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Triton College Joins Statewide Food Drive to Combat Student Hunger
Triton College is joining community colleges across Illinois this fall to help address food insecurity through the annual Feed the Need campus food drive. Through Dec. 1, Triton will accept… Read more
Chicago Public Schools Fill Key Leadership Roles
The Board of Education Thursday approved several key promotions aimed at strengthening leadership within Chicago Public Schools (CPS). The newly-appointed administrators bring extensive experience in educational leadership and have consistently… Read more
Chicago Public Library Redefines Book Club Culture with The Reading Set
Chicago Public Library (CPL) announces The Reading Set, a first-of-its-kind book borrowing platform that makes it simple for readers across the city to reserve complete sets of titles for their… Read more
Sinai Urban Health Institute Impact Report Celebrates 25 Years
Sinai Urban Health Institute (SUHI), part of Sinai Chicago, released its 25-Year Impact Report: Advancing Health for All https://suhi.sinaichicago.org/. This milestone publication showcases a quarter century of community-engaged research, training,… Read more
Health Resources for Immigrant Communities
Immigrants represent over one in five residents in Chicago and continue to power our City’s civic, cultural, and economic life. CDPH is partnering with coalitions across the City to mitigate… Read more
Attorney General Raoul Demands Answers Over Impending SNAP Changes
Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Acting Associate Administrator for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance… Read more
Cook County Residents Get Flu and COVID-19 Shots at Cook County’s Free Vaccination Clinics
Cook County Department of Public Health, Cook County Health and CountyCare provide free flu and COVID-19 shots at Cook County’s flu and vaccination clinics, held on certain Saturdays at five… Read more
Villanueva Responds after Federal Agents Spotted Near Local Elementary School
State Senator Celina Villanueva (D-Chicago) is calling out the continued pattern of federal intimidation after multiple vehicles identified as belonging to ICE agents were seen parked across from an elementary… Read more
Resources for SNAP Participants
Caption by Ashmar Mandou As the changes for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) looms, if you or someone you know needs food support, explore local resources listed below. Food… Read more
Spooky Skeletons at Shedd
Have you ever wondered what a stingray skeleton looks like? Turns out, so do scientists! And by using some new technology, we can get a better picture of animals that… Read more
