News

Here are five recent stories posted to the Pilsen Portal. For more News items that have appeared on our site, click on a category in the box to the left.

Call to Artists: ICIRR, Feb 4, 2012; Attention Artists. We are looking for a few artists to help us with our event and promote your work.
Chicago’s college-bound Latino youth getting a new housing option: JOSLIN WOODS, Feb 3, 2012; La Casa, which means the house in Spanish, will accommodate 100 students attending Chicago area colleges this fall by providing affordable apartments and academic services in a building at the…
An Immigrant’s Tale: Amid the shadows (Part II): El inmigrante anónimo, Feb 2, 2012; Human industry adds its own accents to the native landscape. From the top of a hill we see a long line of people advancing hurriedly in the valley ahead of us. Some two hundred years earlier, pushing…
Venados Running Club Gears up for Start of Running Season: Angie Henao, Feb 1, 2012; With the official start of the running season right around the corner and online registration for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon opening up on February 1, many Chicago-area runners are…
New Chicago Wards Map: Not Representative of Community Interests: Mayra López, Feb 1, 2012; Ward redistricting in Chicago had less to do with race than it did with money and power dynamics. In the end, Latinos are still underrepresented since only 10 of the new “Latino majority”…
New Chicago Wards Map: Not Representative of Community Interests: Mayra López, Feb 1, 2012, make a comment; Ward redistricting in Chicago had less to do with race than it did with money and power dynamics. In the end, Latinos are still underrepresented since only 10 of the new “Latino majority”…
Gads Hill Center Celebrates National Mentor Month: Megan Aebi, Feb 1, 2012; Gads Hill Center, located on Chicago’s southwest side, observed the first National Mentor Month by thanking mentors and staff for their contributions to the community.