Youth soccer coach Ernie Alvarez recounts his days in Douglass Park.
Tag: community organizing
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Dropping beats and seeds
Englewood rapper Heavy Crownz blends art and community organizing.
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How Chicago’s Section 8 voucher voting bloc could sway local elections
Households in the rental assistance program are a significant (and significantly overlooked) constituency in Chicago.
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The Chicago Housing Authority’s sleeping giant
The CHA provides Section 8 vouchers to tens of thousands of low-income households. Is the agency trying to keep them from realizing their collective power?
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How to survive a shooting
After her 19-year-old daughter’s murder, Nortasha Stingley tries to figure what comes next.
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Obama’s (former) vow to attack poverty
Back when the president was just a candidate, poverty was on his agenda
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Thanks for fighting, Robert Lucas
Honoring the legacy of a legendary Chicago civil rights activist
Posted inNews & Politics
Jay Travis, the organizer
The People Issue: Jay Travis, the community organizer investing in the south side
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Street Gospel
Rev. Michael Pfleger in “Radical Disciple” Bob Hercules, who explored the lives of Barack Obama, pioneering community organizer Saul Alinsky, and gadfly Holocaust survivor Eva Kor in his previous documentaries, […]