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Pilsen Residents Unite to Fight Violence
Community members say violence in Pilsen has gotten worse, come together to end crime in their neighborhood Pilsen is a close-knit community where generations of Mexican-American families have lived for over 30 years. Many of the families have experienced ups and downs with neighborhood violence, but recently, community residents say it’s gotten worse. On Saturday [...]
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Residents Question Rahm’s New Anti-Violence Initiative
New program promises to fight violence in the city’s high crime neighborhoods, replaces anti-violence initiatives residents say were working A new partnership between Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is expected to fight the violence in some of Chicago’s high crime neighborhoods. The Community Anti-violence and Restoration Effort (CARE) [...]
Tilden Back to School Event
With their school now a turnaround, Tilden students are ready for a fresh start On Monday, Aug. 13 classes resumed for students at 243 CPS Track E schools, among them the new turnaround school in Back of the Yards, Tilden Career Academy. Starting with a neighborhood walk on Aug. 4, the newly hired school staff and [...]
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New Back of the Yards High School Update
Searching for a principal, drawing school boundaries CPS officials gave the green light for the hiring of the new Back of the Yards IB high school principal, but the process seems to be extending to mid October. Community residents and school principals met with CPS officials on Wednesday, Aug. 8 to go over the timeline [...]
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Massive Turnout of Undocumented Youth During Dream Relief Day
Thousands of potential beneficiaries for the new deferred action program came out to Navy Pier in hopes to complete the application and get legal advice. But some experts say individuals should be cautious at least until after this year’s elections. A seemingly endless line of young people surrounded the Navy Pier grounds as they waited [...]
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Defying the Odds to Awaken a Community
New City Youth Create Newspaper Mural, Urge Residents to Open Lines of Communication Imagine living in a block where 12 to 15 houses are empty and only six or seven remain inhabited. “That ain’t safe to a lot of kids,” said John Jones, 17, who lives on one of those blocks. Every day, youth like Jones [...]
Cook County Approves Creation of Land Bank
In efforts to help combat the foreclosure crisis faced in Chicago and its surrounding areas, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved on Tuesday, July 24 the formation of an advisory committee that will study various models for the creation of a land bank. A land bank is a public authority tasked with managing the [...]
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Youth Counseling Program Proves to be Effective, Study Finds
Sixteen-year-old Jamal Lockett was gunned down in the South Shore neighborhood over a dispute involving a bicycle. Two groups of kids were arguing on a Saturday afternoon about whether someone stole a bike from someone else. Minutes later, a 17-year-old pulled out a gun out of his waistband and fired into the other group. “Violence [...]
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