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Hispanic Voters Advocate for Change
by Elizabeth Matthews July 30, 2008 – Hispanics are playing a key role in this year’s pivotal election. Jose Torrez has registered more than 4,500 people in the Chicagoland area. He works for the U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute, which works to increase voter registration among the nation’s fastest-growing population. Learn more about Torrez’s story. Part […]
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by Elizabeth Mathews July 30, 2008 – Hispanics are playing a key role in this year’s pivotal election. Jose Torrez has registered more than 4,500 people in the Chicagoland area. He works for the U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute, which works to increase voter registration among the nation’s fastest-growing population. Learn more about Torrez’s story. Part […]
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by Maureen Kelleher of LISC Chicago’s New Communities Program. July 29, 2008 – The history of police-community relations in crime-plagued urban areas doesn’t often make for happy reading, as community policing programs and other outreach efforts have been undermined by deep-seated suspicions and antagonisms among cops, residents and neighborhood groups. Which makes a recent project […]
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Curtis Black of Community Media Workshop July 28, 2008 – A proposed workforce initiative bringing green-collar jobs to laid-off workers and community residents caps several years of community efforts to save a Logan Square manufacturing plant as a job-providing site. On Wednesday, the City Council is expected to act on a TIF proposal that could […]
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by Curtis Black, Community Media Workshop July 25, 2008 – Members of Chicago’s Jewish and immigrant communities will travel to Postville, Iowa, to participate in an interfaith service, march and rally for immigrant rights on Sunday. On Saturday, U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Chicago) and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus will be there for a […]
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Stiffer Penalties Proposed for Gas Tank Bandits July 24, 2008 – With thefts of gasoline from automobile gas tanks on the rise around the country as the result of skyrocketing fuel prices, state Rep. John Fritchey (D-Chicago) has announced that he has filed legislation to increase the penalty for theft of motor fuel from a […]
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