Media misrepresents gang violence in the city of Chicago. Over the summer, MAVReC focused on researching the relationship between gang violence and how it was represented in the media. On […]
This summer, 60 of our youth participated in jobs through the Chase Empowerment program. They were assigned to 5 different sites around the city to work on projects relating to […]
The mission of the Youth Research Collaborative is to promote Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) as a counter space for discounted, diminished, and underestimated youth. YPAR empowers [...]
We asked two youth participants — Justin and Carlos — what it was like to have a conversation with Mayor Emanuel at the Argyle Night Market last week. Listen to what […]
Earlier this week, the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless visited Alternatives, Inc.’s Wicked Truth and Youth Advisory Board summer program. Organizer Hannah Willage accompanied Sonovia, her two [...]
Last week, Jaime challenged youth in our Wicked Truth program and the Youth Advisory Board to introduce themselves using “I am From…” poems and illustrative photographs. Each participant [...]
Tabitha is a student from Amundsen High School who participated in Alternatives’ GreenCorp program which started last summer and continued through the school year. We sat down with her at [...]