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Julia Perkins imparte una clase de yoga en su negocio, Studio Yogi, en East 71st Street en Chicago, el miércoles 13 de diciembre de 2023. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

El programa ‘We Rise Together’ crea una marea creciente de recuperación económica en las comunidades negra y latina

April 15, 2024 at 3:37 p.m.

A medida que se acerca el ecuador de su plan quinquenal, 'We Rise Together' (''Nos levantamos juntos'), una iniciativa de Chicago Community Trust, va comprobando sus logros al tiempo que...

Justine Mosley Stephens, left, talks to tenant Rayvon Savary in his kitchen at one of her rental buildings on Dec. 11, 2023, in the 6500 block of South Aberdeen Street.

Repairing homes as a form of public art, Tonika Lewis Johnson helps Englewood reinvest in the disinvested

January 5, 2024 at 11:12 a.m.

Segregation. Redlining. Land sale contracts, where real estate speculators in the 1950s and '60s sold homes to Black families on rent-to-own contracts for double — or more — what the...

Jacquiline Cisneros, with her newborn Natalia, is seen with the purse she chose at at Metropolitan Family Services on Dec. 18, 2023.

Purses are more than just accessories when they’re filled with necessities. That’s why Maria Castro created Love Purse.

December 29, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

When the word purse is mentioned, some people may think about name brands. Others may think about fashion accessories. But for Pilsen resident Maria Castro, purses mean love. Castro is...

Jaime Merìno (centre in clown suit) greets children during a Christmas celebration for migrant families at St Stanislaus Church in Belmont Cragin on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023.

Migrant families gather in fellowship at Ss. Genevieve and Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr Parish

December 23, 2023 at 3:42 p.m.

While parishioners prepared the basement space of Ss. Genevieve and Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr Parish for families and their loved ones, people were lining up outside the parish hall commiserating...

Shernita Hosey passes out health information while canvassing door to door on South Shields Avenue in Chicago, Nov. 9, 2023. She is an outreach worker with EverThrive Illinois, a health equity advocacy group.

New campaign aims to turn the tide on maternal mortality in Chicago’s Black community

December 22, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Shernita Hosey, 38, knows what it's like to endure postpartum depression. The single mom of two daughters, ages 10 and 14, remembers the support she sought from family and friends...

Arlette Martin, right, decorates a tree with her 6-month-old great-niece, Lochlyn Grace Smith, in LaSalle, Illinois. Martin, of Peru, Illinois, has been estranged from her daughter since 2019.

Estrangement in the family can be hard during the holidays. Here are tips to manage expectations.

December 25, 2023 at 12:24 p.m.

Since the end of 2019, Arlette Martin has not spoken to her daughter, who lives less than a 10-minute drive from her. In that time, her only child missed celebrating...

Sculptor Richard Hunt in his studio on Aug. 11, 2023.

Sculptor Richard Hunt, whose work made an outsize impression in Chicago and across the country, dies at 88

May 22, 2026 at 7:49 p.m.

Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt, whose abstract work includes the Ida B. Wells monument in Bronzeville and centerpieces at the Art Institute and in a Smithsonian museum, and whose art can...

Dancers demonstrate Footwork dance moves at a rehearsal space in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood on Nov. 22, 2023.

As instigator in residence, ShaDawn Battle will focus on Chicago’s ‘footwork’ dance for National Public Housing Museum

December 15, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Imagine dancing so fast your feet are moving at 160 beats per minute. That's "footwork" — a style of dance as ubiquitous in Chicago's Black community as pizza. And thanks...

Paula Acevedo, socia comunitaria, usa anteojos de seguimiento ocular con Kimberly Quinn, profesora de psicología, el lunes 27 de noviembre de 2023, en El Paseo Community Garden en Pilsen para analizar si las personas de diversos orígenes se sienten bienvenidas en un espacio público.

¿Cómo te hacen sentir los espacios públicos? La Universidad DePaul mide la equidad mediante el seguimiento de cómo las personas responden al diseño urbano

April 15, 2024 at 3:38 p.m.

¿Puede un espacio público sentirse saludable y equitativo? Los investigadores de la Universidad DePaul están analizando el entorno construido y los espacios públicos con la esperanza de responder esa pregunta...

Community partner Paula Acevedo, left, wears the eye-tracking glasses with Kimberly Quinn, professor of psychology, on Nov. 27, 2023. They used the equipment at El Paseo Community Garden in Pilsen to analyze whether people of diverse backgrounds feel welcome in a public space.

How do public spaces make you feel? DePaul University measuring equity by tracking how people respond to urban design.

December 8, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Can a public space feel healthy and equitable? DePaul University researchers are looking at the built environment and public spaces hoping to answer that question with the help of high-tech...

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