Footage from yesterday at the Broadview ICE Detention facility where we were pushed, pepper sprayed, and tear gassed for standing up for each other and our vulnerable undocumented populations that are...

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Vasquez chairs Immigrant Rights, Vice-Chairs Transportation, and is building protected bike lanes across Andersonville, Lincoln Square, and Edgewater.

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LINCOLN SQUARE — Neighbors will be able to learn more about Winnemac Park’s history during an April walking tour with historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas. The Walking Hour, a walking series organized by Pamiya Opoku, is partnering with Thomas for an event that will start 2:30 p.m. April 13 at Winnemac Park and continue to western Andersonville. Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th) will also attend the 2.5-mile walk. > View this post on Instagram > > A post shared by Andre Vasquez (@40thward) “About a year ago, I met an amazing woman by the name of Pamiya who actually gets groups of neighbors and people she just met and walks around different neighborhood just to show them different parts of town,” Vasquez said in a social media post. Opoku began taking walks with her friends at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, she launched The Walking Hour in the Evanston area as an expansion of those initial walks, according to the Evanston Roundtable. The sun sets over Winnemac Park in Lincoln Square on Nov. 21, 2022. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Thomas’ career as an urban historian took off after his TikTok following skyrocketed, also during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and he started hosting neighborhood tours all across the city. After being laid off from his day job at ComEd, the father of seven launched a show celebrating Chicago history and he landed his “dream” job at the DuSable Black History Museum. More information on the free event is at this website. * * * **Support Local News!** **Subscribe to Block Club Chicago, **an independent, 501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. Every dime we make funds reporting from Chicago’s neighborhoods. Already subscribe? **Click here to gift a subscription** , or you can**support Block Club with atax-deductible donation.** **Listen to the Block Club Chicago podcast:** Listen OnApple PodcastsListen OnGoogle PodcastsListen OnSpotify The Chicagoans With The 3,000 Mile Commute Episode play icon The Chicagoans With The 3,000 Mile Commute Episode play icon Chicago Teacher’s Book Explores Life As A Kid In An Immigrant Household Episode play icon The Neighborhood Looking For Answers As Survivors Look For Justice Episode play icon 90 Years Of Cheezborger Cheezborger Episode play icon The Alderman’s Office That Kicked A Block Club Reporter Out Of A Public Meeting Load More Search Results placeholder Previous Episode Show Episodes List Next Episode Show Podcast Information

This is what leadership looks like. This is the City of Chicago!!! @40thward well said, my brother!

This is what leadership looks like. This is the City of Chicago!!! @40thward well said, my brother!

This is what leadership looks like. This is the City of Chicago!!! @40thward well said, my brother!

This is what leadership looks like. This is the City of Chicago!!! @40thward well said, my brother!