Creating a Fashion Movement
From a phrase to a logo, and now, to a movement, No Manches Clothing Company wants to use its T-shirts to empower the Pilsen neighborhood. And this new vision, which was developed by four young Latino men, is already taking its effect as one local resident said, “I don’t wear T-shirts, but I wear his.”
The Importance and Pursuit of Education: The Story of Shahrukh Hasan
Shahrukh Hasan, IT coordinator for IQRA International Educational Foundation in Skokie, knows education is important to uplifting a community. As a first generation immigrant from Karachi, Pakistan, he works within the Muslim community to promote religious education. Find out more about him and what he’s doing at IQRA in my Cowbird.
Korean Seniors Say “Ye” to Learning English
“Meet at the Kedzie Brown Line stop, and find a story.” These were the only instructions Professor Jackie Spinner gave to her Reporting Public Affairs: International class. Below is one of the stories found in the Albany Park neighborhood.
A New Home
Salauddin Ali is a Pakastani immigrant living in Chicago with his wife and five children. He is a co-owner of Punjab Sweets in West Rogers Park. He said although his community faces discrimination, he could never make the move back to Pakistan. Listen to my Cowbird story to find out why.
New Collaboration Opportunity for News Websites at LION Conference
The 2013 LION conference was held in Chicago this year at Columbia College Chicago’s Film Row. There were many interesting speakers, talks and attendees, including the presentation: “60 Ideas in 60 Minutes.” You can see more detail and speaker comments in the story below. New Ideas, New Opportunities
Plagiarism Lion Conference
The concept of the book “Telling the Truth and Nothing But” is for journalist and people who write is to attribute everything especially in a time of fabrication. You want to also link back to were you got the information and to attribute that source. Don’t make something that is not yours your own. Teresa talked […]
Bring Together a Diverse Community
Cowbird is a storytelling platform that links one image with a story. They want to “build a public library of human experience, so the knowledge and wisdom we accumulate as individuals may live on as part of the commons.” ChicagoTalks wants to encourage reporters to try telling the kind of stories journalists have always told […]
