The 2020 Cooperative Virtual Town Hall will be held via Zoom this Thursday, Oct. 29 from 4-5:30 p.m. For for information visit here: facebook.com/events/7990167…

To help ease the tension and isolation brought on by the pandemic, Block Club Chicago has created a *free* hotline to connect you with the resources you might need related to COVID-19. For more information, visit their website here: ow.ly/m7Mm50C49oq

Lawndale Pop-Up Spot and the Gardeneers are co-hosting their second annual Haunted Halloween Harvest this Saturday, Oct. 31 (Halloween day!). For more info visit here: ow.ly/VNoQ50C48wb

Next Friday! CCA Academy's PermaPark is hosting their annual fall bulb-planting event is happening on November 13th. Email [email protected] to reserve your spot. Come dressed for the weather because they will be working rain or shine!

The North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council would like to remember our loved ones who've passed this year due to COVID-19 in the community meeting Thursday, Nov. 19. If you would like your loved ones to be included, please email a photo to [email protected].

Some of our community partners will be speaking at Collaborative Design in a Chicago Neighborhood for the Chicago Architecture Biennial tonight at 6 p.m. To attend, please register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Image credit: Chicago Architecture Biennial / Nathan Keay, 2020

The North Lawndale Community Community Coordinating Council is hosting its last quarterly meeting of 2020 today, Nov. 19 at 5 p.m. Be sure to tune in via Zoom or FB Live! novqtly.eventbrite.com

NLCCC, GROWSS, and Stone Temple Baptist Church will be hosting a free soup giveaway outdoors every Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Stone Temple. Please wear your masks and practice social distancing, and don't forget to dress for the weather!

SAIC @ Homan Square Faculty member Eric Hotchkiss was selected to be one of six new artists in residence ever for the city's new initiative INVEST South/West. Congratulations, Eric! // Image by Kenneth Johnson.

After a campaign led by neighborhood youth, Douglas Park was officially renamed for Frederick Douglass and Anna Murray Douglass! Image from Chicago Park District

As COVID cases continue to rise in the Chicago, the city is giving $14 million in grants and other resources to community clinics to expand testing and contact tracing, according to Block Club Chicago. Free COVID tests can be obtained at these locations. Be safe!

Looking to treat your loved ones (or yourself!) this holiday season? Shop local! Four of North Lawndale's very own were featured in Block Club Chicago's West Side holiday gift guide. More information can be found on Block Club here: blockclubchicago.org/2020/11/25/sho…

Earth's Remedies is a hub of developmental resources who is servicing families experiencing food & resource disparities this holiday season. To learn more about their upcoming events visit them on Facebook (Earth's Remedies )or Instagram page Earth's Remedies.

Illinois Humanities #EnvisioningJustice is commissioning new work that responds to the impacts of mass incarceration with the intention of envisioning and devising new strategies to create a truly just society. For more details: ow.ly/VyBX50CKWop

We are so proud of our community partners, Pastor Reshorna Fitzpatrick and her husband Bishop Derrick Fitzpatrick of Stone Temple Baptist Church, for being named TIME Magazine's Heroes of 2020! North Lawndale is on the map, y'all!

We have an exciting new class this summer led by Amanda Harth! Learn more and apply here: saic.edu/homan-square/d… This link is also in our link tree in our bio!

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Here are some community events that are happening in the next couple of weeks in North Lawndale! Check them out! #NorthLawndale

We are at it again this Tuesday for a round two of the wonderful program by our Artist In Resident Isaac Johnson LORD HAITI . Come out to Strengthening the Voices of Tomorrow with Trisha Wenthworth. Hope to see there. #HomanSquare #NorthLawndale #WestSideArtists #SAIC #Chicago