We are grateful for the partnership of #ChicagoHomeStories and #ChicagoOutofEdenWalk who supported teens in our My City Summer Online literacy program.
Home is a place, home is a feeling, is a person, home is a memory... Amazing work from our students as part of #MySummerMyCity with @ChicagoGEARUP @bppzines @CCAS_NEIU #HomeStories #gearupworks Take a minute to look at their artwork! It will inspire you (:
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Home is a place, home is a feeling, is a person, home is a memory... Amazing work from our students as part of #MySummerMyCity with @ChicagoGEARUP @bppzines @CCAS_NEIU #HomeStories #gearupworks Take a minute to look at their artwork! It will inspire you (:
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Teens from zines in our My City Summer Program fill my heart and head with wisdom and good ideas.
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Zines from teens in our GEAR UP programs fill my heart with joy and my head with important thoughts. #brownandproudpress
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Can you believe this amazing group of people performing at the Friday 4/26 @chiteenlitfest kick-off party? It's FREE, but you'll want to get there early for @akenyamusic, @hayleyycao, @RicardxGamboa, @eveewing, @adjameson, and @natalieymoore! Register at chiteenlitfest.org
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This @MClarkEagles sophomore considers The Danger of the Single Story for our 3rd quarter unit: Consuming, Creating, and Documenting Culture on Chicago’s Westside. #MCWestsideCultureProject @chiteenlitfest @ChicagoGEARUP @TEDTalks
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This @MClarkEagles sophomore brainstorms places that have cultural significance to her for our 3rd quarter unit: Consuming, Creating, and Documenting Culture on Chicago’s Westside. #MCWestsideCultureProject @chiteenlitfest @ChicagoGEARUP
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.@MClarkEagles sophomores thinking about hip hop in English classes for our unit: Consuming, Creating, and Documenting Culture on Chicago’s Westside. Week 2 in our journey toward @chiteenlitfest! #MCWestsideCultureProject @ChicagoGEARUP
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.@MClarkEagles sophomores thinking about “culture jamming” w/ a reading on #Banksy and seeing authoritarianism for our unit: Consuming, Creating, and Documenting Culture on Chicago’s Westside. Week 3 in our journey toward @chiteenlitfest! #MCWestsideCultureProject @ChicagoGEARUP
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.@MClarkEagles sophomores engaging in “public discourses” through graffiti with #Banksy for our unit Consuming, Creating, and Documenting culture on Chicago’s Westside. Week 3 in our journey toward @chiteenlitfest! #MCWestsideCultureProject @ChicagoGEARUP
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Me and Machop working on our unit: Consuming, Creating, and Documenting Culture on Chicago’s Westside, which was inspired in part by the lack of @PokemonGoApp stops and gyms on the Westside. #MCWestsideCultureProject @chiteenlitfest @ChicagoGEARUP
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The @MClarkEagles get a little help on thinking about hip hop in English classes for our unit: Consuming, Creating, and Documenting Culture on Chicago’s Westside. #MCWestsideCultureProject @chiteenlitfest @ChicagoGEARUP
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.@MClarkEagles sophomores had a guest lecturer today as we think about space, place, and cultural value in @PokemonGoApp and in our neighborhoods. Week 4 in our journey toward @chiteenlitfest!#MCWestsideCultureProject @ChicagoGEARUP
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I asked Kavanaugh whether, like Dr. Ford, he had taken a polygraph, whether he would call for an FBI investigation into the allegations, and whether he watched Dr. Ford's testimony. None of his answers were "yes."
Senator Kamala Harris Questions Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh
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We all need therapist naturally, but trauma needs to be testified always and should never be stifled. Sometimes media and the public is our witness and that is okay. People try to silence other people's pain because it causes discomfort. We need to grow.
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Authors, artists, and literary leaning adults and teens! We have now released our request for program proposals for the 2019 ChiTeen Lit Fest. Check it out here: bit.ly/CTLFproposal2019 Submissions are due by 10/31. #writers #teenwriters #artists #teenartists @chiteenlitfest
"The breeze came up around me..." Free Writing lays a foundation for college writing @ChicagoGEARUP Loyola Experience
"Dear Kejahnae, the church bells ring...to tell the lake to calm down..." Creative Writing @CCAS_NEIU @LoyolaChicago
"Dear Miguel, the lake went as far as my eye could see..." Creative Writing, Loyola Experience @ChicagoGEARUP



























