Posted in Blog on Jul 30th, 2010
Liberating your spirit honors life. Taking a break from the real world is the pause that refreshes and replenishes your energy for your important work. Celebrating summer with your friends at some of the numerous outdoor festivals is one way to do that. Chicago takes its festivals seriously and hosts dozens every year. Evanston’s Let’s [...]
I’ve looked and looked. Maybe it’s out there and I just haven’t seen it. Where is the short term housing that we desperately need? The safe, affordable, possibly short term, housing that gives people a breather. The number of people standing at the precipice of homelessness, and falling into it, numbs my mind! A lot [...]
Does the economic collapse have within it the seeds of social change that will set us on a path to a more stable society? Just as the seeds of certain pine trees are released only by the heat of a forest fire, this collapse is forcing many to consider alternatives they would not have considered [...]
Posted in Blog, Events Calendar, Housing Resources - local on Jul 16th, 2010
Learn how to lower your costs for utilities, mortgage payments, transportation, and food. Co-presented with CUB, I-Go Car Sharing & Growing Home · Citizens Utility Board · I-Go Car Sharing · Growing Home DATE: Wednesday, July 28 TIME: 5:45PM to 7:45PM LOCATION: Illinois Action for Children | 1340 S. Damen | [...]
Posted in Blog on Jul 2nd, 2010
Social problems are opportunities to use entrepreneurial principles and community assets to release the potential for collaborations that cross traditional boundaries
Posted in Blog on Jul 1st, 2010
I don’t know anything about children. I often feel incompetent and that I miss the point. As one of the youngest in my family, I wasn’t around younger children until I started baby sitting as a teenager, the first job I ever hated. Failing as a 13-year-old, assigned to keep the third and fourth graders [...]