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Download My State of Mind: The Guide Book (PDF) by SocialWorks

by Chicago Reader October 15, 2020August 18, 2021

This 20-page section was a special pullout supplement in the October 15, 2020 Chicago Reader.
This content would not be possible without the support of the Chicago Reader partners: Habilitative Systems, Sinai Chicago, Joliet Job Corps and Paul Simon Job Corps, Adler University, Chicago Behavioral Hospital, Thresholds, and Kadima Mental Health Services.

Posted inMusic

Open the Circle teaches footwork because footwork saves lives

by Jacob Arnold August 21, 2019August 18, 2021

Chicago nonprofit Open the Circle works to spread a local Black dance culture that can knit together youth communities.

Posted inMusic

The best overlooked Chicago hip-hop of 2018

by Leor Galil December 20, 2018August 18, 2021

Chicago’s hip-hop scene overflows with such variety and abundance that it’s impossible to show enough love to every great release—but that’s no reason not to try.

Posted inMusic

Jessica Marks sings a ghostly song in a haunted house

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil September 12, 2017August 18, 2021

Jessica Marks sings a ghostly song in a haunted house, the Palmer Squares play a benefit for Chance’s Arts & Literature Fund, and more.

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm Emanuel feeling good about Chicago Public Schools as the 2017-’18 school year begins, and other news

by Kate Shepherd September 5, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the Obama Foundation wants to change the nation’s stereotypes about the south side.

Posted inBlogs

Grand jury still weighing more indictments in the Laquan McDonald case, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 31, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the Field Museum is giving Sue her own private suite.

Posted inBlogs

Jamila Woods includes Chicago schoolkids, joyful blackness, and a backyard barbecue in her video for ‘LSD’

by Ashley Ray-Harris August 15, 2017August 18, 2021

For her new video, soul singer Jamila Woods collaborated with Chance the Rapper, VAM studios, and a group of CPS students—one of whom created the treatment for the clip.

Posted inBlogs

Rahm has been making a comeback as a ‘national political operator’ since Trump’s election, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd March 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, local immigration officials are now detaining deportees in Kankakee County instead of suburban Broadview.

Posted inBlogs

Chance the Rapper led a crowd of thousands from his Grant Park party to the polls

by Tiffany Walden November 8, 2016August 18, 2021

Monday’s Parade to the Polls outgrew its planned location before it even began, and Chance the Rapper ended up leading a crowd of thousands from Grant Park to an early-voting site.

Posted inBlogs

Updated: Chance the Rapper’s new nonprofit hosts a ‘Parade to the Polls’ on Monday

by Tiffany Walden November 4, 2016August 18, 2021

Chance the Rapper’s SocialWorks collaborates with Chicago Votes and Prime Fortune on a free concert at the Virgin Hotel and a march to the Chicago Board of Elections.

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