Full Democracy

05/28/2024

What would you do with $900M in public funds? Something tells me building new prisons isn’t the first thing to come to mind. Bill Ayers poses solid alternatives in this Sun-Times Op-Ed.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to tear down the two prisons and spend $900 million on a new facility. Instead, Illinois should lead the country on working vigorously to end mass incarceration.

05/31/2018

We launched a Park Advisory Council for our neighborhood park. Join us on June 16th at 9:00 AM for an active day building with neighbors as we work to improve the park. Light snacks will be provided.

Chicago Parks Foundation & Jessie "Ma" Houston Park Advisory Council Present: It’s Your Park Day @ Jessie "Ma" Houston Park Kick off the summer with a day filled with park enhancement and community bonding. Community volunteers will mulch trees, replacing fibar on playgrounds, and cleaning our par...

08/31/2017

In Chicagoland and looking for a job, don't look past the airports.

The event is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Malcolm X College.

07/12/2017

http://fulldemocracy.com/2017/07/conversion-of-nta-is-an-affront-to-black-achievement/

Conversion of NTA Is An Affront to Black Achievement National Teachers Academy (NTA) is a Level 1 elementary school, the second highest rating Chicago Public Schools (CPS) assigns to its schools. A Level 1 school is regarded as having “high performance” and being “a good school choice with many pos...

07/12/2017

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-schools-south-loop-plan-met-20170710-story.html

Chicago Public Schools on Monday said it has tweaked its plan to turn an elementary school in the booming South Loop community into a high school.

07/12/2017

http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/07/10/parents-community-seek-unity-new-south-loop-high-school-proposal

Hundreds of parents and Near South Side residents weighed in Monday night on a controversial proposal that would transition the National Teachers Academy into a new South Loop high school.

07/12/2017

Join the hundreds of community members fighting to protect NTA from
conversion to a high school.

NTA's enrollment boundaries are being reduced from 18th and 25th street to 22nd-25th street. This will... (797 signatures on petition)

07/12/2017

The CTU is spot on in its analysis of the new developments at NTA. We're seeing communities pitted against each other for scarce resources, high quality education. History tells us that black families will receive the short end of the stick. We have to push our local elected officials to push for a greater resources in neighboring schools like Phillips. We need new arrivals in the South Loop and the pillars of Chinatown to push for the same. https://www.ctunet.com/media/press-releases/community-near-south-side-parents-students-teachers-school-closure

School community speaks out at National Teachers Academy town hall meeting today at 5 p.m.

05/21/2017

Home ownership is a lifelong dream for many.  Understandably so.  Owning a home offers freedom from rising rents, the security of a fixed address and the right to do as you wish on your property.

05/15/2017

Happy Mother's Day to all the phenomenal women who parent, whether its children of your own or others that you accept as your own. May you be recognized for your tireless love, selflessness and resolve. You're on Local School Councils fighting for quality education in the face of shrinking budgets. You're in the workplace breaking barriers in the face of Fox-level sexism. You're in courtrooms and classrooms demanding due process from state actors and private citizens acting under the color of law. You're the true believers in houses of worship, some of which may withhold from you offices of leadership. In a world that may not always recognize you in full, your indomitable spirit, resilience, care and insight continue to be the cornerstone of humanity. One day is but a scintilla of what you deserve.

04/29/2017

Good to know Rahm Emanuel has the money to keep CPS open through the end of the full school year.