VIDEO: On Feb. 20, the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health (ICAH) and sponsors hosted a Title IX townhall at the National Museum of Mexican Art.
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VIDEO: On Feb. 19, Real Chi Youth reporters Alloíza Mari and Pascal Savino followed organizers from BYP 100 and Teachers For Social Justice, and students from the National Teachers Academy as they marched to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s house in Ravenswood.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Feb. 20 speech at Harvard University was met with resistance from students of the university, many of whom believe that the decision to host Emanuel ignores the impact that the mayor’s policies have had on black and brown communities in Chicago.
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VIDEO: Cook County Jail released over 2,000 inmates in December 2017. Over 90 percent of those returning citizens are African American, and roughly 20 percent are African-American women.
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VIDEO: 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.
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At the third and final public hearing on the closure of four Englewood neighborhood high schools, a Harper High School student asked the Chicago Public Schools Board of Education: “What are you so intimidated of? Is it the way we walk? Is it the way we talk? Is it the fact that we are going to fight for something you didn’t think we were going to fight for?”
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Eleven concerned North Lawndale residents met on the morning of Dec. 9, 2017 to hold an inspection documenting the unfortunate state of their local library. They found out-of-date computers, extensive water damage, exposed radiators and other damage.
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