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Senior at Columbia College Chicago. Studying broadcast journalism.
Maywood Youth Mentoring

Maywood Youth Mentoring

Doris Smith said programs like Maywood Youth Mentoring helps her raise her three young grandchildren. “I get a lot of information from the events,” Smith said. “This program helps me, help them.” Smith, 55, is a certified nursing assistant who took in her three young grandchildren – two young boys and a girl – when their parents […]

Maywood Voters Favor Referendum to Raise Minimum Wage

Voters at a polling place in Maywood said Tuesday that voting a straight Democratic ticket is the way to go in this 2014 midterm election. “I’m voting Democrat because we’ve got to get something done,” said Barbara Westwood, a child-care program assistant. Garfield Elementary School, on the corner of Ninth Avenue, is one of the […]

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Minimum Wage and Housing Protest

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Minimum Wage and Housing Protest

Housing and minimum wage activists protested in the Daley Plaza Tuesday, Oct. 7. They called for the minimum wage to be increased and for more housing vouchers. Columbia College Chicago journalism students, Joann Mikhail and Gina Scarpino, share footage from the day’s event. Minimum wage and housing protest Like this: Like Loading…

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