Just finished reading: SOUL ON ICE
At the height of my collegiate career, I would read one book and one play each week, writing essays for each. I became engulfed in literature; its theory, its criticisms, its style, and its experience. […]
Month: January 2016
Thought of the Day one twenty-five sixteen
The efficiency of democracy is beholden to the inefficiencies of the public. My dad told me to write that one down.
To Father Michael Garanzini, Chancellor, Loyola University Chicago
To Father Michael Garanzini, Chancellor, CC: John P. Pelissero, President; and fellow Alumni and Donors of Loyola University Chicago, I am writing in earnest and proud support of the student protestors and members of the […]
Building an Elected Representative School Board for Chicago
(Copied from original draft first posted in October, 2013) THE MAP ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE outlines each and every elementary school attendance area and the high school attendance areas that circumscribe them. Each of these schools’ […]
Budget Vote
Written and published on June 21, 2013 Dear Edgewater and Andersonville Neighbors, Last night, at the Senn High School Local School Council, I, as your community representative, voted against the proposed school budget. The $6.8 […]
Neighborhood Nights | Old School | Some Pics
“Neighborhood Nights” was a community initiative I organized in 2009 and 2010 with the help of many dedicated volunteers. Together, we supplied positive programming every Monday night of the summer months right outside on street […]