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Advocates Want Better Trained Educators for English Language Learners
Parents and activists are asking Illinois legislators for measures to support students who do not speak English as their first language. The Pilsen Neighbors Community Council and Gamaliel of Metro Chicago, two organizations that focus on education issues, held a press conference outside the James R. Thompson Center on Jan. 17. They want post-secondary institutions [...]
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South Siders Unite to Celebrate Dr. King, Demand Change in Their Communities
South Siders crowded into West Point Missionary Baptist Church to celebrate the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Sunday, Jan. 13. The event was part of a public meeting and served as an outlet for South Side residents to map out a blueprint of key issues they want to address in their communities. [...]
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Community Demands Release of Undocumented Workers
Advocates and church leaders had been protesting outside the Chicago Loop headquarters of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security since Friday, Nov. 30. The protests came after the arrest of 34 undocumented workers on Thursday, Nov. 29. Protest organizers said the men who were taken from the Chicago Pallet Factory in Elk Grove Village had [...]
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People’s Voices, People’s Choices
Chicago residents talk to The Gate about the issues they think are most important in these elections Before Election Day on Nov. 6, The Gate took to the streets around our coverage areas to find out what residents think is important to them in these upcoming elections. While most of the people interviewed affirmed their [...]
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SMALL but not Ordinary
Local manufacturers’ shop “pops-up” in Chicago Cultural Center The Bridgeport-based Small Manufacturing Alliance (SMALL) opened a new temporary “pop-up” shop in the former Chicago Cultural Center gift shop. Intended to highlight the city’s unique locally manufactured products for the approaching holiday season, “SMALL is Ordinary,” proved to be anything but at the opening event on [...]
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Tipping the Scale: Study Shows Latinos to be Among Hardest Hit by Upcoming Obesity Epidemic
Obesity rates are still on the upswing and may reach record highs by 2030, a new study reports. In Illinois, well over 53.7 percent of its residents could end up obese with an increased likelihood for heart disease, stroke and diabetes. For Latinos the numbers are also alarming. The report “F as in Fat: How [...]
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Organizers and Legislators Band Together to Push for Driver’s License Reform at State Level
State legislators are proposing highway safety regulations that would allow undocumented people to obtain driver’s licenses. Lawmakers and members of the Latino community met on Thursday Sept. 27 at Pilsen’s National Museum of Mexican Art to discuss the bill that could pass this November with the support of the Latino Legislative Caucus. If passed, the [...]
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