After an increase in carjackings in our city and community, Alderman Michelle Harris has worked diligently with Alderman Greg Mitchell and Alderman Christopher Taliaferro to ensure our community’s safety. On Friday, January...
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Meadows Eastside thanks the Austin community for registering more than 80 homes for “Light Up The Night” Jan 18, 2021.
Meadows Eastside thanks the Austin community for registering more than 80 homes for “Light Up The Night”, in collaboration with the NAC and 25th District Police Department, we honor the legacy of service of Dr. King...
THIS LAND WAS THEIR LAND: FOREST PRESERVES HONOR NATIVE AMERICANS Earth day Film Fest
By Susan Messer Begin with this: Today, nearly 65,000 Native Americans, representing more than 100 tribal nations, live in Chicagoland—making this one of the largest urban Native American populations in the country. Section of...
SACRED and Nature Play Garden Project Presentation and Discussion (Old YMCA) and Article by Maxwell Evans, Block Club Chicago South Chicago’s Long-Planned Jan 14, 2021
South Chicago’s Long-Planned Affordable Housing, Retail Development On 92nd Street Set To Open In 2 Years Two projects on 92nd Street, one of which has been in the works for more than a decade, will bring 78 units of affordable...
How’s Your Internet, South Shore? Residents Asked To Weigh In As Organizers Work To Bridge ‘Digital Divide’ (The Neighborhood Network Alliance) by Maxwell Evans, Block Club Chicago Jan 15, 2021.
Two of Chicago’s top 10 census tracts with the most households in need of broadband internet access are in South Shore. SOUTH SHORE — A South Shore nonprofit is seeking input on a strategy for improving broadband access in...
Would President Trump actually lose anything from impeachment? by WGN Jan 13, 2021.
WASHINGTON (KTVX) — The U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump Wednesday, which makes him the only president in the nation’s history to have been impeached twice. However, it will take more than...
Illinois House Elects Welch First Black Speaker, First New Leader in Decades, Replacing Madigan NBC News Jan 13, 2021.
The Illinois House of Representatives on Wednesday elected Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch as the state’s first Black speaker and the chamber’s first new leader in decades, marking a seismic shift of power in...
Despite Mayor’s Claim, City Tried To Stop Release Of Video Showing Police Running Over Woman Records show the battle for video of the incident that critically injured Martina Standley in South Shore stretched on for more than a year. PUBLISHED ONJAN 13, 2021 Maxwell Evans Block Club Chicago
SOUTH SHORE — The activist who fought for the release of videos of a Chicago police officer running over Martina Standley with a police SUV in 2019 had to go to court to get the city to turn them over. A judge ordered them to be...
Selection of photographs from my ongoing Calumet Region project by Matthew Kaplan 2021
Click to View Work: Dear I’m happy to announce that a selection of photographs from my ongoing Calumet Region project is currently on exhibit at the Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster, Indiana...
RISE Weekly Review January 4th – January 11th 2021
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