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CIERRE DE LOCAL Marketplace at Six Corners • 4730 W. Irving Park Road. Sunday Edition Noticiero Bilingüe Sunday, June 17, 2018 news WEST SIDE TIMES V. 78 No. 23 5533 W. 25TH STREET. CICERO, IL 60804 - (708)-656-6400 FAX (708) 656-2433 ESTABLISHED 1940 New Wave of Parent Mentors Graduate Program Hispanic American Coal Valley Schools, Project, Southwest Community & Education Niles Township ELL Suburban Immigrant Services, Kenwood Parent Center, Northwest Project, Westside Health Oakland Community Side Housing Center, Authority, and Woodlawn Organization, Logan One Northside, The Children’s Promise Square Neighborhood Resurrection Project, Community. Association, Moline Southwest Organizing Parkland, Chicago Students Hold Press Conference on Gun Violence By Ashmar Mandou Student from Parkland high school in Florida and Good Kids Mad City (GKMC) from across Chicago held a press By Ashmar Mandou in 2018. Replication of in IL, and will expand conference on Monday, the program has been to nearly 20 additional June 11th outside of A new wave of supported by the Parent schools next academic Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s extraordinary parents Engagement Institute (PEI), year due to their state office, to address the graduated from one of a partnership between the budget line increase from recent police shooting of the city’s fastest growing two original parent mentor $1.4million to $2million Maurice Granton and the programs, Parent Mentor organizations, LSNA and in FY19. Democratic gun violence in Chicago. on Friday, June 8th at Back the Southwest Organizing nominees for governor Good Kids Mad City Kids Mad City along with CPD. GKMC wants of the Yards High School. Project (SWOP). Parent JB Pritzker and lieutenant students were joined by Parkland students are community revitalization Originally developed Mentor are placed in governor Julianna Stratton students from Parkland, demanding justice for teens now, which includes by the Logan Square at-risk neighborhood attended the graduation No Cop Academy, across the country who’ve investment in schools, Neighborhood Association schools to work alongside ceremony and mingled March4OurLives, suffered from gun violence. youth job development, (LSNA) in 1995, the Parent teachers and foster a safe with graduates. The 15 Simeon Youth Activist, Speakers called for police mental health care, Mentor Program has grown educational experience for Parent Mentor Partner The VOYCE Project, accountability from the trauma informed schools from a single school to students. This year, the Organizations are: Brighton Assata’s Daughters, Mayor’s office as another and community centers 76 schools working with Parent Mentor program Park Neighborhood members of Maurice young Black person was that focus on restorative 15 community-based was set in 76 high- Council, Enlace Chicago, Granton’s family. Good recently gun downed by justice. organizations across Illinois poverty public schools Family Focus Aurora, Page 2-LAWNDALE Bilingual News -Sunday, June 17 , 2018 Chicago Park District, Chicago Cubs, and Chicago White Sox Announce Open Registration •All teams must be final roster before or at the Press Box. operating in a Chicago coaches meeting Thursday, For questions regarding the Park District location to •July 19th at 6pm. Coaches application process, visit be eligible to compete. meeting will be held at www.chicagoparkdistrict. •Coaches must provide Curtis Granderson Stadium com/cybst. Parkland y Estudiantes de Chicago Sostuvieron Conferencia de Prensa Sobre la Violencia Armada Daughters, miembros de la familia Maurice Granton. Good Kids Mad City junto con los estudiantes de Parkland piden justicia por los adolescentes del país que han sufrido la violencia armada. Voceros pidieron la responsbilidad The Chicago Park District baseball and softball teams. W. Roosevelt, from July policíaca de la oficina del joined the Chicago Cubs The tournament is part of 26 to July 29. Coaches Alcalde ya que otro jóven and Chicago White Sox to the Play Ball Initiative, are encouraged to register negro fue recientemente announce that registration which is Major League their baseball and softball Por Ashmar Mandou atender el reciente tiroteo muerto por CPD. GKMC is available for the citywide Baseball (MLB) and USA teams to play in the policial de Maurice quiere la revitalización Chicago Youth Baseball Baseball’s largest effort tournament through July Estudiantes de Granton y la violencia comunitaria ahora, lo que and Softball Tournament to encourage widespread 12. Participants and teams la secundaria Parkland armada en Chicago. A los incluye inversión en las (CYBST). For the fourth participation in both must meet the following en Florida y Good Kids estudiantes de Good Kids escuelas, desarrollo de consecutive year, the formal and informal requirements to be eligible trabajos juveniles, cuidado baseball and softball Mad City (GKMC) de Mad City se unieron los Chicago Park District activities. This year, the to play: Chicago sostuvieron una estudiantes de Parkland, de salud mental, escuelas has teamed up with Cubs citywide competition •Baseball players must be conferencia de prensa el No Cop Academy, informadas sobre el trauma Charities and White Sox will take place at the 12 years and under, and lunes, 11 de junio, fuera March4OurLives, Simeon y centros comunitarios Charities to host the sports UIC Curtis Granderson softball team participants de la oficina del Alcalde Youth Activist, The enfocados en restaurar la competition for inner city Stadium, located at 901 must be 13 years and under. Rahm Emanuel, para VOYCE Project, Assata’s justicia. LAWNDALE Bilingual News -Sunday, June 17 , 2018-Page 3 COPA Educations CPS Youth on the Importance of Police Oversight and Accountability outreach effort to youth and public affairs team at of force as defined by it makes presentations COPA. The objective of CPD; 3) Improving youth on the importance of the presentation focused positive interactions with police oversight and on helping students law enforcement and accountability. Nearly understand: 1) The role of COPA as an investigative 175 US History and Civic COPA and the importance agency; and 4) Discussing students in 10th and 12th of police oversight career paths. To learn more grade heard from members and accountability; 2) about COPA visit www. of the investigate, legal Understanding the concept chicagocopa.org. The Civilian of Police 5th at Carver Military the Burge Reparation Accountability (COPA) Academy High School Curriculum. As a part visited students on June who recently completed of COPA’s community Berwyn Police Department to Tuesdays at MCA season is Dee Alexander, Host Roadside Safety Checks one of the premiere vocalists and songwriters The Berwyn Police in American music today, Department will be issuing who performs for MCA additional citations in the audiences on July 3. overnight hours on Friday, th Visitors can experience June 15 . This campaign the musicians up close, will feature high visibility enjoy dining al fresco, or enforcement combined relax with a cocktail on the with a variety of outreach sculpture garden lawn. The activities including performances take place additional law enforcement from 5:30-8 pm every activity. Extra emphasis Tuesday with support will be given to the late from Luminarts and media night hours when statistics Every Tuesday this SOAR Farmers Market. sponsor WDCB 90.9 FM, show the most people summer, the Museum Through September and are hosted by WDCB’s drink and drive and the well as Pershing and Oak Department is stepping of Contemporary 25, 2018, Tuesdays on Al Carter-Bey and Richton fewest buckle up. The Park. The costs of driving up late night enforcement Art Chicago hosts the Terrace features Guy Thomas from WHPK Berwyn Police Department impaired or unbuckled efforts making sure free outdoor activities, Chicago’s quintessential 88.5 FM. For more will be conducting are high both finically and impaired drivers are off including the popular jazz musicians performing information and/or for a Roadside Safety Checks emotionally when crashes the road and motorists are Tuesdays on the Terrace outside on the MCA’s complete list of events, at 15th and Ridgeland as occur. The Berwyn Police buckled up. live jazz series and the terrace. A highlight of this visit www.mcachicago.org. Page 4-LAWNDALE Bilingual News -Sunday, June 17, 2018 ComEd Honors Seven Local Diverse Suppliers at Annual Awards Celebration Seven local companies million – 36 percent of its suppliers, providing new owned and led by people total supply chain spend opportunities for African- of color and women were – with diversity-certified American, Hispanic, recognized for excellence suppliers, an increase from Native American, veteran, in construction and 33 percent of total supply and women-owned professional services, chain expenditures in enterprises. Seventy-eight environmental stewardship, 2016. It established 111 companies competed for community building, new diversity-certified the awards presented at job creation, and more supplier relationships last the Palmer House Hilton at ComEd’s third-annual year for a total of 478. Chicago. Diverse Supplier Awards In the past seven years, The 2018 ComEd ceremony on Monday. In ComEd spent $3.3 billion Supplier Diversity Award 2017, ComEd spent $711 with diversity-certified Recognitions: • Overall Performance contracting, safety and telecommunications for Construction and inspections and technologies. Material Services: United construction. • Community Partnership Scrap Metal, Inc., Cicero,