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Call us from Lollapalooza and make a live report now. Just call (312) 436-1820 and leave a message for Chicagotalks.org. We will publish your call or a transcript of it. Image via Wikipedia It isn’t rain alone that will keep me at home instead of in Grant Park for Lollapalooza. Consequenceofsound.com has provided me, and anyone... »
Carrotmob is a nationwide consumer activism group with local chapters that reward independently-owned businesses committed to making energy-efficient upgrades. To help make those improvements a reality, Carrotmob stages what they call “reverse boycotts.” In one-day events, Carrotmob participants descend on a business of choice to purchase stuff. Although there is no contract, the business verbally... »
By Ed Finkel of LISC’ Chicago’s New Communities Program The power of creativity struck Chicago artist Monika Kimrey perhaps as never before recently when she worked with a severely developmentally disabled woman, named Arlene, who never spoke and made little eye contact. During weekly sessions at South Chicago Parents and Friends, which provides a full range... »
