Downtown Johannesburg puts a bounce in your step. Streets bustle with noisy fruit-sellers and minibus drivers seeking custom. But South Africa’s commercial capital can also [...]
2 years ago, Toni Irving sat down with Shelly Stern Grach, Director of Civic Engagement at Microsoft, and host of Civic Chat: Networking [...]
Born in Philadelphia, Toni Irving has been an Illinois resident since 2000, which makes her an official Chicagoan by sheer will alone. The fact [...]
ENGLEWOOD — Since joining a baseball league in Englewood in which the coaches are Chicago Police officers, 7-year-old Shawn Garrett now wants to be a [...]
Get IN Chicago’s mission is to identify, fund and rigorously evaluate evidence-based programs that lead to a sustainable reduction in violence for individuals and [...]
(Archive) View the full May 2017 Get IN Chicago Newsletter HERE.
Our youth in Chicago are a bellwether for our city as a whole. Their high unemployment rates reflect our need for workforce development; their [...]
The Impossible Question of Public School Uniforms One-fifth of American students wear them. But do they level the playing field or just further marginalize [...]
(Archive) View the full April 2017 Get IN Chicago Newsletter HERE.
