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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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A Cook County-funded foreclosure program designed to keep people in their homes is being criticized from a county board member. Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica said the “Foreclosure Mediation Program” targets the wrong demographic. “What disturbs me in particular is that the majority of the people receiving assistance are unable to afford to live...
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Image by Brooklyn Museum via Flickr By LISC Chicago’s New Communities Program Enjoy three short tours of South Chicago online, thanks to YoChicago.com and NewHomeNotebook.com.
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A Cook County judge has granted $50,000 to the scandal plagued Burr Oak Cemetery, while the release of an additional $450,000 still hangs in the balance. The $50,000 will pay for upkeep of the south suburban Alsip cemetery pending its reopening. Cook County Circuit Judge Martin Agren released the funds to Roman Szabelski, the...
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The sudden news that CPS plans to relocate a politically-connected charter school to the building of a recently-closed neighborhood school in Pilsen has once again raised concerns over lack of accountability for school facilities decisions — and over charter schools getting resources that are denied to neighborhood schools. The Pilsen Alliance, which works with...
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By Jeanette Almada of LISC Chicago’s New Communities Program Two new affordable apartment buildings are benefiting Pilsen residents in two ways: they’re providing residents with high-quality, low-cost housing, and they’re occupying vacant industrial sites that had become neighborhood eyesores. The recently completed 45-unit Casa Morelos Apartments – one of the two resident buildings –...
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By Christoper Pratt of The Urban Coaster A dose of property-owner-pooled money will allow two artists and 75 youth to leave a long-lasting imprint on the Glenwood Avenue Arts District. For six weeks this summer, Dustin Harris and Lea Pinsky, teamed up with youth from the Howard Area Community Center to paint a 330-foot...
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By James Ginderske of The Urban Coaster Nearly 400 friends and neighbors of Emanuel Congregation, a Rogers Park/Edgewater Synagogue founded in 1880 stood together in a show of support over the appearance of Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) demonstrators in front of the Congregation’s home on Sheridan Road. The WBC, known for demonstrating at American...
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By James Ginderske of The Urban Coaster The Chicago 2016 committee gave a presentation at the 49th ward selected location of the Rogers Park library on August 5 revealing little in the way of new information while conveying a local version of their city-wide effort to market the bid to Chicago neighborhoods. In a...
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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...
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