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GoodKids MadCity

Posted inOpinion & Editorials

Opinion: Black and Brown Youth Need Commitment, Not Criminalization

by Kofi Ademola and Reynia Jackson May 20, 2025May 20, 2025

y first time speaking in front of the City Council, with Mayor Richard M. Daley at the helm, was in the 1990s as a teenager arguing against the so-called anti-gang ordinance.  What I didn’t know then was how this racist policy was connected to a long historical arc of Chicago controlling, regulating and brutalizing young […]

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City Council Advances Progressive Goals

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by Jim Daley August 3, 2021August 3, 2021
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Stop Asian Hate

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Activists Discuss Crisis within Crises and Transformation at the Healing Justice Retreat Series

by Jocelyn Vega July 22, 2020July 25, 2020
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Essential Work: China and Miracle of GoodKids MadCity share their experiences organizing to transform the city of Chicago

by Adeshina Emmanuel and Erisa Apantaku July 15, 2020July 16, 2020

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