https://visu.news/2018/05/23/chicagonocopacademywin/ The Chicago City Council postponed a planned vote on building a new $95 million police academy on the City’s West Side on Tuesday amid a contentious City Council meeting that saw hundreds of protesters in and outside the building.
https://www.theroot.com/community-groups-finalize-consent-decree-demands-for-ch-1826058090 The 125-page “Recommendations for the Consent Decree in State of Illinois v. City of Chicago” was made public Tuesday by community groups involved in the Campbell v. City of Chicago class action lawsuit.
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2018/4/10/personal-stories-shared-black-lives-matter-stop-ev/ The Chicago branch of Black Lives Matter and local activist group Southside Together Organizing for Power (STOP) cohosted an event on Friday titled “Stories Against Stigma.”
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by Marissa Page
The red-and-white newspaper box once held editions of the Frederick News-Post, a local newspaper for a northern Maryland county of the same name.
Now 650 miles away, the box resides in a garden on the southeast corner of Calumet Avenue and 51st Street. It bears a fresh coat of paint, and inside its contents range from Bulls T-shirts to applesauce cups.
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by Andrew Gill
Black Lives Matter Chicago is piloting a food box program to address hunger in neighborhoods where it says food is too scarce. The inspiration comes from little free libraries, boxes that encourage neighbors to take a book or give a book.