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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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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.

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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.

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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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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?

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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

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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.

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School Desegregation History on the Far Southwest Side: Scottsdale and Ashburn experienced the wrath of white supremacy against a busing program to integrate schools like Bogan High School in the 70s. Archival photos courtesy of the Sun-Times.

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