The founder and executive director of Dion’s Chicago Dream talks about the importance of providing fresh, quality produce to fight food insecurity — and the lessons nonprofits should be learning from the pandemic.
The Last Word
Aug 28, 2021 |
A business school dean gives us the last word on supporting Latino entrepreneurs — and how that can benefit all Americans.
Aug 22, 2021 |
The founder of the organization Coffee, Hip-Hop & Mental Health gives us the last word on making mental health therapy normal — and accessible — for everyone who needs it.
Aug 8, 2021 |
The retired Harvard Business School professor and Englewood native talks about some of the ideas in his new book, “A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues: What You Can Do Right Now to Help the Black Community.”
Jul 25, 2021 |
Meet travel enthusiasts Chevon Linear and Kameron Stanton who are using TikTok to encourage Black people to explore the outdoors.
Jul 11, 2021 |
The CEO of local engineering firm Ardmore Roderick tells us what he thinks the city should do to help Chicago’s small businesses.
Jun 26, 2021 |
The forces of gentrification can make people being priced out of their neighborhoods feel powerless. But the founders of Lolita’s Bodega in Humboldt Park say residents have more power than they think.
Jun 19, 2021 |
Chicago high school students Isabela Ávila and Francisco Villaseñor give us the last word on creating meaningful change in local communities.
May 23, 2021 |
The creator of an Englewood community garden talks about the healing power of growing food as part of our ongoing series.
May 8, 2021 |
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on everyone, but one group in particular has had an especially heavy lift: mothers, who have taken on the majority of caregiving responsibilities over the last year.
Apr 24, 2021 |
The violinist and bank-teller-turned-software-engineer talks about making career changes during the pandemic.
Apr 11, 2021 |
Urban historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas gives us the last word on how knowing the city’s past can change the energy of its future.
Apr 10, 2021 |
Why women should take their ideas and aspirations off the back burner.
Mar 27, 2021 |
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day (March 8) had a theme of “Choose to Challenge,” and data engineer Lorena Mesa wants to challenge your career aspirations. Here, she gives us the last word on Latino representation in tech.
Mar 21, 2021 |
The Chicago-based comedian and actor talks about making the most of a year spent at home.
Feb 27, 2021 |
From Cuba to the Dominican Republic to right here in Chicago, millions of Afro Latinos speak their culture through their language and wear their African heritage on their bodies, especially in their hair texture.
