WEST GARFIELD PARK — A West Side pastor who is building a center for “arts and activism” has been named one of the world’s top 100 rising influential voices.

Marshall Hatch Jr., pastor at New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church at 4031 W. Washington Blvd. in West Garfield Park, was named to Time Magazine’s Time100 Next list, a list of up-and-coming innovators, artists, leaders and advocates.

Hatch is featured among names such as WNBA star Paige Bueckers, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and new CBS News boss Bari Weiss. He made the list for his advocacy work as the executive director of the church’s social justice ministry, the MAAFA Redemption Project. Hatch will attend the Time100 Next ceremony Thursday in New York City.

Rev. Al Sharpton wrote about Hatch for Time’s list, with Sharpt

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