Learning Curve

Ellen Gates Starr High School 3640 West Wolfram Street, Chicago, IL, United States

"NOT TO BE MISSED!" (Chicago Tribune) "A MASTERWORK!" (Chicago Sun-Times) Created by Albany Park Theater Project and Third Rail Projects Extended through November 19 New block of tickets on sale August 3 at 10am CHICAGO TRIBUNE//Chris Jones: "The young man... looked me in the eye and I looked back. I gave the question a lot of […]

The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe

eta Creative Arts Foundation 7558 S. South Chicago Avenue , Chicago, IL, United States

https://vimeo.com/179936344 THE COLORED MUSEUM (Teaser Trailer)- Pulse Theatre Company Chicago from Aaron Mitchell Reese on Vimeo. eta Creative Arts Foundation presents | a PULSE Theatre Company production THE COLORED MUSEUM (a play) by George C. Wolfe Directed by Aaron Mitchell Reese & Donterrio Johnson BTAA and Jeff Award Nominee/Artistic Director, Aaron Mitchell Reese and Jeff […]

Young Chicago Authors Celebrates 25th Anniversary & MacArthur Award Presentation

Laqunitas Tap Room 2607 W. 17th St., Chicago , IL

Join YCA for an evening of celebration, fun and drinks sponsored by our good friends at Lagunitas Brewing Company. The night will feature free appetizers, poetry performances and the presentation of our recent#MacAward.  About YCA At present, YCA directly serves 2,500 teens a year through workshops, performance and publication programs, and reaches 30,000 young people […]

One Northside’s Fall Fundraiser

Second Unitarian Church 656 West Barry Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

Join One Northside for their annual Fall Fundraiser to celebrate a successful year and to ensure ONE Northside is able to continue their work for a city, state and country where everyone has the opportunity to thrive! They will be joined by special guest Juanita Irizarry, who has taken on the Chicago Machine, the Mayor and George Lucas!  The Fall Fundraiser […]

PUSH Excel Teacher Appreciation Day

Rainbow PUSH Coaltion 930 East 50th Street, Chicago, IL, United States

Join PUSH Excel as they celebrate teachers for Teacher Appreciation Day. Door Prizes, Tokens of Appreciation and other Tributes will be given to Teachers for a Job Well Done! 10:00AM: Live International Radio, Television, and Internet Broadcasts 11:30AM: Open House Technology Department 12:00PM: Lunch following Broadcast in Community Hall Click here for more information. To […]

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Displaced Black Educators in Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Teachers Union Center 1901 W. Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL

"African-American teachers are disappearing. The ranks of Black substitute teachers have also declined significantly. Substitutes are not treated with respect. They are given little to no support and in many schools, when an incident happens, security is called but never arrives, yet the sub may be blamed for not reporting an incident...The most adversely affected […]

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Helping the Helper: The Importance of Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care

Chicago Teachers Union Foundation 1901 W. Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

The Chicago Teachers Union Foundation (CTUF) and the Illinois Collaboration on Youth (ICOY) have come together to offer a series of learning collaboratives focused on trauma; designed to share information and experiences relative to trauma and trauma-informed care.  This month's topic is Helping the Helper: The Importance of Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care explores the way in which helping […]

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4th Annual Construction Expo

St. Paul Community Development Ministries 4550 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

Do you want to learn how to become an electrician, carpenter or bricklayer? Then this Hands-on Expo is for you! During the Expo you will get a chance to learn first-hand what is takes to become an electrician, carpenter, bricklayer, operating engineer, pipefitter or other union building trades careers. For more information about the building […]

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