Family Focus Lawndale, a branch of the Illinois-based nonprofit family support organization Family Focus, seeks to promote childhood-development and strengthen families in the community by providing resources and education to parents and children in North Lawndale and surrounding areas.
Read MoreVIDEO: On Feb. 20, the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health (ICAH) and sponsors hosted a Title IX townhall at the National Museum of Mexican Art.
Read MoreVIDEO: North Lawndale has a long standing reputation as a food desert, being a neighborhood that does not have any large grocery stores or supermarkets. A Real Chi Youth reporter sat down with New Life owner Ray Barney to discuss what this health food store is bringing to the community.
Read MorePODCAST: This podcast discusses the do's and don'ts of relationships. It's important to discuss these topics because there are people facing abuse, lack of effort, and other issues when they get into relationships.
Read MorePODCAST: Did you know that teen depression isn't as uncommon as you think? Suicide is the third leading cause of death among teens in the United States.
Read MorePODCAST: Even with Trumpcare failing to pass the Senate, the Republican-majority Congress seems dead set on shrinking the size of Medicaid, which provides health coverage to 3 million people in Illinois.
Read MoreVIDEO: There are two common misconceptions still coloring the perception of black owned businesses in the Chicagoland area: that there aren’t many around, and if they are, they’re either a restaurant, dance studio, or a hair salon. But the numbers tell a different story.
Read MoreVIDEO: The city of Chicago is in the middle of a water crisis, but a lack of confirmation from city government is obscuring the issue from the mainstream.
Read MoreVIDEO: Chicago has received a lot of headlines the past few years for the bad and the ugly. In the mainstream media, our city has become known for its crime. Yet through it all, Chicago is still one of the biggest exporters of entertainers, musicians and all-round artists (Bernie Mac, Kanye West and Walt Disney).
Read MoreVIDEO: The day after President Trump’s inauguration 250 thousand people in Chicago marched together for women’s rights, a common worry among these protesters is the attack on Planned Parenthood and the things that may come along with it, like abortion becoming illegal
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