Citlali Perez

Sep 27, 2024 | southsideweekly.com | Citlali Perez

Like many other longtime Southwest Siders, I grew up frequenting Marquette Park in Chicago Lawn to gather with family, feed the ducks, or check out the former rose garden. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the park continues to serve as a reliable space for me to gather safely with friends.

Sep 27, 2024 | southsideweekly.com | Citlali Perez

Brighton Park Poets is a free, bilingual (Spanish-English) poetry workshop series. The group meets every first Sunday of the month, often at the Brighton Park Library. Paige Savarese, twenty-six, began Brighton Park Poets in her apartment last July. Savarese grew up in Edison Park and moved around the Northwest and West Sides before settling down in Brighton Park three years ago. Savarese’s own experiences with poetry groups motivated her to start her own.

Apr 26, 2024 | southsideweekly.com | Citlali Perez

Since the announcement of the Obama Presidential Center, residents of the surrounding area have voiced concerns over the impact the development will have on housing affordability and the ongoing displacement of long-time residents.

Apr 2, 2024 | southsideweekly.com | Zoe Pharo |Citlali Perez

EnglishA medida que la Municipalidad comienza a implementar su política de 60 días para las estadías en los refugios para migrantes, los habitantes de dichos lugares informan que hay confusión sobre el proceso de desalojo y los obstáculos cada vez mayores para encontrar vivienda permanente. En el refugio para migrantes Wadsworth, 6420 S.

Apr 1, 2024 | southsideweekly.com | Zoe Pharo |Citlali Perez

As the city begins to carry out its sixty-day limit policy on migrant shelter stays, shelter residents across the city report confusion about the eviction process and worsening hurdles to finding more permanent housing. At Woodlawn’s Wadsworth migrant shelter, 6420 S. University Ave., one resident, whose name in this article has been changed to Luis to protect his identity, was given an eviction date of April 13.