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RECENT PRESS COVERAGE

Where Have All the Community Spaces Gone?WBEZ Reset with Jenn White

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Chicago Gazette

Block Club: BOTY Coffee

Block Club: Freebies for Families

Block Club: Food's Here coverage

South Side Weekly: Best of the South Side 2020

South Side Weekly: Dec 2020

Feb 2020: SW News Herald

June 2019: SW News Herald

"Community group creates 'safe space' for moms"

July 2019: SW News Herald

"'Safe space' for mothers' clothes swap is growing"

The Latest

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We SPOKE OUT about the critical shortage of diapers and other essentials at the Halsted shelter, and thank everyone who immediately donated diapers to help us address the need.

Top Left: Jaime Groth Searle, Exec Director, spoke to Chicago Tribune; Top Right: Maria Perez & Hugo Diaz, Public Health Ambassadors, spoke with BBC; Lower Left: Maria Perez spoke to FOX 32; Lower Right: Board VP Adriana Vargas spoke with CBS2.

Additional coverage

SWC's Dixon Galvez-Searle voices strong safety concerns about Pulaski Road after back-to-back crashes that killed a neighbor.

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SWC's Dixon Galvez-Searle expresses concerns about another drive-thru opening on Pulaski Road amid pedestrian safety concerns.

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SWC's founder, Jaime Groth Searle, speaks with ABC's Localish about our Community Boxes. These repurposed newspaper stands serve as 24/7 food pantries on the southwest side.

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SWC's Rolando Favela speaks with Chicago Tribune about our tree planting work, in partnership with Chicago Region Trees Initiative and The Morton Arboretum.

SWC's Vice President, Adriana Vargas, and Executive Director, Jaime Groth Searle, penned an op-ed for the Sun-Times, regarding the Welcoming City Ordinance, as well as mounting tensions between some residents and asylum seekers.

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SWC's Adriana Vargas and Diane Ruiz talk to ABC-7 about our aid efforts for asylum seekers awaiting shelter at police stations, and the work we've done to provide stop-gap assistance to residents in need.

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SWC's President, Mayra Avila, speaks with WTTW about recent violence in Brighton Park.

SWC's Jaime Groth Searle speaks out against arrest of asylum seeker at District 8 police station.

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SWC receives a major gift from The Joyce Foundation's Lend a Hand fund, to sustain its work within food sovereignty.

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Freebies for Families lead Adriana Vargas talks to Block Club about how we can support newly arrived migrants from Texas.

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SWC shares insights with Block Club regarding the steep decline in life expectancy for Latine Chicagoans.

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Bike Group lead Dixon Galvez-Searle talks with Chicago Sun-Times about the renewed interest in local biking.

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