Shamayim "Mama Shu" Harris’s heart and soul is on her block in Highland Park, transforming it into a place of beauty and for personal growth through her nonprofit, The Avalon Village. The Highland Park City Council is expected to make a decision Tuesday night hat Mama Shu says could impact her mission on Avalon.

She lost one son to a hit and run and lost another to murder -- but “Mama Shu” Harris still fights on to make her Highland Park neighborhood better.