“Retire Ronald McDonald” Press Conference Hosted by Block by Block, 5-18-2011
CHICAGO – On Wednesday 5-18, more than 550 health institutions and professionals from all 50 states challenged McDonald’s to stop marketing junk food to kids with full-page ads and events in cities across the country. The press conference was hosted by Block by Block, a diabetes information and prevention center that has partnered with the [...]
Puerto Rican Cultural Center and programs featured in Working Capital
The Winter 2008 issue of Working Capital the newsletter of the Local Initiative Support Corporation features the Puerto Rican Cultural Center and its programs. Download the issue here. Share on Facebook
Greening the Rooftops of Paseo Boricua
100×35 Part 1: Batey Urbano 100×35 Part 2: The Greening of Paseo Boricua by Christy Prahl Two years ago to the day, on March 3, 2009, I recall standing in the science classroom at Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School (PACHS), 2739 W. Division St, during a tour of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. I [...]
Community of Wellness Celebrates the Publication of “Urban Health: Combating Disparities with Local Data”
On January 20th, a standing-room-only crowd filled the Humboldt Park Diabetes Empowerment Center to learn more about this groundbreaking work. Edited by the Sinai Urban Health Institute’s Steven Whitman; Ami M. Shah; and Maureen Benjamins, Urban Health examines the health disparities that challenge underserved neighborhoods throughout Chicago. It describes how a landmark health survey [...]
PRCC Executive Director José E. López awarded 2010 Health Award by Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
On Thursday, October 7, Puerto Rican Cultural Center Executive Director and longtime community leader José E. López was awarded the prestigious 2010 Health Award from the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group. The Health and Medicine Research Policy Group is an independent policy center promoting social justice and health care equality for the past 29 years [...]
DYSJP youth recipients of free internet access from Sprint!
The City of Chicago’s Department of Innovation and Technology and the Smart Communities Initiative of the New Communities Program have teamed up with Sprint Virgin to donate wireless cards to the Digital Youth Summer Jobs Program youth, a group of 60 youth from the 5 Smart Communities-Englewood, Auburn-Gresham, Pilsen, Chicago Lawn and Humboldt Park. Here [...]
Humboldt Park is One of Chicago’s Smart Communities (Video)
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center, as part of the Humboldt Park Smart Communities Initiative, in partnership with the New communities Program and the City of Chicago, has just released this video explaining a few of the many ways Google Fiber could benefit the community, as part of a best practices broadband adoption. Share on Facebook
José E. López honored as Humboldt Park Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr Birthday
Over 200 people, young and old alike, gathered on Monday, January 18, 2010 to celebrate the birth of Martin Luther King Jr, the martyred civil rights leader. The celebration took place at The Carpenter’s House Church, 1651 N. Kedzie in Humboldt Park, with the slogan “Resurrecting Dreams.” Various community organizations participated with song, rap and [...]
The LAS Insider features BACCA Multimedia Co-Teacher Elizabeth Hoffman
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Community Hearings on Clemente: Testimony by Dr. Nilda Flores González, Department of Sociology and Latin American Studies Program, UIC
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Community Hearings on Clemente: Testimony by Dr. Steven S. Haymes, DePaul University, College of Education
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Community Hearings on Clemente: Testimony by Susan Macnish, Friends of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center
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Spirit of Hope and Help -article in Chicago Tribune
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