Category Archives: Social Change
Elia Peattie: Instituted by Women
This is one of a large series devoted to Chicago writers. These articles are expansions of ones written as introductions to two anthologies of Chicago writing I did: first, with David Starkey, Smokestacks and Skyscrapers, and second, my Black Writing … Continue reading
The New Neighbor Project
The mission and core values are still solidly the same, but The Neighbor Project—a social change organization, part of which started as our family’s small foundation—has a new website and new branding. These are cleaner and more direct, I think, … Continue reading
At the Japanese Summer Festival
On July 27, 2024, a group of 30 attended the Japanese Summer Festival at the Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford, IL. This outing was sponsored by the Antiracism Taskforce of the Northern Illinois Conference (NIC) of the United Methodist Church, … Continue reading