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2021

"Boys Of Color Were Hit Hard By The Pandemic. What Do They Need Now?"– Chalk Beat Chicago | 10/05/21

"Kellogg Foundation Awards $1M Grant To Invest In Chicago Youth Leadership, Mental Health"–WBBM Radio | 09/22/21

"Chicago Partnership Aims To Transform Mental Health System"–Fox News Chicago | 09/22/21

"Lurie Children’s Hospital And Communities United Have A Shot To Win $20M To Transform Mental Health For Black And Brown Youths"–Chicago Tribune | 09/21/21

"CPS Agrees To Take 1 Officer Out Of Each Of 24 Schools That Voted For Removal"–Block Club Chicago | 08/30/21 

"CPD Agrees To Pull Cops From Schools That Voted To Remove Them"–Chicago Sun-Times | 08/30/21

"Knocking On Doors Across Chicago, They’re Aiming To Help People Stave Off Eviction"–Chicago Sun-Times | 08/13/21

"Friends, Family Of Slain Youth Activist Caleb Reed Look For Permanent Home For A Mural In His Honor"– Block Club Chicago | 07/23/21

"CPS Schools Remove Dozens Of Cops, Shifting $2M From School Policing To Other Student Supports"–Chicago Sun-Times | 07/21/21

"Escuelas De CPS Votan Para Decidir Si Quieren O No Policías En Sus Planteles"– Telemundo Chicago | 07/21/21

“No son cárceles: activista sobre la eliminación de policías de las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago"– Univision | 07/21/21

"More Police Voted Out Of Chicago Schools — But They Remain In Mostly Black Schools"– WBEZ | 07/21/21

"Final tally: Majority of Chicago high schools will reduce police presence on campus this year"–Chalk Beat Chicago | 07/21/21

"Comunidades inmigrantes de Chicago abogan por incluir un camino a la ciudadanía en el presupuesto federal"–La Raza | 07/19/21

"Housing Advocates Push To Preserve Two-Flats In Chicago"–Chicago Sun-Times | 07/16/21

"Landlords, Renters Await Word On End Of The Pandemic Eviction Moratorium"–CBS Chicago | 07/13/21

"Thousands Of Chicagoans Could Face Evictions Next Month. This Group Is Going Door To Door To Keep People In Their Homes"–Block Club Chicago | 07/09/21

"¿Vives en Chicago y estás en peligro de desalojo? Conoce cuáles son tus derechos"–Univision Chicago | 07/09/21

"I Don't Think You Are Ready': Boys Of Color Fell Furthest Behind At School Amid COVID"–USA Today | 07/01/21

"Three Chicago Teens, One Pandemic Year: How COVID-19 Widened Education Gaps For Boys Of Color"–Chalk Beat Chicago | 07/01/21

"Chicago Will Limit When Schools Call Police. Do Changes Go Far Enough?"–Chalk Beat Chicago | 06/23/21

"Board Approves CPS Code of Conduct Detailing How Administrators Should Deal With Police"–WTTW | 06/23/21

"Chicagoans Celebrate Juneteenth With Rally, Bike Rides And Block Parties"–Chicago Sun-Times | 06/19/21

"Not An Emergency? Don’t Call Cops, CPS Tells Administrators In New Policy"–Chicago Sun-Times | 06/19/21

"Chicago Flats Initiative Aims to Preserve Affordable Multifamily Housing"–WTTW Chicago Tonight | 06/19/21

"Albany Park activist Maria Elena Sifuentes dies from COVID-19 before 2nd shot"–ABC 7 | 06/18/21

"Northwest Side Organizer Who Fought For Affordable Housing Dies From COVID: ‘Albany Park Is Better Because Of Her’"–Block Club Chicago | 06/18/21

"Killing of Floyd Spotlights Fraught Relationship Between Police and Black Community"–WGN | 05/25/21

"Lawyers and Activists Blast Mayor, Police for Lack of Consent Decree Progress"– WTTW | 05/25/21

"Post-George Floyd Police Reforms In Chicago ‘Disappointing,’ Community Leaders Say"–Chicago Sun-Times | 05/22/21

"The Need for a Collective Approach to Preserving 2 to 4 Unit Housing in Chicago"– Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University | 05/13/21 

"Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices"– WTTW Chicago Tonight | 05/01/21

"Generation Wars Between Boomers, Millennials, And Gen Z Are A Distraction"– TeenVogue | 04/28/21

"School Cops Won’t Return To CPS High Schools This Spring, District Says"– Chicago Sun-Times | 04/23/21

"Adam Toledo Shooting Reinforces CPS Students’ Views On School Police"– Chicago Sun-Times | 04/22/21

"After Chauvin Verdict, Chicago Activists Renew Push For Police Accountability"– WTTW | 04/21/21

"Affordable Housing Development In Albany Park Heads To City Council"– WTTW | 03/25/21

"CPS Considers Alternatives to School Resource Officers"– WTTW Chicago Tonight | 03/24/21

"CPS Pushes Alternatives To Police In Schools, But Won't Yank Them"– Chicago Sun-Times | 03/24/21

"Chicago Asks Its High Schools To Come Up With alternatives to Campus Police"– Chalk Beat Chicago | 03/24/21

"Albany Park Affordable Housing Project Gets Key City Approval: ‘This Is A Huge Victory For Us"– Block Club Chicago | 03/11/2

"West Side Violence Prevention Group Helping CPS Design Alternatives To Cops In Schools: ‘A Whole Different Way Of Them Doing Things"– Block Club Chicago | 01/28/21

"CPS partners with 5 community groups to develop new safety alternatives to in-school officers"– Chicago Sun-Times | 01/27/21

"CPS Partnering With Community Groups to Rethink School Safety Without Resource Officers"– WTTW | 01/27/21

"Fighting For Civil Rights: Then and Now"– NPR/ PBS Chicago | 01/18/21

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