalk is a good time for this 6-year-old. She and many of the kids in this Englewood neighborhood stay close to home - very close.

"When we were younger and it was spring break, we would wake up outside. But you can't do that, you can't send your kids outside for fear of something happening to them," said Kim Dunbar.

Dunbar joined Mothers Against Senseless Killings last year. The mother and grandmother will help offer a safe spaces during spring break this week. Their first Moms on Patrol event is in Englewood.

Tamar Manasseh started the group in Englewood and is taking MASK to other areas of the city.

"It's community. It's what so many of us grew up with but somehow got away from," Manasseh said.

Further south in the West Pullman neighborhood, some students on spring break find a safe haven at Maple Park United Methodist Church.

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