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In response to the number of gay teen suicides across the United States, efforts like the “It Gets Better Project” have sprung up online. Locally there are several resources available to young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered (LGBT) Chicagoans. A minor who lives on Chicago’s North Side and decides to come out can find support...
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Help the Active Transportation Alliance celebrate its role as the leading voice for sustainable transportation in Chicagoland by coming to the Bike Town Bash on Saturday, December 4. To honor 25 years of making the streets safer for everyone, Active Trans invites attendees to take a trip back to 1985 with a best ‘80s...
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Chicago Detours is offering a couple of freebies on Friday, Nov. 26 and Saturday, Nov. 27. Free tours will be offered on those days at 10:30 a.m. Reservations are required and can be made via their website. Meet tour leader Amanda Scotese, a former guide with PBS travel show host Rick Steves, just inside the...
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Columbia College College graduate Mallory Sohmer screened her recent documentary at the Ferguson Memorial Theater on Friday while also discussing her career to current Columbia film students.
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Two candidates challenging Gene Schulter for 47th Ward alderman cited the city’s privatization of the parking meters as a leading factor in their decision to run for alderman. Both Ameya Pawar, a 30-year-old independent, and Matt Reichl, a 29-year-old who is seeking endorsement from the Green party, said the privatization of the meters was...
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By Jackson Thomas and Danejia Jones The Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council (BYNC,) 1751 W. 47th St., is one of the oldest nonprofit community organizations in the United States. The council serves a great area of Chicago’s South Side and neighborhoods within the community. Residents of these communities experience high unemployment, juvenile delinquency,...
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Thom Clark, CMW Image by biverson via Flickr The Community Media Workshop (CMW) is raring to give $2,000 to a student with the best grassroots class project at the Studs Terkel Community Media Awards. If you aren’t sure exactly what a “grassroots project” for the Studs Terkel Community Media Awards should be, check out...
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The Writing Laboratory Project at Chicago’s George Armstrong International Studies Elementary School at 2110 W. Greenleaf Ave., will be busy Nov. 19th as 500 students from 3rd to 5th grade, compete in an essay contest on the topic, “Changing the World One Heart at a Time.” The student essays will address how and why...
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