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ICE Continues to Target Illinois Families That Are Not Priorities for Deportation

ICE Continues to Target Illinois Families That Are Not Priorities for Deportation

Immigration, CommunityCicero IndependienteMay 31, 2022Chicago Suburbs, Cicero, South Side Weekly, Immigration, deportation, prosecutorial discretion, ICE, Octavio Ortiz

Cicero Has Only Spent a Fraction of the $100,000 Available to Help Residents Pay Their Water Bills

Cicero Has Only Spent a Fraction of the $100,000 Available to Help Residents Pay Their Water Bills

Community, Accountability, GovernmentCicero IndependienteMay 12, 2022Cicero, COVID-19, relief aid, water bill, bill assistance, community, aid, Larry Dominick

Big Mich Antojería: Cultivating a Special and Delicious Environment for Cicero

Big Mich Antojería: Cultivating a Special and Delicious Environment for Cicero

Community, Community HighlightCicero IndependienteApril 27, 2022Big Mich, Cicero, 2022, Antojos, tiendita, community market, community, local residents

Get Your Seeds! Cicero Public Library opens ‘Seed Library’

Get Your Seeds! Cicero Public Library opens ‘Seed Library’

Community, EnvironmentJorge MartinezApril 13, 2022Cicero, Cicero Public Library, Seed library, green spaces, nature, fresh food, produce, connection to nature

Community Voice: Look Outside Your Window

Community Voice: Look Outside Your Window

Community, Environment, community voiceCicero IndependienteMarch 31, 2022community, nature, Environment, Environmental Justice, community voice, red hawks, bird species, Cicero, Berwyn, pandemic

Aging In the Shadows: A Crisis of Older Undocumented Immigrants Awaits Illinois

Aging In the Shadows: A Crisis of Older Undocumented Immigrants Awaits Illinois

Community, ImmigrationCicero IndependienteMarch 28, 2022older, elders, aging, older population, immigrants, undocumented immigrants, Cicero, Chicago, Injustice Watch, Illinois, Latinx community

Disrupting Suppression in Cicero and Berwyn: ‘Now's the time to pull up, now's the time to get involved’

Disrupting Suppression in Cicero and Berwyn: ‘Now's the time to pull up, now's the time to get involved’

Community, Activism, FeaturedApril AlonsoFebruary 22, 2022Que Pasa Midwest, Cicero, Berwyn, organizing, Town of Cicero, Larry Dominick, Berwyn Mayor, Robert Lovero, community, solidarity, power to the people, podcast, bilingual

Community Voice: Incorporate Black Voices in School Curriculum Throughout the Year

Community Voice: Incorporate Black Voices in School Curriculum Throughout the Year

community voice, CommunityCicero IndependienteFebruary 9, 2022activism, Black voices, Black history, berwyn, Cicero, District 201, District 98, District 100

Cafeteria Workers at Morton West Want Better Pay: ‘Merecemos un salario justo’

Cafeteria Workers at Morton West Want Better Pay: ‘Merecemos un salario justo’

Community, EducationGuest UserDecember 14, 2021Morton West, Berwyn, better wages

Culture, Inequality and the Power of Photography, Why Three Youth are Pursuing Journalism

Culture, Inequality and the Power of Photography, Why Three Youth are Pursuing Journalism

Community, YouthCicero IndependienteOctober 28, 2021fellowship, fellows, Cicero, Berwyn, youth, journalism

Community Leaders Get Candid About Sexual Health

Community Leaders Get Candid About Sexual Health

LGBTQ+, Community, HealthMichael IzquierdoSeptember 30, 2021LGBTQ+, sexual health, community, Cicero, Corazon

Cicero Writer, Michelle Ramirez, Shares Her Story to Connect with Others

Cicero Writer, Michelle Ramirez, Shares Her Story to Connect with Others

Community Highlight, CommunityApril AlonsoApril 29, 2021Cicero, writers, community, Local Business, POC writers, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ writer

Cicero Writer, Jose Quinones, Shares His Story to Make Space For Other Queer Voices

Cicero Writer, Jose Quinones, Shares His Story to Make Space For Other Queer Voices

Community Highlight, CommunityApril AlonsoApril 29, 2021cicero, Cicero writers, Latinx, Latinx writers, POC, POC writers, LGBTQ+, community

Community Voice: Cicero’s Local Guide to Grassroots Activism

Community Voice: Cicero’s Local Guide to Grassroots Activism

Activism, Community, community voiceGuest UserMarch 24, 2021grassroots, organizing, local organizations

Using Murals to Celebrate Life in Cicero

Using Murals to Celebrate Life in Cicero

Community Highlight, CommunityJesus J. MonteroMarch 18, 2021murals, life, Youth, Victor Cazares Jr., Cicero

Cicero-raised Baker Makes Cookies for Celebrities

Cicero-raised Baker Makes Cookies for Celebrities

Community Highlight, Community, PeopleCicero IndependienteMarch 11, 2021community, DACA, Dreamer, Baker, Dulce Bella Sweets

Deadline Extended, Participate in Shaping Cicero’s Future

Deadline Extended, Participate in Shaping Cicero’s Future

Government, CommunityIrene RomuloMarch 8, 2021zoning, Cicero, community, 2021

Opinion: Caring for Nature Takes a Village

Opinion: Caring for Nature Takes a Village

Environment, opinion, Community, ActivismCicero IndependienteFebruary 16, 2021community, Environmental Justice, green spaces, CIcero, 2021, Cicero Community Farm

Community Voice: Takeaways from My Time Serving as an Americorps Member During a Pandemic

Community Voice: Takeaways from My Time Serving as an Americorps Member During a Pandemic

Community Highlight, People, CommunityEstefany FigueroaJanuary 14, 2021COVID-19, Resources, CIcero, Cicero Community Collaborative

Here's Where Cicero and Berwyn Residents Can Get Free Food

Here's Where Cicero and Berwyn Residents Can Get Free Food

COVID-19, CommunityCicero IndependienteNovember 23, 2020covid, food pantries, free food