Four women from the south suburbs decided going to Chicago for dance lessons was not an option, and they had to create something closer to home.
The district, with a 59 percent Hispanic voting-age population, is shaped like a "C" running from one Hispanic-dominated area of Chicago through the western suburbs and back to another part of the city with a large Hispanic population. The three-judge court said such a district was needed ...
By adopting a variety of approaches that do not always conform to standard selection and acquisitions procedures, including profile-based standing orders, off-the-shelf buying, gift and exchange programs, and buying at book fairs, The Chicago Public Library has been able to overcome some of the ...
improve upon them and initiate a new era of empowerment, opportunity, equality, and peace. If Denny's focused on low- income neighborhoods and found a neutral area to host the gathering, they could also bring members from the community to form a committee that helps plan the fine details. ...
Join us to bring joy to many children and families from Erie Neighborhood House's many programs who will be given gifts donated by awesome people like yourself across the Chicagoland area. Every year, Erie House, a non-profit that has been serving Chicagoland's immigrant and low-income commu...
The integrated approach presented in our conceptual framework reflects the opportunity for the different social sectors to share information and collaborate with direct actions targeting the different social determinants of health within their area of responsibility. For example, health authorities can collabo...
Find out about activities going on in your area. Features: • The Los Angeles Times wrote about the making of the movie version of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me Ultima, which got help from an heiress of the Wal-Mart fortune. • Tony Díaz, leader of the Librotraficantes movement that ...
This paper reports the findings of a study conducted at Moraine Hills State Park outside of Chicago, which is one of the few Illinois state parks that gets a high level of use by ethnic minorities. Personal interviews were conducted with 310 fishermen at two sites within the park: the McHen...
“losing a job or income between 2012 and 2016 did not make a personany more likelyto support Mr. Trump.” In addition, “the mere perception that one’s financial situation had worsened” didn’t matter, nor did that person’s view on trade, the unemployment rate in his or her area,...
The implementation of “El Protector” program has included the involvement of members of the Hispanic community. An advisory committee was formed, which includes business owners (such as the chairman of the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce) and other organizational representatives in the Hi...