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Ballet Folklorico dancers win big in national competition
Photo by Eduardo Martinez. Two busloads of BYNC Ballet Folklorico dancers brought home more than a dozen awards from the 2016 ACADEZ (Academia de la Danza Amalia Hernandez) National Folklorico/...
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Second Chance students shoot hoops with 9th District officers
(The Gate/Sonya Eldridge) Students from the Peace and Education Coalition Second Chance High School and 9th District Chicago Police officers came together for a friendly game of basketball on Thursday,...
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Comcast expands fiber network in Back of the Yards and Bridgeport
Photo by Chris McGuire. Businesses in Back of the Yards and Bridgeport can now take advantage of faster internet speeds due to a fiber optic network expansion spanning the two Southwest Side...
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“Hearts Up, Guns Down”
(The Gate/Sonya Eldridge) The rain didn’t keep Back of the Yards youth, local artists, neighborhood leaders, law enforcement and the mayor from coming together for the 3rd Annual Faith and Action...
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Davis Square Park baseball diamonds get facelifts
(The Gate/Sonya Eldridge) The opportunity to enjoy America’s favorite pastime has been revived in Davis Square Park following the completion of a Cubs Charities-funded facelift. Members of the...
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Richards Career Academy celebrates first-ever Gates Millennium Scholar
Demareo Jones,18, is the first student from Richards Career Academy to ever receive the Gates Millennium Scholarship. Jones will be attending Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University in the fall. (The...
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One Summer Chicago youth complete two-block long mural
(The Gate/Sonya Eldridge) Imagine a relentless, blistering sun beating down on you day in and day out as you work what might be your first summer job. Now throw in slithering garden snakes, perhaps...
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Chicago Commons launches Family Hub program
(The Gate/Sonya Eldridge) At first glance, it might appear to be a typical school day outside on the playground at Chicago Commons Paolo Freire Center (PFC) in Back of the Yards. But what the students...
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From California to Chicago: A story of resilience and perseverance
Lidia’s hands rest on the very table grapes she picked as a child and young woman. (La Malcriada/Gloria Talamantes) Freckles dot the hands and cheeks of Lidia Huante Mendoza, 67, remnants of a...
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Youth and lawmakers aim for solutions to growing unemployment crisis
Davonte Avery (left) talks to State Rep. Sonya Harper after the youth unemployment task force hearing held March 2, 2018, at Malcolm X College. (The Gate/Sonya Eldridge) Growing up in Humboldt Park,...
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