Chicago – On March 23, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a new partnership with the YMCA and five Chicago hotels to house health care workers, people awaiting COVID-19 test results and residents experiencing homelessness.
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The Real Chi reporter Angel Sanders gives her expert selections for shows to watch while practicing social distancing in her own words!
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Reynaldo Engram loves to lend a helping hand, especially when gardening is involved. As a child he helped senior citizens with their gardens. Today, thanks to Farm on Ogden, he has paired his delightful smile with a gardening skill set that gives him an opportunity to change his community - and his own life - for the better.
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Nearly 20 years ago, Brenda Palms Barber, the executive director of the North Lawndale employment Network (NLEN), knew that in order to create a successful business focusing on employing previously incarcerated men and women she had to create a company that would match their skill set.
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CHICAGO - During the summer of 1995, a heat wave caused 739 predominantly black, elderly and poor Chicagoans to die heat-related deaths during a five-day period, overwhelming communities, families and city staff tasked with dealing with the deadly crisis.
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CHICAGO - Prison Yoga Chicago (PYC) held their first International Women’s Day event on Sunday, March 8th.
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CHICAGO - The North Lawndale Employment Network (NLEN) exceeded their $400,000 fundraising goal - surpassing last year’s total - at their annual fundraising event, Sweet Beginnings Tea, last month.
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Zhaoqiu He, the founder of an arts center based in Chicago's Chinatown, performs Cantonese Opera alongside with over 20 other senior immigrants from the southern part of China. They find a community of common roots and celebrate their later years with music.
By performing at the library regularly, they also showcase the traditional culture to a younger Chinese American generation as well as all the other people around the city.
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Projection Exploration held a meeting inviting all Austin youth program providers and facilitators to discuss how they could best support youth from the West Side of Chicago with the support of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s initiative, My Chi. My Future (MCMF) last month. The meeting broke into several parts including table discussions and programming activities.
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Long papers, lack of sleep and busy class schedules aren’t stopping university students from rallying behind Sen. Bernie Sanders (I -VT) for the 2020 Illinois primary, in fact, being on campus has provided students a new channel to be politically active in the upcoming elections.
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The 345 Art Gallery celebrated artists of color in the North Lawndale community for the opening of the “Portrait Narratives in Black Form” exhibit - a one night only event.
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