ack in February, everyone at Project Onwardâs studio shifted from their workstations and huddled for a group meeting to discuss the novel coronavirus possibly appearing in the United States. Then, the details of COVID-19 were highly unknown, but the disability arts organizationâs artists and staff tried to address the uncertainty of what might come. Some […]
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Census Spotlight: Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) is on a mission to ensure that people experiencing homelessness are counted in the 2020 Census by increasing awareness that housing status does not bar census participation. Gloria Davis, CCHâs Census 2020 project manager, is leading outreach efforts with unhoused populations, despite COVID-19. Her work at CCH is […]
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Power and Healing in the Face of COVID-19: ADOS- and Black-led organizations discuss how they’re lifting up their communities
n independent conversations regarding the impact of COVID-19 in Chicagoâs Black communities, representatives of Black Women Organizing for Power (BWOP), Getting Grown Collective, and Ujimaa Medics discussed their reactions and responses to the global pandemic. COVID-19 infection rates are significantly higher in the Black community, and Black Chicagoans made up seventy out of the first […]
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Entrevista: La salud mental durante COVID-19 en las comunidades afroamericana, indĂgena y la gente de color
Originally published on May 27, 2020, in English Traducido por Gisela Orozco orian A. Ortega es una terapeuta licenciada que brinda servicios de salud mental y mantiene conversaciones intencionales con miembros de la comunidad. Ortega es cofundadora de Healing Jodonas, organizaciĂłn comunitaria que respalda la terapia de grupo a travĂ©s de sesiones de poesĂa, esto […]
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Comunidades que cuentan
Originally published on May 12, 2020, in English Traducido por Gisela Orozco l pasado 1ro de abril, durante una caravana de dos horas que pasĂł por las cuadras residenciales en La Villita, una hilera de autos pitaba y los pasajeros gritaban desde sus ventanas, sobre la calle 26 entre la Cicero Ave. y la California […]
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Q&A: Mental Health During COVID-19 in Black, Indigenous & People of Color Communities
LĂ©alo en español (Trigger warnings: violence, shootings, trauma, touch/affection, racism, and institutional harm.) Dorian A. Ortega is a licensed therapist who provides mental health services and grounds intentional conversations with community members. Ortega cofounded Healing Jodonas, which supports group therapy through poetry sessions for individuals to connect about healing. Additionally, she founded FLY Radical Therapy […]
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Communities That Count
LĂ©alo en español uring a two-hour drive through residential blocks in La Villita on April 1, a string of cars beeped and passengers cheered from their side windows as they rolled from Cicero Avenue to 26th and California. Volunteers and staff from the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), Enlace Chicago, and Taller […]
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Nathaniel Mary Quinnâs Garden from the Robert Taylor Homes
n late February, the National Public Housing Museum (NPHM) and Red Line Service, an organization that helps provide arts access to Chicagoans experiencing homelessness, hosted painter Nathaniel Mary Quinn to share his experiences growing up in the Chicago Housing Authorityâs (CHA) Robert Taylor Homes. The artist talk and dinner was held at the NPHMâs temporary […]
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Census Spotlight
he Census is going digital in 2020, with households classified as either âinternet firstâ or âinternet choiceâ based on their communityâs access to reliable internet. If the U.S. Census Bureau determined that a geographic area has consistent internet access, households are labeled âinternet firstâ and initially receive only an invitation to complete the census online. […]
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Best of Bridgeport & McKinley Park 2019
Best New Brunch: Pochos Best Corner Doors Best Post-Shopping Tamales: Tamale Stand Outside Cermak Fresh Market Best Tool Library: The Chicago Tool Library Best Window into Baking: Butterdough Best Place to Learn Chinese Dance: Yin He Dance January Overton is a lifelong Bridgeport resident and the owner of Jackalope Coffee & Tea House, which has […]