Vol. 18 No. 35 August 25-August 31, 2010 Buy StreetWise only from a $2 badged vendor Our Mission To help people help themselves to self-sufficiency through gainful employment From the Director About Us By Bruce Crane StreetWise is published weekly and is sold StreetWise Executive Director by the poor and homeless of Chicago. Life is a series of opportunities, I be- StreetWise is a registered 501(c)3 non- lieve. The opportunity to learn presents profit organization and is a member of itself every day. Some we see, others we miss. At our vendor meeting today, we discussed this the North American Street Newspaper Photos by Mary Faith Hilboldt idea, in the context of building increasing sales skills and Association (NASNA). communication skills. The quest for continuous learn- ing, lifelong learning, is one of the distinguishing char- 1201 W. Lake, Chicago Illinois 60607 acteristics of successful individuals. Striving to learn is Office: 312.829.2526 Fax: 312.829.2623 not an admission of weakness, as none of us are expected to know everything. Rather, learning is the hallmark of strength. Thus, my belief is that if we wish to be suc- cessful, we aught to strive to continuously learn. We had a marvelous benefit for StreetWise last week. Following last year’s successful gala, it was our second annual benefit. It was a beautiful rooftop venue, amid sculpture and gardens, albeit in sweltering heat! We learned a lot from last year’s dinner and this year’s event was a lovely improvement on our prior experience. We sold more tickets, had more sponsors, had great vol- unteer involvement, and raised more money. All are great things. But we also had lovely conversations with our supporters, recognized exceptional volunteers, and helped more people understand all the ways we are more than a magazine. There were things we could do better, and we have taken notes and will learn from them. Keep your eyes out for the third annual benefit, and join us for a great evening that will demonstrate continuous learning in all that we do, even throwing a benefit. For if we are not striving to improve the organization, what leg do we have to stand on in supporting our vendors in their own quest to improve themselves and their situation? We look forward to seeing you at next year’s benefit where we can share our growth and get to know you. Between now and then, do let us know ways that you see that we might improve what we do. 2 www.streetwise.org August 25-August 31, 2010 Your StreetWise vendor: index cover story Supporting a mom with pediatric AIDS Susan is a 24 year old girl who has overcome isola- tion, homelessness and AIDS to create a new life for herself. Send a picture of yourself with your favorite StreetWise vendor to [email protected] features Streetwise Staff Executive Director/Publisher Proofreader Event Calendar Bruce Crane John Patrick Pazdziora [email protected] Tall Ships sail into Navy Pier, plus Ran- Production & Marketing Editor-in-Chief Manager dolph Street Market, Bucktown Arts Suzanne Hanney Ben Cook [email protected] [email protected] Fest, Lake View Music Fest, Jammin’ at the Zoo, plus a in-depth look at the Director of Distribution & Advertising Sales Executives Vendor Services Grace Federighi Smart Museum’s ‘Good Design.’ Greg Pritchett [email protected] [email protected] Mary Faith Hilboldt Page 8 Development Consultant [email protected] Jim LoBianco Entrepreneur Spotlight contributing writers StreetWise vendor Don Smith Cindy Kurman Barrie and Lee Barrie are Alex Filipowicz was born in 1992. He is a the principals of Kurman Communications, student at Northside College Preparatory uses the stability provided by his Inc., a Chicago-based marketing and public high school. He learned to speak Polish relations agency. Please follow all StreetWise from a young age. He enjoys making surreal magazine sales job to give back to restaurant features on Twitter @DineWise drawings. He also enjoys listening to obscure his family. and subscribe to the blog at: http://dinewise- music and watching dark comedies. He is chicago.blogspot .com. Or visit their blog at learning to play trumpet because he likes ska gotbuzzatkurman.com music. He plans on becoming a fiction writer. Page 15 Ginny Erwin has written nutrition and Sarah O’Rourke, a StreetWise intern, fitness articles for several local and national attended Mother McAuley Liberal Arts publications, such as the Chicago Tribune and High School in Chicago and is currently a On-Health magazine. She has a bachelor’s sophomore at West Virginia University. She departments degree in nutrition science and dietetics and has written for WVU’s school newspaper, The a master’s degree in nutrition communications Daily Athenaeum, as a contributing staff writer and marketing. and also plans on majoring in Journalism with News Entertainment a minor in French. Rachel Sylwestrzak was a summer Street- From the Street page 4 -5 DineWise page 6 Wise intern and a student at Alma College in Ryan Singleton is a speechwriter and WorldWise page 11 FoodWise page 7 Alma, Michigan. She is currently entering her freelance journalist who cares deeply about junior year with a major in English and a minor individuals and communities that experience Cover Story page 12-13 Event Calendar page 8-9 in Communications. While at Alma, she has poverty. After he graduated with his master’s Theatre Spotlight page 10 been a member of Literacy Beyond Borders, a degree from the University of Chicago in StreetWise non-profit organization dedicated to increasing 2008, he began to publish widely on matters literacy rates in the nation of Ghana. After of economic disparity, human dignity and The Playground page 14 Volunteer graduating, she hopes to continue her journal- self-reliance. You can find more of his work at Entrepreneur Spotlight page 15 page 7 Check out our volunteer ism career. During her free time, Rachel www.ryansingleton.com. enjoys reading, spending time with her family network @ www.streetwise.org and cheering on the Detroit Tigers. August 25-August 31, 2010 www.streetwise.org 3 From the Streets Finding a water-energy solution Anti-Hate speech efforts By Sarah O’Rourke surround Rosanna Pulido StreetWise Contributor at Tea Party rally ith a heavy focus on global By Suzanne Hanney warming and the quest to StreetWise Editor-in-Chief find energy efficient out- espite urgings from civil rights advocates and lets, attention drifts away faith groups across Chicago, several Illinois Wfrom human’s most important resource, wa- Tea Party and Republican leaders shared the ter. Dspeakers’ platform with Illinois Minuteman What remains underrepresented, however, Project Director Rosanna Pulido at a Tri-Count-Teas rally is the intimate relationship water shares with (Cook, DuPage and Kane counties) Saturday, August 14, energy, which then affects climate change. in suburban Bartlett. Pulido’s repeated outbursts of hate speech, the Chi- The Metropolitan Planning Committee cago groups say, should have been good reason for the and Openlands Roundtable held an informa- GOP and Tea Party leaders — who are candidates for tive panel regarding this water-energy bond, governor, Congress and local offices — to disassociate “Down the Drain, Up in Smoke: Exploring themselves from her. the Water-Energy Nexus in the Chicago “Ms. Pulido’s vicious remarks targeting my fellow Cath- Region. Throughout the presentation, a list olics, Muslims, Mexicans, and gays are full of hate,” said of distinguished speakers discussed solutions Joshua Hoyt, executive director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR). “Racism and the and data concerning the water-energy crisis. politics of hate have no place in Illinois. We urge the Tea The speakers included Frank Benichou of Party and the Republican leadership to reject the hate, Veolia Water North America, Bill Abolt of Lakes Commission is looking at is how ef- bigotry, and extremism Ms. Pulido represents.” Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure Group ficiency oriented pricing can be employed to Hoyt spoke at a news conference called by civil rights and Jeffery Edstrom of Environmental Con- not only promote conservation but also to activist organizations in advance of the Tea Party event. sulting and Technology, Inc, all of whom document what the benefits of this might be In an open letter, more than a dozen social justice or- provided profound insight on the topic. to the Great Lakes ecosystem and what the ganizations asked State Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington), State Sen. Randy Hultgren (R-Wheaton), and other Illinois The amount of water available is not the challenges most importantly to water utilities leaders to pledge to be hate-free in their campaigns. The problem. The real issue is that the water is in who are trying and struggling to do this,” letter included signatures from ICIRR, the Jewish Council the wrong place, wrong form or coming at said Mary Ann Dickinson, president of Alli- on Urban Affairs, the Council of Islamic Organizations of the wrong time, Dr. Michael Webber, asso- ance for Water Efficiency. Greater Chicago, the United African Organization, Priests ciate director of the Center for International Though water scarcity may become a for Justice for Immigrants, and Equality Illinois. Energy and Environmental Policy in the threat if water conservation is not well im- Leaders were advised to cut ties with Pulido and a group she once worked for, the Federation for American Jackson School of Geosciences at the Univer- plemented in water and energy utilities, the Immigration Reform (FAIR), which the letter describes as sity of Texas, said. pricing of water will not affect the availabil- having a history of bigotry, anti-Latino, and anti-Catholic “We have plenty of water in the glaciers ity to those on the verge of financial instabil- views.