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Michael Murney

Obama Center. Illustration By: Haley Tweedell.

It’s Not About Obama 

Obama Center CBA organizers remain focused on Black South Siders’ needs as rents climb.

by Michael Murney
March 3, 2021March 3, 2021

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Apr 14

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This week’s issue includes two op-eds from community residents about #AdamToledo, looking at the narratives about his death by police; also a timeline of CPD killing children, how media covers violence, and more. Together, these pieces make a call for justice. (Illustration: @thusisterstudio )

This week’s issue includes two op-eds from community residents about #AdamToledo, looking at the narratives about his death by police; also a timeline of CPD killing children, how media covers violence, and more. Together, these pieces make a call for justice. (Illustration: @thusisterstudio ) ...

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Apr 13

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A casino will affect the whole city, and should the 78 site be proposed and chosen, there will be long-term impacts on surrounding neighborhoods, including Pilsen, the South Loop, and Bronzeville. Most immediately, it would affect Chinatown. 🎨@shanetolentin0

A casino will affect the whole city, and should the 78 site be proposed and chosen, there will be long-term impacts on surrounding neighborhoods, including Pilsen, the South Loop, and Bronzeville. Most immediately, it would affect Chinatown.

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Apr 10

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Many people in Latinx communities are finding information about vaccines not only through official sources, but through word of mouth and community-based organizations that are doing bilingual outreach independently or as part of Protect Chicago Plus. There are still challenges with this approach—namely, that outreach to Spanish-speaking communities is not uniform and relies on under-resourced groups to do the heavy lifting.

Many people in Latinx communities are finding information about vaccines not only through official sources, but through word of mouth and community-based organizations that are doing bilingual outreach independently or as part of Protect Chicago Plus. There are still challenges with this approach—namely, that outreach to Spanish-speaking communities is not uniform and relies on under-resourced groups to do the heavy lifting. ...

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Apr 4

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Being a Black woman from the hood is a superpower many can’t comprehend. Feat. Naira Ikoro, Ceiara Herbert, Tonika Johnson, E’mon Lauren, Inez White

Being a Black woman from the hood is a superpower many can’t comprehend.

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Apr 3

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NEW! Photo essay feat. Tonika Johnson and South Side women. Plus: Sun Ra’s Chicago, Chinatown casino, COP House, Latinx vaccine outreach, and more! 📸@thoughtpoet77

NEW! Photo essay feat. Tonika Johnson and South Side women. Plus: Sun Ra’s Chicago, Chinatown casino, COP House, Latinx vaccine outreach, and more!

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Join a creative and collaborative team that believes in producing media that centers the needs and voices of residents of the South Side of Chicago. Deadline to apply is April 25, at midnight. View the full job description and application at the link in our bio.

Join a creative and collaborative team that believes in producing media that centers the needs and voices of residents of the South Side of Chicago.

Deadline to apply is April 25, at midnight.

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A hospital physician, a youth homeless shelter manager, and a grocery store employee speak on their experiences with the vaccine in the South Side.

A hospital physician, a youth homeless shelter manager, and a grocery store employee speak on their experiences with the vaccine in the South Side. ...

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Mar 27

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Chicago data from mid March shows the South Side continues to lag behind in FIRST doses of the vaccine. Zip codes outlined in orange show where grocery store and retail workers live—one of the largest sectors of frontline workers in Chicago eligible for the vaccine in 1b. 📊@maerunes

Chicago data from mid March shows the South Side continues to lag behind in FIRST doses of the vaccine.

Zip codes outlined in orange show where grocery store and retail workers live—one of the largest sectors of frontline workers in Chicago eligible for the vaccine in 1b.

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Mar 19

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NEW ISSUE! Essential Workers Lagging Behind on Vaccines Did you know restaurant workers are still not eligible for the vaccine? And that grocery store and retail workers make up one of the largest job sectors in Chicago but their ZIP codes remain on the lower end of vaccination rates? 🎨@magathee

NEW ISSUE! Essential Workers Lagging Behind on Vaccines

Did you know restaurant workers are still not eligible for the vaccine?

And that grocery store and retail workers make up one of the largest job sectors in Chicago but their ZIP codes remain on the lower end of vaccination rates?

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Everything Felt Like a Punishment: Detainees at Stateville Correctional Center describe COVID-19 behind bars Read letters in their own words. Link in bio. Illustration by @shanetolentin0

Everything Felt Like a Punishment: Detainees at Stateville Correctional Center describe COVID-19 behind bars

Read letters in their own words. Link in bio.

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Mar 5

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Obama Center CBA organizers remain focused on Black South Siders’ needs as rents climb. “We don’t have time to waste in the discussion of ‘well it’s Obama, trust him,’ or ‘he’s the first Black president and you’re trying to stop him.’ It’s way beyond Obama. We have to focus on saving our lives, our homes.” 🎨@haleytweedell

Obama Center CBA organizers remain focused on Black South Siders’ needs as rents climb. “We don’t have time to waste in the discussion of ‘well it’s Obama, trust him,’ or ‘he’s the first Black president and you’re trying to stop him.’ It’s way beyond Obama. We have to focus on saving our lives, our homes.”
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Op-Ed: How Undocumented Chicagoans Are Ensuring a True Sanctuary City Mayor Rahm Emanuel would leave office with exceptions to the sanctuary city ordinance still in place, but because of our continued coordinated organizing efforts, both inside City Hall via progressive council members and outside via campaigns led by our communities building collective power—what we call inside/outside organizing—we won measures that we had called for since 2015.

Op-Ed: How Undocumented Chicagoans Are Ensuring a True Sanctuary City

Mayor Rahm Emanuel would leave office with exceptions to the sanctuary city ordinance still in place, but because of our continued coordinated organizing efforts, both inside City Hall via progressive council members and outside via campaigns led by our communities building collective power—what we call inside/outside organizing—we won measures that we had called for since 2015. ...

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The Justice Issue

April 14, 2021April 15, 2021

Stop Asian Hate

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Removing the use of ‘inmates’

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