By CTU Communications | July 13, 2021 | _News, _Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, North Lawndale, vaccinations
Lightfoot’s CPS team has not yet committed to the kind of grassroots outreach needed to maximize vaccination access in hard-hit communities, which have suffered from segregation, disinvestment and inequity for decades. 3:30 p.m., Wed., July 14: press conference with...By CTU Communications | June 21, 2021 | _News, _Press Release
File under: COVID-19, Jesse Sharkey, Layoffs, Lori Lightfoot, North Lawndale
Lightfoot’s CPS team to lay off over 400 educators in some of city’s hardest-hit South, West Side neighborhoods, despite $1.8 billion in federal supports to prevent layoffs, support students. CHICAGO, June 21, 2021 — Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse...
By CTU Communications | December 2, 2020 | _News
File under: Lori Lightfoot, NLPCC: North Lawndale Parent and Community Coalition, North Lawndale, Willie Cousins
Parents, community fight another round of school closings, demand investments mayor promised during campaign instead
By Chris Geovanis | April 16, 2020 | _Press Release
File under: coronavirus, COVID-19, Little Village, Lori Lightfoot, North Lawndale, Right to Recovery, United Working Families, UWF
NEWS ALERT: For Immediate Release Press conference/NEW TIME: 9:00 a.m. TODAY, Thursday, April 16, via Zoom (pre-registration required) Contact: Alexis Florence, 330-201-4433,...By Sarah Rothschild | June 9, 2015 | Housing
File under: Chicago aldermen, community development, disinvestment, North Lawndale, West Side
Why does it take a rock festival attended mostly by young white people to wake the city up to the disinvestment on the west side? Both aldermen whose wards cover Douglas Park are hoping that Riot Fest will bring much needed attention and resources to their...