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| Community-based entrepreneurs discuss innovation on Chicago's South Side
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South Side entrepreneurs and business development specialists discussed opportunities for innovation and economic development in local neighborhoods during a panel discussion held at Gallery Guichard in Bronzeville. “Innovation in the Community," part of the University of Chicago’s 2016 Innovation Fest, featured Ethan Daly of Sunshine Enterprises, Kirby Johnson of the Bronzeville Incubator, and Laura Lane with the Network of Woodlawn. The event also marked the two-year anniversary of UChicago Local, a University-wide initiative that supports mid-South Side locally owned businesses and job seekers.
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From left: Greg Bray, Aquil Charlton and Nazafarin Lotfi. (Courtesy of Logan Center Exhibitions) |
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UChicago celebrates artists-in-residence and public art on campus
The work of Chicago-based artists Greg Bray, Aquil Charlton and Nazafarin Lotfi, artists-in-residence with UChicago’s Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, is currently being showcased at the new exhibition Resonant Objects, from July 8 to August 28, at the Logan Center Gallery and Arts Incubator. Although each works in different media, all three share an interest in the social and spatial conditions of their surroundings.
Over the course of 10 months, Bray, Charlton and Lotfi worked in studios at the Arts Incubator in Washington Park, generating research, artworks and happenings that fostered interactive relationships with diverse publics and spaces on Chicago’s South Side.
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|  | Henry Moore’s Nuclear Energy, installed in 1967, is located on Ellis Avenue between 56th and 57th streets. |
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In addition to celebrating the work of practicing artists, UChicago has a rich history of embracing challenging public art on and around campus as a means of extending the intellectual life of the community beyond classrooms, libraries and labs and into the everyday spaces that shape the human experience.
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Intervention dramatically lowers violent crime arrests
At the end of June, the UChicago Crime Lab announced new results from its study of Youth Guidance's Becoming a Man (BAM) program as part of the National Summit on Preventing Youth Violence in Baltimore. These findings provide new evidence that it is not too late to help at-risk youth stay safe and succeed in school, even once they have reached adolesence. BAM helps youth slow down and change their decision-making processes in high-stakes situations, drastically reducing violence involvement and significantly improving graduation rates for young men living in some of Chicago's most distressed communities. The study found BAM reduced violent crime arrests by 50 percent, and those in the program were 19 percent more likely to graduate high school on time.
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 | Professor Deborah Gorman-Smith shares her research findings on youth violenece interention and juvenile justice at the second Urban America Forward roundtable in September 2015. (Photo by Joel Wintermantle) |
| Partner Spotlight: Professor Deborah Gorman-Smith
Deborah Gorman-Smith, Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor at the UChicago School of Social Service Administration, is a research and education partner with the YMCA of Metro Chicago and the Urban Warriors program, which pairs combat veterans with youth who have been exposed to violence. As an extension of her work as principal investigator and director of the Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention, Professor Gorman-Smith and her team are working to enhance Urban Warriors' effectiveness. This spring, SSA was proud to host the 2016 Urban Warriors Recognition Ceremony.
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Entering the world of commercial real estate can be daunting. This Community Business Workshop — co-sponsored by the Chicago Innovation Exchange, Office of Business Diversity, Institute of Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship, South East Chicago Commission, Office of Civic Engagement, and Facilities Services — will provide tips for finding and negotiating the right space for your business. The speaker is Deena Zimmerman, vice president-SVN for Chicago Commercial, an award-winning broker who has worked in the real estate industry since 2004.
Wednesday, July 13
5:30-7 p.m.
Chicago Innovation Exchange
1452 E. 53rd St., 2nd Floor
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The Office of Civic Engagement’s 2016 summer movies series -- featuring The Lorax, Inside Out, Brave, Pan, and Zootopia -- will be shown on the Midway on Wednesday nights at dusk. Each week beginning at 7 p.m., there will be an activity for the kids related to the theme of the movie, such as a tree seedling giveaway before The Lorax, archery lessons before Brave, and yoga before Inside Out. On August 3, there will be a canned food collection for Feed1st Comer Food Pantries at Comer Children's Hospital.
Wednesdays, July 13-August 10
Rain date is August 17
Midway Plaisance, between Ellis and Woodlawn avenues
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The Arts & Business Council of Chicago’s summer workshop series is specifically geared towards small arts and culture nonprofit organizations in the South Side of Chicago. The council’s goal with these workshops is to equip organizations with fundamental tools and strategies in board development, marketing, and fundraising so they can continue to produce their art and serve their community in a sustainable and effective way. The Individual Giving Lab will examine strategies for cultivating individual donors.
Cost: $35.
Monday, July 18
7-8:30 p.m.
Beverly Arts Center
2407 W. 111th St.
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About us
The University of Chicago is shaped and inspired by the city of Chicago. Our growing partnership with our neighbors has the potential to enhance the quality of life and economic development of the South Side and the global reach of this vibrant city. UChicago has devoted the research and creative thinking of some of the nation’s top scholars, as well as millions of dollars in investment in recent years, to support local schools, jobs, health care, arts, housing, and public safety. Learn more about the University's civic engagement work at civicengagement.uchicago.edu.
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