Riley Sommers

Dec 13, 2024 | depauliaonline.com | LiLi Jarvenpa |Anita Valentin |Bing F. Wang |Riley Sommers

Illinois clinics are prepared to protect reproductive health care rights in the wake of former President Trump’s reelection, maintaining Illinois as a haven for reproductive care in the Midwest. Mary Jane Maharry, the director of communications and marketing at Planned Parenthood of Illinois, said Planned Parenthood is committed to continuing to provide care for its patients. “We don’t know what a Trump presidency will look like yet,” Maharry said.

Dec 5, 2024 | depauliaonline.com | Emily Diaz |Riley Sommers

Categories: La serie de retratos en curso de Austin Pope, artista nativo de West Woodlawn, titulada ‘The (Mis)Education of Chicago’, está en exhibición hasta el 8 de diciembre en la Blanc Gallery. La serie abarca más de 40 escuelas cerradas en 2013 por Rahm Emanuel, evocando conversaciones sobre el acceso a la educación y la opresión sistémica. El fotógrafo Austin Pope ha estado capturando los recuerdos de las escuelas públicas vacías de Chicago durante más de cuatro años.

Dec 5, 2024 | depauliaonline.com | Emily Diaz |Riley Sommers

Photographer Austin Pope has been capturing the memories of vacant Chicago Public Schools for over four years. Each school photographed was shut down as a part of Rahm Emanuel’s efforts to close – the largest mass closure of public schools in the United States. Through portraits and a gallery of over 40 schools, Pope’s photography unravels the affects these school closures have had on Chicagoans 10 years later.

Nov 2, 2024 | depauliaonline.com | Riley Sommers

Categories: La carrera benéfica de 5 km en Chicago celebra el Día de los Muertos en Pilsen Con una asistencia récord de más de 7,000 corredores y casi 200 voluntarios, la Carrera de los Muertos en Pilsen está creciendo más allá de los sueños más ambiciosos de Carlos Jaramillo, dijo el.. Jaramillo es el director de la carrera y también el fundador del evento.

Nov 2, 2024 | depauliaonline.com | Riley Sommers

Categories: Chicago’s Day of the Dead 5k is a unique nonprofit race which celebrates Dia de los Muertos in Pilsen With a record-breaking turnout of more than 7,000 runners and nearly 200 volunteers, the annual Carrera de los Muertos in Pilsen is growing beyond Carlos Jaramillo’s wildest dreams, he said. Jaramillo serves as the race director in addition to having founded the 5k.