ack in February, everyone at Project Onward’s 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 organization’s 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, CCH’s 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 Chicago’s 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, indígena 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, organización comunitaria que respalda la terapia de grupo a través de sesiones de poesía, 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 pasó 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
Léalo 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
Léalo 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 Quinn’s 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 Authority’s (CHA) Robert Taylor Homes. The artist talk and dinner was held at the NPHM’s temporary […]
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Census Spotlight
he Census is going digital in 2020, with households classified as either “internet first” or “internet choice” based on their community’s access to reliable internet. If the U.S. Census Bureau determined that a geographic area has consistent internet access, households are labeled “internet first” 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 […]