At it again! Last session ended before we could secure a vote on this important bill. So let’s go! HB 1597 ensures that the volunteer members of Chicago’s Elected School Board will have paid staff […]
I am grateful to have reaffirmed the trust that I have earned in my community by winning re-election to the Walt Disney Magnet Local School Council in Buena Park, Uptown Chicago. Earning public trust comes […]
I was privileged and honored to have been introduced to the Chicago neighborhood of Edgewater through its diligent network of block clubs, and then further through the efforts of community members in Uptown. An effort […]
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It is not easy to begin an organized group such as a block club, but it is easy to fall against the question: what’s next? How do we keep this going? The answer in the […]
It was only 2 months ago when I asked several of my neighbors in my apartment building in Uptown to help organize our community. It truly was an effort in Building Community. Then, 2 weeks […]
by Former Community Representative at Senn High School and twice elected Community Representative at Disney Magnet Elementary, Daniel Steven Kleinman
The first edition of the New Neighborhood Block Club Manual was sponsored by Chicago’s 47th Ward Alderman Ameya Pawar. Forming a dozen block clubs in one summer, the New Neighborhood Block Club Manual has become the […]