Welcome to Neighborhood Watch Deep Dive Inside the Money and Petition Challenges Shaping West Side School Board Races Campaign finance records and electoral board proceedings reveal recurring political committees, donors, and attorneys across several West Side school board races, offering a closer look at the relationships surrounding this year’s petition challenges. By Nel Afenya • 8 min read Chicago Public Schools Board of Education May 2013. | Photo by Josh Kalov/CC BY 2.0 Education Your Principal, Your School’s Budget, Your Classroom: Who Actually Makes the Decisions? Chicagoans will elect the city’s entire school board for the first time this November. Here’s what the board controls, what it doesn’t, and who families should turn to when they need answers. By Georgia Rau • 5 min read أفراد من المجتمع يتناوبون على ضرب الـبينيّاتا خلال احتفال Ojala بعيد الفطر. | الصورة مقدمة من جوردان إسبارزا-كيلي Arabic كيف تبني مؤسسة Ojala ما افتقده مجتمع المسلمين اللاتينيين في شيكاغو ماذا يحدث عندما يقرر مجتمع من المسلمين اللاتينيين أن يبني لنفسه بيتا، ويترك بابه مفتوحا للآخرين في الوقت ذاته؟ By Yassine Bhl • 1 min read Provided by CCRx. Creative Reuse What If It Isn’t Trash Yet? Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange (CCRx) redirects surplus materials to teachers, artists, and community groups while bringing hands-on reuse programs to neighborhoods across Chicago. By Iris Jing • 6 min read First-gen high school graduate Forylan Suarez and his family faced numerous systematic barriers navigating the public school system. | Max Herman/Borderless Magazine Education He Watched His Mother Advocate For Special Ed Support in CPS. Now, He’s Voting for Change As Chicagoans prepare to elect its school board, first-generation Chicago Public Schools’ alum Froylan Suarez is voting to advocate for more bilingual resources for immigrant families like his. By Samantha Monje • 4 min read "Dee JayQuality" durante su presentación. | NaBeela Washington/15 West Español En Villapalooza, Little Village Toma el Centro del Escenario Con tres escenarios, vendedores, y artistas del vecindario llenando La Villita Park, Villapalooza muestra como un festival puede crecer sin perder a la comunidad que la creó. By Keila Gallardo • 6 min read
Deep Dive Inside the Money and Petition Challenges Shaping West Side School Board Races Campaign finance records and electoral board proceedings reveal recurring political committees, donors, and attorneys across several West Side school board races, offering a closer look at the relationships surrounding this year’s petition challenges. By Nel Afenya • 8 min read
Chicago Public Schools Board of Education May 2013. | Photo by Josh Kalov/CC BY 2.0 Education Your Principal, Your School’s Budget, Your Classroom: Who Actually Makes the Decisions? Chicagoans will elect the city’s entire school board for the first time this November. Here’s what the board controls, what it doesn’t, and who families should turn to when they need answers. By Georgia Rau • 5 min read
أفراد من المجتمع يتناوبون على ضرب الـبينيّاتا خلال احتفال Ojala بعيد الفطر. | الصورة مقدمة من جوردان إسبارزا-كيلي Arabic كيف تبني مؤسسة Ojala ما افتقده مجتمع المسلمين اللاتينيين في شيكاغو ماذا يحدث عندما يقرر مجتمع من المسلمين اللاتينيين أن يبني لنفسه بيتا، ويترك بابه مفتوحا للآخرين في الوقت ذاته؟ By Yassine Bhl • 1 min read
Provided by CCRx. Creative Reuse What If It Isn’t Trash Yet? Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange (CCRx) redirects surplus materials to teachers, artists, and community groups while bringing hands-on reuse programs to neighborhoods across Chicago. By Iris Jing • 6 min read
First-gen high school graduate Forylan Suarez and his family faced numerous systematic barriers navigating the public school system. | Max Herman/Borderless Magazine Education He Watched His Mother Advocate For Special Ed Support in CPS. Now, He’s Voting for Change As Chicagoans prepare to elect its school board, first-generation Chicago Public Schools’ alum Froylan Suarez is voting to advocate for more bilingual resources for immigrant families like his. By Samantha Monje • 4 min read
"Dee JayQuality" durante su presentación. | NaBeela Washington/15 West Español En Villapalooza, Little Village Toma el Centro del Escenario Con tres escenarios, vendedores, y artistas del vecindario llenando La Villita Park, Villapalooza muestra como un festival puede crecer sin perder a la comunidad que la creó. By Keila Gallardo • 6 min read
