#BlackOutPride Action Disrupts Chicago Pride Parade
Happening Now: Members of the Black queer community of Chicago are disrupting the Chicago Pride Parade. Here is their public statement: On this day in 1969, Sylvia Rivera, a Boricua […]
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Why Now?: A New Whole Foods and the Future of Job Justice
‘We need jobs’ has been the call for decades. Impoverished communities, neighborhood organizations, nonprofits and even local government have long argued for the importance of employment opportunities in battling poverty, […]
The Good, the Bad and the Ratchet: How We Talk About Our Own Communities
A group of good friends of mine and I had a long talk the other night about segregation in Chicago, and the different communities with which we associate. The conversation […]
Rest In Peace Irma Cabrera Romero and Johnny B
I believe the honoring of our ancestors is the sacred space in which our spiritual and our political selves meet, and that important members of our communities become ancestors every […]
