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Chain of Change is committed to advancing justice in and through media. We see gaps and contradictions between how mainstream media often report on violence involving and affecting youth and what you are experiencing in your everyday life. This blog seeks to fill in the gaps by including your story.
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From the News
Youth Killings Reach Crisis Level in Chicago
May 27, 2009 - no commentsNPR
Young people in Chicago are dying violent deaths at an alarming rate. So far this school year, at least 36 Chicago Public School students have been killed, most of them victims of gunshots. Scores of other Chicago children and teenagers have been wounded in shootings, and there are concerns that the gun violence could escalate when school is out for the summer in a few weeks.
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508 Chicago kids shot in just 16 months
March 09, 2009 - no commentsChicago Sun-Times
A total of 508 Chicago school kids were shot from September 2007 through December 2008,according to data compiled by the school system and released to the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Chain of Change participants in the Sun Times article, “50 Chicagoans You Should Know”
October 02, 2008 - no commentsSun Times
Congratulations to Daphnee Rene of the Rogers Park Young Womens Action Team and Diane Latiker of Kids Off the Block for being two of the 50 Chicagoans making the city a better place. Both were featured in the Sun Times on August 17, 2008 in the article “50 Chicagoans You Should Know.”
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Global Girls Featured on 848
September 28, 2008 - no commentsChicago Public Radio
On September 23, 2008 Global Girls was featured on Chicago Public Radio’s “848″ program and on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered”. Click here to check it out!
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Youth Blog
Los jóvenes de color son afectados por cyber-bullying?
November 03, 2011 - 2 Commentsby Lynda Lopez
Are youth of color affected by cyberbullying?
October 04, 2011 - no commentsby Lynda Lopez
Tags: cyberbully, digital abuse, youth of color
LGBTQA Youth of Color Say ‘You Can’t Fight Violence With Violence’
July 07, 2011 - no commentshttp://www.genderjust.org/news/July6CAPS
Tags: boystown, Chicago, lakeview, lgbt, North Side
Photos and a Personal Report from a University of Madison Wisconsin Student
March 03, 2011 - 3 Commentsby CC Thorstensen
Tags: activism, madison, photojournalism, protest, university of madison
Bahrain, Egypt, Tunisia, Belgium, and Wisconsin: Ringing in 2011 with Global Revolution
February 23, 2011 - 11 Commentsby Linda Zhou
Tags: activism, madison, protest, wisconsin