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Back of the Yards Residents Say “No” to Ward Divisions
Video and slide-show below On Saturday Nov. 12, Back of the Yards residents and community leaders gathered for a press event at David Square Park to say “no” to the ward divisions that for 10 years have delayed progress in their neighborhood. From reopening the neighborhood’s local library, fighting back violence and keeping the [...]
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Feel It. Check It. Fight it.
Regular Screenings Proved Vital After Local Resident is Diagnosed with Breast Cancer Marta Pacheco, 54, never imagined that a simple community health fair would help save her life. After participating in a free mammogram exam, she thought the results would be the same as her other regular yearly checkups. However, she was stunned when the exam [...]
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Occupy Wall Street Movement Gains Momentum
Wamaid Metsey-Borges never planned to celebrate her 40th birthday in jail. She was among the 175 people arrested Saturday night, Oct. 15. After a 40th birthday dinner with friends, Borges headed over to Grant Park where many Occupy Chicago protesters gathered as part of the worldwide movement against corporate greed and government capitulation to big [...]
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Art Down the Street: Chicago Artists Month Features Art Walks in Pilsen and Little Village
While some residents make their way to the heart of Pilsen’s art district, others will stroll through 26th Street to catch this year’s assortment of Latino exhibiting artists, as both neighborhoods are participants in the annual Chicago Artists Month For three months, Jackie Orozco carried a glass jar everywhere she went. As she encountered friends, [...]
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Undocumented Youth: Dreaming, Waiting, Falling Through the Cracks
Interviews and Reporting by THE GATE’s Youth Journalists Spanish translation immediately follows at the end of this article. Traducción en español sigue inmediatamente al final del articulo. Although exact numbers are hard to attain, it is no secret the Back of the Yards neighborhood is home to a large population of undocumented youth who arrive [...]
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Transfer Battle: CPS Red Tape Ties Up Incoming Freshmen
Since the beginning of the new academic year, Richards High School principal, Mary Dolan, and neighborhood parents have struggled over the fate of incoming 9th graders who were accepted to other area schools. Parents whose children were ready to start in other high schools but who were also enrolled in the Richards’ roster said their [...]
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Residents Find Creative Ways to Earn a Living
The numbers are not promising— August’s figures show that unemployment rates have experienced zero movement at 9.1 percent. Among the most affected are Latinos and Blacks. Recent findings from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate the unemployment rate for Blacks are as high as 15.9 percent, followed by 11.3 percent for Latinos and 8.1 [...]
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Track E System Shows Positive Results, Local School Struggles with Heat
While some Chicago students are still enjoying the last weeks of summer others have begun working on their first homework assignments, adjusting to the first weeks back at school. Track E schools, a newer system with a less extended summer break and more one-week breaks throughout the school year, began classes on August 8 for [...]
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Six Youth Arrested at Demonstration Against ‘Secure Communities’
Immigrant advocates gathered in protest, where six youth were arrested, after attending a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) task force hearing on Wednesday, August 17, held to address the issue of the federal deportation program, Secure Communities. The hearing, one of several held in other cities across the country, was organized in efforts to gather [...]
Community Youth Organize to Save Local Radio Station
It has been all over the news—Yollocalli Arts Reach and Radio Arte’s futures are uncertain. For years, both programs have allowed youth and older adults, who otherwise would not be able to enroll in a high quality arts academy or be part of a radio station, learn new skills, discover new passions, and open new [...]
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