October 12 - 18, 2020 Vol. 28 No. 39
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The city is beginning to open back up, but most Chicago events and gatherings are cancelled until further notice. We are replacing our usual calendar with recommendations from StreetWise vendors, readers and staff to keep you entertained at home! The SportsWise team predicts the MLB playoffs.
Cover Story: open house
The Chicago Architecture Center responds to this year’s COVID and social justice concerns by highlighting areas in the City’s INVEST South/West initiative as well as some old favorites.
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The Playground
A “Treatment, Not Trauma” order placed before the Chicago City Council would run a response program out of the five remaining mental health centers, with police response only when necessary.
ON THE COVER: Clockwise from circle: The Givins Castle in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood. Photo by Eric Allix Rogers. David Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood. Photo by Zachary Whittenburg. Historic row houses in Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood. Photo by Zachary Whittenburg. Solstice on the Park in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. Photo by Zachary Whittenburg. THIS PAGE: Roeser’s Bakery in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. Photo by Zachary Whittenburg. All photos provided by Chicago Architecture Foundation.
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ARTS & (HOME) ENTERTAINMENT RECOMMENDATIONS Since being stuck inside, which shows have you been watching? Which movies? Have you read any good books lately? Any new music releases have you dancing in your living room? StreetWise vendors, readers and staff are sharing what is occupying their attention during this unprecedented time. To be featured in a future edition, send your recommendations of what to do at home and why you love them to: Creative Director / Publisher Dave Hamilton at dhamilton@streetwise.org
Historical Chicago Architecture!
50th Anniversary of the Glessner House A virtual celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Chicago Landmarks will take place Wednesday, October 14 from 7 - 8 p.m. The preservation of the Clarke House and Glessner House will be discussed. Additionally, the presentation will cover the emergence of the landmark district where the two homes are located. The presentation will be given by William Tyre, executive director and curator of the Glessner House. Tickets are $10 per person and $8 for members of Glessner House and AIA Chicago. https://www.glessnerhouse.org/programs/2020/10/14/celebrating-the-50th-anniversary-of-chicagolandmarks
Brush Up your Skills!
(HOME) ENTERTAINMENT
Loyola University Chicago Toastmasters Virtual Event The mission of a Toastmasters club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every individual member has the opportunity to develop oral communication and leadership skills, which, in turn, foster self-confidence and personal growth. Loyola University Chicago holds FREE virtual Toastmasters events every Thursday night from 6:30 - 8 p.m. Learn more at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/loyola-university-chicago-toastmasters-virtual-event-tickets-89196462019
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Entrepreneurs Chat
Virtual Bootstrappers Breakfast Bootstrappers Breakfasts will be hosted virtually and free of charge during the pandemic. The next regularly scheduled event will be 8:30 - 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 15. The event is for seasoned and new entrepreneurs who are interested in learning from those who have been there. It's a chance to compare notes on operational, developmental, and business issues with peers. Bootstrappers Breakfast Chicago is moderated by Travis Johnson, bootstrapper and founder of foodjunky acquired by delivery.com. Whether you're a seasoned IT entrepreneur or thinking about starting something from your garage, sign in for a great conversation. https://www.meetup.com/Bootstrappers-Breakfast-Chicago/events/rznmrrybcnbtb/
Virtual History Tour
Virtual Tour: Union Station Take a closer look at one of America’s last great railway terminals, which bustles with activity day and night. Find out why it was once called a “city within a city” and learn the hidden stories that go unseen by thousands each day. This virtual tour will take place via Zoom at 3 p.m. Saturday, October 17, led by Brian Boland. General admission is $5 and the event is free for members of the Chicago History Museum. Learn more at: https://www.chicagohistory.org/event/virtual-tour-union-station-3/
Binge This!
Immigration Nation Immigration Nation is a Netflix series that shows ICE carrying out various operations under the directives of the Trump administration. The docuseries includes interviews with detainees and their family members as well as with ICE agents. Immigration Nation has been recommended by TIME as “the most important TV show you will see in 2020”. - Recommended by StreetWise intern Nina Rothschild
Be Inspired!
'Art and Social Progress: Creating a Better World' In concert with its ongoing virtual exhibition, "Anthem," Weinberg/Newton Gallery, a non-commercial gallery dedicated to promoting the work of social justice causes, has partnered with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to present the virtual panel discussion “Art and Social Progress: Creating a Better World.” Taking place on Wednesday, October 14 from 7 – 8 p.m., the conversation will feature both visual and performing artists from the Chicago area, all of whom use art to address social justice issues. The event will begin with a showcase of artist performances, followed by a discussion of the intersection between art and social activism, particularly relevant during the 2020 election year. This panel is the second of a three-part virtual event series called "Vote Like Your Rights Depend On It: 2020 Election Series." WBEZ’s Carrie Shepherd will moderate the panel, which includes former “Hamilton” Chicago actor and singer Ari Asfar, acclaimed performer, artist and researcher Ellen Rothenberg and social justice artist Adeshola Makinde. Planned to coincide with the 2020 election cycle and the November presidential election, "Anthem" looks past partisan divisiveness and focuses on the issue of voting as a fundamental right. "Anthem" is currently available for viewing online at http://anthem.weinbergnewtongallery.com, as well as the gallery’s storefront windows at 688 N. Milwaukee Ave., through Saturday, December 19.
Celebrate the Arts!
2020 3Arts Awards The Chicago-based non-profit grantmaking organization, 3Arts, will award 10 artists with $25,000 cash grants during an evening curated to be a love letter to Chicago’s performing, teaching and visual artists. The event will include surprise announcements on how the organization will be supporting artists more than ever before. 3Arts advocates for Chicago’s women artists, artists of color, and artists with disabilities by providing cash awards, project funding, residency fellowships, professional development, and promotion. This support helps artists take risks, experiment, and build momentum in their careers. For the first time ever, the event is FREE for anyone to attend on October 19, 6 - 7 p.m. The link will be sent after registration at https://3arts.org/event. It features new works by 15 commissioned artists, all of whom are past 3Arts awardees, including: • 2019 awardee Sam Trump (trumpet player, singer), who will debut the world premiere of his music video, "New World" • 2012 awardee Nejla Yatkin, who digitally choreographed a dynamic “exquisite-arts-style” score for dancers, actors, and musicians—each representing the past 12 years of awardees • 2019 awardee Santiago X, who will present a piece to honor Native lands.
-Compiled by Kenny Adusah, Dave Hamilton, Suzanne Hanney, & Nina Rothschild
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Vendors Russ Adams, John Hagan and Donald Morris chat about the world of sports with Executive Assistant Patrick Edwards.
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Patrick: Welcome to this week’s edition of SportsWise! I'm here this week with fellow sports junkies Russ Adams, John Hagan, and Donald Morris. So, let’s give it to them, fellas: What’s up with baseball? What do you think about the playoffs? Who do you have? Russ: Well, I’m not yet sure what I feel about the number of teams that make it, but I do, first, want to say “Congratulations” to them. Also, I like the format, what with the best-of-three rounds, with all three games being played in one stadium. John: Yeah, the stadium aspect of this is helping me be okay with this: Each round is played in one stadium—a stadium that is in a warmer climate, e.g., in Arlington, TX, a suburb of Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, as opposed to a cold city such as Chicago, Detroit, New York City, Cleveland, etc. This is good
because playing in snow or cold weather doesn’t make sense to me. And as for the general format of the playoffs, due to COVID-19, the powers-that-be decided to have a reduced 60-game regular season, followed by an expanded 16team MLB Playoff tournament, which, in my eyes, doesn’t make sense. Don: Well, I’m with you, it doesn’t make sense. You could be the top team in terms of record and lose out to the 8th-ranked team. Mind you, the 1st seed should annihilate the 8th seed, but we all know anything’s possible, which means to me there needs to be a reward beyond playing a lower seed for those who worked hard to make the playoffs. A 16th seed should not even be allowed to be in the MLB playoffs—just doesn’t feel right to me. Plus, it feels too watered down. All these teams make the playoffs
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field, which, to me, devalues the honor. John: From what I understand, one of the main reasons for the expanded playoff format is to recoup some of the money that the teams have lost due to the COVID-19 outbreak. I can see this; however, is it okay for the team members to be put at a higher risk of contracting the virus? No, it’s not okay. Patrick: John, I agree with you on this. It’s not okay, in my opinion, to put the players in harm’s way just so more money can be made. Even worse, it’s not as if a ton of money is being recouped, what with the lack of fans. No nachos being bought, no gallons of beer being purchased, no peanuts being sold and bought in and outside the stadiums—nothing. But maybe there is a source of revenue being brought in by this format and I just don’t know what it is.
Russ: Well, if nothing else, MLB’s TV presence must be bringing in big dollars, right? Patrick: Good point. Russ: Before we get out of here, I would have loved to see an all-Chicago World Series, so I’ll stick with my favorites: in the NL, the Dodgers; the AL, the Yankees—Dodgers in 7. Don: This year, I almost don’t even care, although one of our Chicago teams in the series would have made a different story. John: I’m not sure who I’m going for because I’m so focused on the format and COVID-19, and the economy not being reopened—especially in states such as Illinois and California. Patrick: Like Russ, I wanted to see an all-Chicago party. Any comments or suggestions? Email pedwards@streetwise.org
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CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE CENTER'S VIRTUAL(ISH) OPEN HOUSE
Alex Duarte's Home and Studio Duarte’s home and studio at 1900 W. Cullerton St. are covered with his “Gulliver in Wonderland” mural. This home is a frequent stop on art tours in Pilsen. Duarte’s murals and studio work deal with themes of identity, immigration and freedom. Duarte was born in Mexico. Before coming to the United States, he studied with David Alfaro Siquieros, a well-known Mexican muralist. Duarte created more than 50 murals in Chicago and his work has been featured in several museums in Chicago and Mexico City. Photo by Eric Allix Rogers / Chicago Arcitecture Center.
First Church Of Deliverance First Church of Deliverance, 4315 S. Wabash in Bronzeville- is a 1939 structure designed by Walter T. Bailey— the first African American architect registered in Illinois. Its twin towers were later added in 1946 by Kocher Buss & DeKlerk. The streamlined building typifies Art Moderne architecture thanks to its smooth surfaces and use of glass-block windows. Photo by Eric Allix Rogers / Chicago Arcitecture Center.
Garden of the phoenix The Garden of the Phoenix is located in Jackson Park. Also referred to as the Osaka Garden, the garden symbolizes mutual respect and friendship that Japan and the United States initiated more than 120 years ago. One of the most well-known features of the garden is the springtime blossoming of its cherry trees. Each spring, the trees enter a peak bloom period for 6 to 10 days. Photo by Zachary Whittenburg / Chicago Architecture Foundation.
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The Chicago Architecture Center (CAC) has responded to the 2020’s public health and social justice concerns with nearly 50 online programs and trails for self-guided biking, driving and walking during the 10th annual Open House Chicago, Friday, October 16 through Sunday, October 25.
Choose Chicago and in response to the unfortunate but necessary contraction in local tourism, we’re leveraging OHC 2020 to prompt visitation and patronage of more than 100 businesses, sites of cultural significance and other assets near official OHC sites and trails."
This year, North America’s largest annual architecture festival will highlight more than 20 Chicago neighborhoods and two suburbs, with an intentional focus on corridors prioritized by the City of Chicago’s INVEST South/West initiative. These neighborhoods include: Auburn Gresham, Austin, Back of the Yards, New City, Bronzeville, Englewood, Humboldt Park, North Lawndale, Pullman and Roseland, and South Shore. Fifteen additional Open House Chicago 2020 focus areas are Chicago’s Loop, Near North Side and Near West Side, plus Beverly, Chinatown, Evanston and Rogers Park, Hyde Park and Kenwood, Lincoln Park, Logan Square, Oak Park, Pilsen, Wicker Park and Woodlawn.
Visitors to each Open House area will be supported in their self-guided exploration by free resources available online at openhousechicago.org, and through the free Open House Chicago 2020 app for mobile devices, compatible with both Android (Google) and iOS (Apple) operating systems. All Open House 2020 experiences and programs are outdoors or online in support of public safety. While select online programs during the festival may include images and video footage of building interiors, entry is not permitted at any of the more than 100 sites and buildings located along the trails.
“As we approach the end of a year that has brought unforeseen challenges to us all, we’re proud to offer this year’s Open House Chicago as a gift to the city’s residents, as well as a way for people to learn more about ‘the city of architecture’ from wherever they’re most comfortable,” says CAC President and CEO Lynn J. Osmond. “In partnership with our friends at
Audio, images and video will be available, however, via the OHC 2020 mobile app, available for download via the App Store (for iOS devices) and Google Play Store (for Android devices) prior to the festival. Out-of-app, analog versions of this content will be available upon request for those with access needs. Generally, OHC trails are easy-to-intermediate bicycle rides or walks designed to last an hour or less.
The Forum
The Forum is located at 318-328 E. 43rd St. (adjacent to the CTA station) in Bronzeville. Built in 1897, the structure contains one of the most important civic meeting/performance halls in the city and possibly the oldest hardwood ballroom dance floor in Chicago. Some of the biggest names in jazz and blues played The Forum, including Nat King Cole, Muddy Waters and Milt Hinton. The building made a cameo appearance in the Paul Newman and Robert Redford movie "The Sting." First floor spaces are being redeveloped into hospitality and performance/gallery venues. Photo by Zachary Whittenburg / Chicago Architecture Foundation.
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Architectural Innovation Trails include: • Chinatown, including Hilliard Apartments, Chinatown Square, Ping Tom Memorial Park, the CTA Green Line station at Cermak-McCormick place and the Chicago Public Library’s Chinatown branch, with narration by Carol Ross Barney of Ross Barney Architects; Brian Lee of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Ernest C. Wong, site design group, ltd. • Fulton Market District, including McDonald’s global headquarters and the under-construction Fulton East and 800 Fulton Market.
Douglass Park Cultural and community Center
Douglass Park Cultural and Community Center, 1401 S. Sacramento, encompasses a miniature golf course, five playgrounds, an outdoor swimming pool, soccer fields, basketball courts, and an oval running track. The park also retains its original lagoon, a wide variety of trees, and work by architects William LeBaron Jenney and Jens Jensen. The park was previously named for U.S. Senator from Illinois Stephen A. Douglas, a slaveowner who lost the presidential election of 1860 to Abraham Lincoln; public comments are being accepted through October 27 to rename it for Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist and social reformer, and his wife, Anna. Photo by Zachary Whittenburg / Chicago Architecture Foundation.
• Hyde Park, encompassing the Frederick C. Robie House, Keck-GottschalkKeck Apartments, Promontory Apartments, University Park Condominiums and Townhomes and Solstice on the Park. Mark P. Sexton of Krueck + Sexton and Juliane Wolf, Studio Gang provide audio narration. Neighborhood Trails include: • Bronzeville Performance Spaces. In the first half of the 20th century, discriminatory practices by banks and insurance companies forced Black Chicagoans into a narrow corridor. With space so limited, sites served as both gathering places and music performance venues. Audio narration by Bernard Loyd, Urban Juncture and Robert M. Marovich, Journal of Gospel Music. • Pilsen Tracing at least to Mario Castillo’s “Peace or Metafisico” mural of 1968, Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood has long been a hub of the Mexican muralist movement in the United States. Many of the neighborhood’s works of tile and painting merge expressions of cultural and religious identity with calls for social justice. Narrated by Luis Tubens, the tour includes Cooper Dual Language Academy, 1645 W. 18th Place by Francisco Mendoza, Noe Milan and students, (1991); J-Def Peace Project, 1719 S. Paulina St., by Jeff Maldonado, 2014-17; Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, 1852 W. 22nd Place by Juan Angel Chavez, Jeff Zimmermann, and Cynthia Weiss, (200204); “Vida Simple” at Damen Pink Line Station by Juan Angel Chavez (2004); “Ice Cream Dream” at the CTA Western Pink Line station.
The farm on Ogden
The Farm on Ogden was created as a result of a partnership between Chicago Botanic Garden and Lawndale Christian Health Center. The initiative brings fresh market food, health and jobs to the Lawndale neighborhood in Chicago. In addition to this partnership, the center offers intensive courses on aquaponics and sustainable urban agriculture. Photo by Zachary Whittenburg / Chicago Architecture Foundation.
• Downtown – Lakeshore East, a half-mile exploration of a planned community on the former site of the Illinois Central Railroad yards, tucked between Lake Michigan, Millennium Park and the Chicago River that is now home to some of the tallest new buildings in the U.S. James Loewenberg, Magellan Development Group and Juliane Wolf, Studio Gang, provide narration.
• Lincoln Park- A Women’s History. This one-mile trail illustrates how a small cemetery was transformed into today’s 1,200-acre recreational landscape thanks to the efforts of women. Julia Bachrach, Chicago parks expert, narrates. • Near North Side/Gold CoasT After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, grand residences were built along Lake Shore Drive between Division Street and North Avenue. Virginia Gerst, CAC docent, narrates the one-mile trail profiling the ambitions, personalities and stories of figures and families who chose to make homes here. • Oak Park-The Young Frank Lloyd Wright. This halfmile trail highlighting seven houses shows how Wright’s work evolved from his start as a draftsman under Louis Sullivan to become an influential architect on his own. Adam Rubin of the Chicago Architecture Center narrates. • Rogers Park – The Mile of Murals is more than 14,000 square feet of bold imagery and vibrant streetfacing walls abutting the CTA Red Line. Launched in 2007, the project aims to promote arts identity of the neighborhood, which includes the Glenwood Avenue Arts District. Ana Bermudez of the Rogers Park Business Alliance narrates. • Wicker Park- A half-mile of mansions between Damen and North Avenues and Leavitt and Schiller Streets was dubbed “Beer Baron Row” for its tightly packed assortment of grand homes in Queen Anne, Second Empire, Richardsonian Romanesque and other styles, as well as humble workers’ cottages of the same period, built to house German, Scandinavian and Polish immigrants who shared the neighborhood. • Pullman & Roseland Today Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives President David Doig discusses historic rehabilitation and housing in and around Pullman, originally designed as an idyllic community for Pullman Palace Car workers, but within 15 years the site of the violent Pullman Strike of 1894. The Pullman National Monument today encompasses landmark buildings by Solon Spencer Beman and landscapes by Nathan Barrett as well as urbanized areas west of Lake Calumet and north to 95th Street.
Stony Island Arts Bank
Located at 6760 S. Stony Island Ave., the former 1920s bank building houses four collections. The Johnson Publishing Archive contains books and periodicals acquired from the company that published seminal African American magazines Jet and Ebony. Nearby cases hold the University of Chicago’s collection of glass lantern slides—the 19th century equivalent of a PowerPoint presentation from the Paleolithic to modern era. The Edward J. Williams Collection includes cultural objects that feature stereotypical images of Black people and the Frankie Knuckles record collection commemorates the Chicago house music legend. Photo by Tom Harris / Chicago Architecture Center.
Firehouse Community Arts Center
Firehouse Community Arts Center- (FCAC). 2111 S. Hamlin Ave., is a faith integrated arts organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of violence and inspiring North Lawndale youth to transform their lives, become leaders of their communities and to impact the world. Classes and workshops use the arts as to empower minds, build communities, and provide career pathway opportunities for 17- to 25-year old disconnected youth experiencing significant barriers to employment.
• North Shore A five-mile bicycle/driving trail winds past National Register homes in Kenilworth, Winnetka and Glencoe designed by David Adler, Howard Van Doren Shaw and Frank Lloyd Wright. Audio narration is by Lisa Pickell, president of Orren Pickell Building Group and a CAC docent. OHC 2020 will also offer online programs, some at no charge and some for a fee. Event listings and registration will be available at openhousechicago.org/programs and via the OHC 2020 mobile app. Unless otherwise noted, all OHC 2020 online programs are scheduled on Central Time, hosted via Zoom and subject to change. “Changing the Narrative: African Americans in Evanston” is a free program at noon Wednesday, October 21. OHC 2020 community partner, the Evanston History Center, co-convenes this conversation between its director of facilities, visitor services and collections Kris Hartzell and Shorefront Legacy Center founder and executive director Dino Robinson.
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KAM Israel
Established in 1847, Kehilath Anshe Ma’ariv (KAM), 1100 E. Hyde Park Blvd., is the oldest synagogue in Illinois. Initially an Orthodox Jewish Congregation, as members began to reform their practice, the congregation had a conflict between reform and traditional observances. The result was the creation of a new congregation, B’nei Sholom. In the meantime, KAM officially became a Reform Jewish synagogue. Since the late 19th century, the synagogue went through several mergers with other synagogues and relocated to the South Side of Chicago. In 1971, KAM and Temple Isaiah Israel merged and this led to the current name, Kehilath Anshe Ma’ariv. The current location was designed by Alfred S Alschuler and named an official Chicago landmark in 1977. Photo by Eric Allix Rogers / Chicago Arcitecture Center.
Unity Temple
The congregation began in 1871 as Unity Church, when a group of Unitarians and Universalists gathered to bring a more liberal approach to religion to Oak Park. In 1905, the original building was destroyed by lightning. Frank Lloyd Wright, who came from a family of Unitarians, created a concrete building at 875 Lake St. that embodied the Unitarian Transcendentalists' spiritual vision and broke traditional Western ecclesiastic architectural traditions. Photo by Andrew Pielage courtesy of the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation / Chicago Architecture Center. African Americans came to Evanston seeking better homes, jobs and education, Robinson told StreetWise. There was still segregation on the beaches, sometimes in the movie theatres, and Blacks didn’t always feel welcome downtown; they came for something specific, bought it quickly and left. But mostly, Blacks were entrepreneurs. “They pursued opportunities where the doors were open or they made them open,” Robinson said. “They started a business, found ways to raise money.” There was also a Black business district on Emerson Street, an area still known as the 5th ward.
who moved there in 1878; 914 Davis St., site of Butler Livery Stable from 1891 to 1930, owned and operated by Cornelius and Barbara’s son, Henry Butler; 325 Dempster St., former home of Maria Murray Robinson and George Robinson – Maria was the first Black person brought to Evanston as an indentured domestic, at age 14 in 1855, and the couple were founders of Second Baptist Church in 1882; 1619 Sherman Ave., William Twiggs Print Shop, where he published two newspapers, The North Shore Colored American (1904) and The Reporter and Directory (1909).
African American landmarks include: 2206 Darrow Ave., former home of the late Lorraine Hairston Morton, Evanston’s first black mayor, elected in 1993, who served 16 years; 2032 Darrow Ave., former home of Edwin B. Jourdain Jr., Evanston’s first black alderman in 1931 and a Harvard graduate, managing editor of Chicago Bee and sports editor of Chicago Defender; 1031 Sherman Ave., former home of Butler Groceries, owned and operated by Cornelius and Barbara Butler,
Other online programs include “Artmaking and Placemaking” with the Hyde Park Art Center; “Chicago Landmarking at 50” with Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd ward) and Glessner House Curator/Executive Director William Tyre; “Get to Know Your Rogers Park House;” “Stories of ImMigration/Sites of Unity” with Chicago Cultural Alliance members Ukrainian National Museum, Swedish American Museum, National Hellenic Museum and National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Cul-
ture; “Evanston’s Design Heritage;” “South Shore Neighborhood Virtual Tour” with Rainbow Beach Advisory Council President Allen Lindrup and Yvette Moyo, Real Men Charities Inc CEO and publisher of South Side Drive magazine; “Historic Community Gardens of North Lawndale"; and “Investment Through Preservation in Roseland” with Red Line Extension Coalition member Clevan Tucker Jr., Preservation Chicago Director of Community Engagement Mary Lu Seidel and historian/ photographer/lifelong resident Paul Petraitis. Current CAC members get free access to most OHC online programs, and exclusive access to the October 7 preview and the “My Neighborhood, My Story” series of video tours led by noted architects, artists, media personalities and public figures such as Carol Ross Barney on the Chicago River; Rhymefest on Hyde Park and Kenwood; XRT’s Lin Brehmer on historic rock band performance venues downtown; and freelance journalist Robert Loerzel on Edgewater and Rogers Park.
'Treatment, not trauma' order placed before the chicago city council by Suzanne Hanney
Calvin, a South Side consumer of mental health services, shared his experience with police during a press conference organized by a group seeking a response program that would be run out of Chicago’s five remaining mental health centers, independent of the Chicago Police Department.
a social worker” -- in the 2021 Chicago budget, Ramirez-Rosa said. They will work with the budget director, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC), Rodriguez Sanchez said.
Calvin had just moved into a new apartment and broken off a friendship, when he called an emergency line that had helped him twice before.
Badonna Reingold, LCSW, vice chairman of the Community Mental Health Board of the CDPH, which oversees its remaining five mental health clinics, said the program would be housed in them. Six more mental health centers were closed and another privatized in 2012.
“At 5, I had a stroke in my head that took part of my learning brain, so I have to do more than other people to get things straight,” Calvin told the September 29 online press conference. “I was calming down, just trying to get a laugh out of the dude. I asked him, ‘What’s the definition of suicide?’ He kept me on the phone talking real cool, and 20 minutes later police was knocking at my door.”
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The response program would operate 24/7, usually with a paramedic and a social worker -- no police until deemed necessary, officials said. The phased development plan would begin over the next year with existing staff and could be expanded with new hires.
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Despite Calvin’s protests that he felt all right, police told him he couldn’t stay home since they had made the trip. But once at a hospital, Calvin called another mental health provider. “They got me in here for no reason!” he told the woman, who calmed him down when she said he could be held for three days at most.
having police respond… rethinking what we call public safety.”
- Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez, 33rd ward
“Nationally, people with untreated mental health are 16 times more likely to be killed by law enforcement,” said Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, (35th ward) co-sponsor of the proposed order. Besides the lives that are lost, lawsuit settlements cost the city. The council order would seek to determine how much law enforcement money could be reallocated toward mental healthbased treatment – “not stun guns and handcuffs, but the tools of
Carrillo said that 3 out of 4 Chicagoans live in communities with .2 therapists for each resident, while the remaining 25 percent have access to more than four therapists each. “This has led to community residents dealing with continuing crisis without proper support to prevent trauma. Meanwhile, they are overpoliced and the largest mental health provider is Cook County Jail.”
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Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez (33rd ward) introduced the Treatment, Not Trauma order to the Chicago City Council on September 9. “It’s moving a little bit away from always having police respond…rethinking what we call public safety,” by having behavioral health experts respond to a mental health crisis. Nationwide, the majority of police calls are not violence-related and in Chicago they stem from homelessness, substance abuse or mental health, she said.
Advocates would be seeking transparency and accountability in this expansion, because the number of calls managed by each mental health center would demonstrate demand, said Dr. Arturo Carrillo, LCSW. Carrillo is director of health and violence prevention for the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council and head of the Collaborative for Community Wellness, a citywide coalition of community groups, mental health advocates, and neighborhood leaders that called the press conference.
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A. Allen: Small business recovery
Small Business Recovery is essential for families, communities and social networks: "We Are All in This Together." COVID-19 restrictions have put a damper on society as a whole, but with small businesses, the change has hit most of them financially and it could be very devastating to their business. Most businesses are socially connected to the community they serve and the communities relied on their business to provide service -- be it restaurants or groceries or etc. Now the community business is looking to its customers to come through in these challenging times. As my mother used to say, "One hand washes the other." It's just like I see posted all over Chicago, "We Are All in This Together." So looking at it from this perspective. we should and need to be there for each other. Let's reach out and help each other during these trying times, so that we may recover from this COVID-19 setback.
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How StreetWise Works
Our Mission
Orientation Participants complete a monthlong orientation, focusing on customer service skills, financial literacy and time management to become a badged vendor.
Financial Literacy Vendors buy StreetWise for $0.90, and sell it for $2. The profit of $1.10 goes directly to the licensed vendor for them to earn a living.
Supportive Services StreetWise provides referrals, advocacy and other support to assist participants in meeting their basic needs and getting out of crisis.
S.T.E.P. Program StreetWise’s S.T.E.P. Program provides job readiness training and ongoing direct service support to ensure participants’ success in entering the traditional workforce.
THE PLAYGROUND
To empower the entrepreneurial spirit through the dignity of self-employment by providing Chicagoans facing homelessness with a combination of supportive social services, workforce development resources and immediate access to gainful employment.
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