Community
Oak Park church to host reception for adults with mental illness
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Residents are invited to attend the 7 p.m. Sept. 29 event featuring the Faith and Fellowship outreach group.
Community
Austin students go back to school
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As many celebrate the end of teachers strike, one West Side advocate expresses concerns about the agreement to tie teacher evaluations to student test scores.
Community
Austin featured in ‘Violence hits home for aldermen’
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In the Sept. 16 Chicago Sun-Times piece, Ald. Emma Mitts and others express concerns about living in communities plagued by violence.
Community
Austin students, parents impacted by strike
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With teachers still picketing on day four, residents wait for an agreement that will allow kids to go back to school.
Community
Austin celebrates Ed Bailey-Leola Spann Community Garden
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The official dedication Sept. 8 brought a crowd including representatives from various sponsoring businesses and organizations, state Rep. Camille Lilly and Ald. Deborah Graham.
Community
Clergy coalition launches weekend-long petition drive
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Faith leaders will gather at 10 a.m. today at St. James Cathedral, 671 N. Wabash Ave., to start a weekend-long Sensible Gun Legislation petition event.
Community
A year in review: 2011 Education Reform Act
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West Side advocate Valerie Leonard looks back at the changes made by the act and talks to other activists about the reforms they think are needed for Chicago schools.
Community
“Violence: Black in America” town hall Tuesday night
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The emergency meeting, hosted by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, is scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 28 at Christ the King Jesuit College Prep High School, 5088 W. Jackson Blvd.
Community
Family of slain Chicagoans stand by coalition’s petition for gun legislation
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A 9:30 a.m. Aug. 28 breakfast meeting followed by an 11 a.m. press conference is planned at The New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church, where families of victims will support and speak for the coalition’s call to reinstate the assault weapons ban and the passage of gun legislation under HB 5831.
Community
Paid internship open for Choose Respect Illinois
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The position, offered by the Illinois African American Coalition for Prevention, is available to high school students ages 15 to 18, and the deadline to apply is Aug. 31.