Access Living, a powerful disability justice organization honored LSNA as the Community Partner of the Year for our work with students with disabilities at Schurz HS through our Sustainable Community Schools grant.
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Logan Square Neighborhood Association won a $15,000 grant from Chicago Foundation for Women’s (CFW) #GivingTuesday campaign to support our work to give much-needed self-care packages and mental health resources to LSNA Parent Mentors who are not only caregivers for their families, but also their communities. And we are so thankful to the CFW for the opportunity to participate in this challenge.
Here's how you can help:
Go to: CFW's Website
Watch three short videos from the amazing finalists
Donate at least $5 to the CFW through the VOTE now link
Vote for LSNA! <3
Photo by: Youngrae Kim, Chicago Tribune. María Leticia Toribio at her home in Chicago on Nov. 6, 2020.
By LAURA RODRÍGUEZ PRESA, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, NOV 07, 2020
Teresa Labastida, 43, a mother of three, feels the same way. She also volunteered with the Logan Square group to push Latinos to vote. “Even though I can’t vote, seeing the number, I feel like so many people have voted for me,” Labastida said. Her oldest son voted for the first time, and he kept her updated on the results following Election Day.
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Photo by Adriana Cardona-Maguigad/WBEZ
CPS Is Dramatically Expanding Gold Standard Bilingual Program. But Is It Putting The Funding — And Schools — In The Right Place?
As a parent and an organizer for the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Leticia Barrera fought for more dual language programs in area schools. But the sudden expansion has surprised her.
“I am worried about why the district is bringing now dual language and not bringing resources to the [transitional bilingual] program that is already there for years,” she said.
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Photography by Eddie Quiñones.
Drive along the “Armitage Avenue Welcoming Corridor” between Pulaski Street and Kostner Avenue in Hermosa, a vibrant Latinx community on the city’s Northwest side, and you may catch a glimpse of some of the mosaic monarch butterflies displayed on a number of storefronts.
The butterflies—and the corridor itself—are part of a project sponsored by the Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA) to foster connectivity, a sense of security for Hermosa residents. Two
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La Asociación de Vecinos de Logan Square repartiran recursos de vivienda y de inmigración al Vecindario de Hermosa! Dé un paseo por el corredor de Armitage para recibir máscaras, kits de arte y aprenda de recursos disponibles para usted.
Macarillas y Kits de Arte Gratis, Información de sus derechos, y recursos de vivienda y inmigración
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On Tuesday, September 22 at 6:30 pm, LSNA is hosting A VIRTUAL night of Comedy with the AMAZING help of comedians, Carly Kane, Audrey Jonas, and Adam Burke. Hosted by Janice V. Rodriguez.
Watch with us on our Facebook Page!
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The Logan Square Neighborhood Association with help from a generous Shared Smiles grant award from LISC presents Carnaval de Cariño: Comida, Cultura y Solidaridad. A celebration of our Latinx, Afro-Latinx and Caribbean cultura! We are proud to partner with local restaurants to help feed 100 of our families. Selected families will receive a certificate for a family meal at one of our participating restaurants.
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BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO, MINA BLOOM: Friday morning, Logan Square leaders and immigration activists rallied around the father and his family at a press conference and “know your rights” demonstration in front of Chase Elementary School, 2021 N. Point St. The man is a parent of Chase students and was arrested near the school.
Photo by: Mina Bloom
This fall Parent Mentors are ready to get back to school. Safely. Instead of entering the classroom, Parent Mentors will try numerous strategies to work with students and support community school teachers.
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Nancy Aardema, community organizer and outgoing Executive Director of Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA), will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes a professional in children’s services who has made outstanding contributions to the field and has helped to advance forward-thinking and innovative programs benefiting disadvantaged children and families.
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The awards are part of Field’s ongoing investment in racial justice visionaries and organizations addressing systemic issues in Chicago’s divested communities. The MacArthur Foundation committed $2.1 million to support the awards to recognize and support diverse leaders from communities affected by Chicago’s history of structural racism, discrimination, and disinvestment.
Photo by Samantha Cabrera Friend
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Everyone has the right to be counted and to be represented fairly regardless of your citizenship status. By filing for the census you can help bring much-needed funding to YOUR community. If you need help filing for the Census 2020, please call or visit Logan Square Neighborhood Association.
Toda persona tiene derecho de ser contada y representada de manera justa, independientemente de su estatus migratorio. Al llenar el censo, puedes ayudar a traer los fondos que necesitamos a NUESTRO comunidad. Si necesitas ayuda a llenar el Censo 2020, llame o visite la Asociación de Vecinos de Logan Square (LSNA)
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Even though LSNA's offices are closed, our entire team is working hard to protect the rights of immigrants and undocumented people, our Parent Mentors, and our youth program participants. We have developed a list of resources to help if you are need due to the pandemic.
Aunque las oficinas de LSNA están cerradas, todo nuestro equipo está trabajando arduamente para proteger los derechos de los inmigrantes y las personas indocumentadas, nuestros padres mentores y los participantes de nuestro programa juvenil. Hemos desarrollado una lista de recursos para ayudarlo si lo necesita debido a la pandemia.
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We have a new way to develop all neighborhoods without displacing people: equitable transit-oriented development.
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Notice to the community of intent to apply: LSNA is notifying the community that it intends to apply for a Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant. This not a guarantee of funding, only an intent to apply. For more information please visit: https://www.isbe.net/Pages/21st-Century-Community-Learning-Centers.aspx.
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LSNA is excited and honored to learn that the Parent Engagement Institute has been awarded The Woods Fund Chicago Power of Community Award!
The award recognizes the power of love and community and that the incredible team of Parent Mentors, Coordinators and Organizers who have put in your time and efforts for our children, schools and neighborhoods.
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LSNA is excited to announce that the Parent Mentor Program is a finalist for the Woods Fund Power of Community Award from @liscchicago honoring the contributions, #innovation and #excellence of #Chicagoans creating more equitable communities for our city’s residents.
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Ramirez-Rosa told Block Club the idea came from community leaders involved in neighborhood groups like Brighton Park Neighborhood Council and Logan Square Neighborhood Association.
“I thought it was a great idea,” Ramirez-Rosa said. “We need to identify money to assist vulnerable Chicagoans, particularly those who have been left behind by the federal government.”
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Juliet De Jesus Alejandre, LSNA’s Youth Director, has been selected as the incoming Executive Director of Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA). She will begin her journey as Executive Director at LSNA’s 58th Annual Congress in May 2020.
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