Black women from North Lawndale are reclaiming their narrative of what it means to be a mother during the holidays.
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Principle Barbers located on 3820 Ogden Ave, Chicago Ill., opened nearly two years ago and has been offering relaxed haircut experience in the North Lawndale neighborhood. Inside, owner and barber, Bobby Price, outfitted the the shop with couches, a flatscreen television and a ping pong table for clients to enjoy before sitting on the barber’s chair for their cut.
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More than 100 high school immigrant students in Chicago learn leadership and civics every school year at KINETIC, a program offered by Asian Americans Advancing Justice.
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CHICAGO - One of the most notable figures in climate and environmental activism through most of 2019 has been Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden whose weekly school climate strikes in front of Swedish Parliament quickly put an international focus on young people in climate activism.
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The Department of Permits and Development drew names from a golden bingo drum to grant licenses to businesses that would allow them to sell recreational marijuana after Jan. 1, 2020 on Friday morning.
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The opening of the Encompassing Center last month has given Garfield Park and North Lawndale residents have access to a new mental health service option. Located at 3019 W. Harrison St., the Encompassing Center was brought to life after a four year process led by West Side residents who recognized disparities in mental health services, obtained funding and eventually won public support to fund the clinic in their community..
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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.
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