By Harry Huggins January 14, 2015 for Medill News Service The animal rights group, PETA, helped distribute fur coats to homeless women at a Chicago nonprofit women Thursday morning. The coats came from a series of fur donation drives across America and were distributed to the clients of Matthew House in Bronzeville. “The cold hurts… Continue reading PETA Distributes Fur Coats to Bronzeville Homeless
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Using or Losing Housing Vouchers in Chicago: A City without a Plan
By Harry Huggins December 14, 2015 for Medill Social Justice News Nexus Karen Boyd lives in a two-bedroom apartment in Hyde Park with her daughter and her brother. Five years ago, Boyd applied for a government-subsidized Housing Choice Voucher (formerly known as Section 8) that would pay two-thirds of her rent. She wanted a place… Continue reading Using or Losing Housing Vouchers in Chicago: A City without a Plan
How Mobility Workshops Try to Deconcentrate Poverty in Chicago
By Harry Huggins December 10, 2015 for Medill Social Justice News Nexus In a small conference room in a Loop office building every Tuesday and Thursday, an ebullient social worker spends one hour convincing five to 20 people that they can move their families to Chicago’s priciest neighborhoods. She spends the next two hours explaining… Continue reading How Mobility Workshops Try to Deconcentrate Poverty in Chicago
Scholars Assess Mixed-Income Housing and Income Segregation in Chicago
By Harry Huggins December 8, 2015 for Medill Social Justice News Nexus As former residents of Chicago’s public housing high-rise buildings sat in the front row inside the Newberry Library Thursday night, two community organizing scholars presented stories and research to show how the city’s decade-long push to fight concentrated poverty with mixed-income housing failed.… Continue reading Scholars Assess Mixed-Income Housing and Income Segregation in Chicago
Uptown Activists, Homeless Confront Alderman at Home and Work
November 17, 2015 By Harry Huggins, for Medill Social Justice News Nexus Activists joined homeless residents of Uptown the evening of Nov. 9 to protest police treatment of people living in the nearby tent city. Protesters marched from the enclave off Wilson Avenue and Lake Shore Drive to Alderman James Cappleman’s house, shouting chants and… Continue reading Uptown Activists, Homeless Confront Alderman at Home and Work
Addressing Police Chiefs, President Obama Demands Gun Laws and Criminal Justice Reforms
By Harry Huggins October 27, 2015 for Medill News Service President Barack Obama called for wide-ranging reforms in gun control laws and criminal justice policies Tuesday, speaking to an international gathering of law enforcement leaders in Chicago. “Police officers often see America at its worst,” Obama said. “But I want you to know that in… Continue reading Addressing Police Chiefs, President Obama Demands Gun Laws and Criminal Justice Reforms
Edgewater’s Art Scene Flourishes As Artemisia Joins An Impressive List Of Local Theaters
Thursday, September 10, 2015 By Harry Huggins Artemisia, a theater company for female-driven plays, will host its annual Fall Festival of free staged readings in Edgewater this year at the Frontier/Jackalope Theater. In bringing its feminist and democratic play production system to the area, Artemisia joins a recent wave of socially conscious theater groups moving… Continue reading Edgewater’s Art Scene Flourishes As Artemisia Joins An Impressive List Of Local Theaters
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