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Community Voice: Cicero’s Local Guide to Grassroots Activism

Community Voice: Cicero’s Local Guide to Grassroots Activism

Activism, Community, community voiceGuest UserMarch 24, 2021grassroots, organizing, local organizations

Using Murals to Celebrate Life in Cicero

Using Murals to Celebrate Life in Cicero

Community Highlight, CommunityJesus J. MonteroMarch 18, 2021murals, life, Youth, Victor Cazares Jr., Cicero

Cicero-raised Baker Makes Cookies for Celebrities

Cicero-raised Baker Makes Cookies for Celebrities

Community Highlight, Community, PeopleCicero IndependienteMarch 11, 2021community, DACA, Dreamer, Baker, Dulce Bella Sweets

Deadline Extended, Participate in Shaping Cicero’s Future

Deadline Extended, Participate in Shaping Cicero’s Future

Government, CommunityIrene RomuloMarch 8, 2021zoning, Cicero, community, 2021

Opinion: Caring for Nature Takes a Village

Opinion: Caring for Nature Takes a Village

Environment, opinion, Community, ActivismCicero IndependienteFebruary 16, 2021community, Environmental Justice, green spaces, CIcero, 2021, Cicero Community Farm

Community Voice: Takeaways from My Time Serving as an Americorps Member During a Pandemic

Community Voice: Takeaways from My Time Serving as an Americorps Member During a Pandemic

Community Highlight, People, CommunityEstefany FigueroaJanuary 14, 2021COVID-19, Resources, CIcero, Cicero Community Collaborative

Here's Where Cicero and Berwyn Residents Can Get Free Food

Here's Where Cicero and Berwyn Residents Can Get Free Food

COVID-19, CommunityCicero IndependienteNovember 23, 2020covid, food pantries, free food

How this Queer Cicero Student Made Space for His Peers

How this Queer Cicero Student Made Space for His Peers

LGBTQ+, CommunityCicero IndependienteAugust 6, 2020CIcero, LGBTQ+, equality

Middle School Teacher Surprises Unity Junior High School Students with Alternative Graduation

Middle School Teacher Surprises Unity Junior High School Students with Alternative Graduation

Education, District 99, Community, YouthLeslie HurtadoJune 25, 2020Education, Community, CIcero, Unity Jr High School

How Three Cicero Residents Came to Love Journalism

How Three Cicero Residents Came to Love Journalism

Youth, CommunityCicero IndependienteJune 23, 2020fellows, Young People, Youth, CIcero

Cicero Moves Forward with Reopening Business Despite High Rates of COVID-19

Cicero Moves Forward with Reopening Business Despite High Rates of COVID-19

Community, Health, COVID-19Cicero IndependienteJune 2, 2020COVID-19, CIcero

Two Bimbo Workers Dead, Others Fired After Raising COVID-19 Concerns at Cicero Factory

Two Bimbo Workers Dead, Others Fired After Raising COVID-19 Concerns at Cicero Factory

Community, HealthCicero IndependienteMay 28, 2020CIcero, COVID-19, Bimbo

Berwyn Aldermen to Distribute Masks this Saturday Joining Past Morton College Members Efforts to Distribute Masks

Berwyn Aldermen to Distribute Masks this Saturday Joining Past Morton College Members Efforts to Distribute Masks

Community, Visuals, VideoCicero IndependienteMay 13, 2020COVID-19, CIcero, Morton College, Community

Here’s Where You Can Get Tested For COVID-19 Near Cicero and Berwyn

Here’s Where You Can Get Tested For COVID-19 Near Cicero and Berwyn

Health, Community, COVID-19, FeaturedCicero IndependienteMay 4, 2020COVID-19, Health, Community

Editorial: No, It’s Not that Latinx People Don’t Care, It’s Our Governments That Don’t

Editorial: No, It’s Not that Latinx People Don’t Care, It’s Our Governments That Don’t

Editorial, Community, opinion, GovernmentIrene RomuloApril 30, 2020COVID-19, Town of Cicero, editorial

Bimbo Bakery Workers Allege Health Violations Amidst COVID-19 Crisis

Bimbo Bakery Workers Allege Health Violations Amidst COVID-19 Crisis

Community, Health, COVID-19Guest UserApril 7, 2020Factory, CIcero, Bimbo, COVID-19

How to Support Local Businesses in Cicero During COVID-19

How to Support Local Businesses in Cicero During COVID-19

CommunityApril AlonsoMarch 31, 2020Coronavirus, Town of Cicero, Local Business

UPDATED: 18 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Cicero

UPDATED: 18 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Cicero

Health, CommunityIrene RomuloMarch 29, 2020Town of Cicero, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Morton, Morton College, District 99Comment

March 20th Updates: Local Cicero Agencies Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

March 20th Updates: Local Cicero Agencies Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Community, HealthGuest UserMarch 20, 2020Health, Town of Cicero, Cicero, Community

“We want people to know that we’re here. We have all this food!”

“We want people to know that we’re here. We have all this food!”

Cicero Food Pantry Still Open for People Who Need Extra Groceries

COVID-19, CommunityIrene RomuloMarch 18, 2020Community, Community Reporting, Cicero, Cook County, Bilingual News