Hello all, My name is Jessica Thompson and I have been living in Woodlawn (directly south of Hyde Park) for almost a year now. I grew up in Elgin, IL and received my BS in psychology at a college in Naperville before moving to Chicago. I am currently working as a research assistant at the U of C, but plan to attend graduate school in a year or so. I found out about this list from the City Space conference at U of C last month. I am especially interested in homelessness, poverty, and low-income housing. Last year I did research on homeless children in DuPage County and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. I want to learn more about how where people live affect their quality of life. I will probably be more of a listener than a contributer to this list, but I still wanted to introduce myself.
Jessica Thompson Woodlawn Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Send Chicago mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://e-democracy.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago_e-democracy.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Chicago digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. test (jon. kelland) > 2. Welcome to Chicago E-Democracy (List Manager) > 3. Introduction (to Chicago E-Democracy) (jon. kelland) > 4. Introduction (Amanda Louise Ruch) > 5. Re: Introduction (to Chicago E-Democracy) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 6. CPS may add two new magnet montessoris (jon. kelland) > 7. CPD's Operation Disruption cameras (List Manager) > 8. Introduction (Mai Vukcevich) > 9. intro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 10. RE: intro (Mike) > 11. CPD's Operation Disruption cameras ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 12. Introduction (Tim Erickson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:11:34 -0700 (PDT) > From: "jon. kelland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Chicago] test > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > test [steve, i am the only one unmoderated, and i shut > the archive off. i just wanted to see the footer that > was going to show up] > > j > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:35:39 -0700 (PDT) > From: List Manager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Chicago] Welcome to Chicago E-Democracy > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Welcome! > > Thank you for your interest in participating in > Chicago E-Democracy – this message serves as a > reintroduction to the forum and an announcement that > we are open for discussions. > > People expressed interest in participating on this > list through personal conversations, recruitment from > other forums, and civic events. Please bring to the > forum the interests, excitement, and energy from our > initial encounters to inform these discussions. Our > aim is to promote dialogue about the politics and > policy that define our shared life in Chicago - > creating a space that nurtures across differences of > ideology, race, class, and gender. > > Before you post, we ask that you read the rules for > the forum: > http://www.e-democracy.org/center/draftrules.html. In > brief, list managers will monitor posts to ensure that > discussion is civil and relevant to the scope of the > forum. Also, each post must include a sign-off noting > your full name and ward and/or neighborhood (or city, > if you live outside of Chicago). > > Our website provides a link to an archive of all forum > discussion. You will also find general information > about the forum itself: > http://www.e-democracy.org/chicago/ - follow this link > to (un)subscribe, change your digest/non-digest > setting, or contact the list managers. Feel free to > contact us with any questions about the forum at > [EMAIL PROTECTED], or by telephone > 773-991-9860 (Jon). > > The address to post to the list is: > [EMAIL PROTECTED], the address of this e-mail. > > If you would like to make a brief introduction of > yourself to the list feel free to do so. As we gain > new participants we will invite them to do the same. > > Once again, thank you for your interest in the forum. > We hope that your contribution helps to make this an > important tool for civic participation in Chicago. > > Your Volunteer Team, > > Amanda, Jason, Jon, and Michael > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 15:13:04 -0700 (PDT) > From: "jon. kelland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Chicago] Introduction (to Chicago E-Democracy) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi everyone, > > My name is Jon Kelland, I am one of the volunteer team > working this E-Democracy project (the one who > inaugurated the forum with a test message - oops:) > > I have been in Chicago only about two years, been in > Pilsen the duration. This project comes out of my > experience participating on a similar forum in > Minneapolis (my previous home). Shortly after > arriving in Chicago I realized how much I missed the > Minneapolis forum and how much I had learned about > city politics via my participation. I contacted folks > with MN E-Democracy (who hosts the Minneapolis forum) > to find out what setting up a similar forum would > take, and they have been amazing helping with know-how > and infrastructure - many thanks to Tim Erickson and > Steve Clift! During the many, many months of getting > this project off I have very much enjoyed lurking on > the Logan Square list-serve - it has provided me a > great introduction to Chicago and kept me motivated. > Hopefully, this project is able to work in the > tradition of both these forums. > > The remainder of the project is still in the works. > We are planning to develop more of a web presence that > is an informational hub, in the meantime we will be > working hard to make this forum interesting and > engaging. > > About me, briefly. I am currently finishing my MA in > education at UIC, so I will likely post on education > issues a fair amount. Actually, I am quite interested > in most things urban, governmental, and political - so > I will likely post all over the place. I spent a fair > amount of time between my BA and MA managing movie > theatres. I have a continuing love of film, though > since getting out of the biz I have done a poor job of > getting into the theaters. (The last great film I saw > in the theater was "Au Hazard Balthazar" - so > beautiful!) > > all for now, > > jon. kelland > Pilsen/25th ward > > --- List Manager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Welcome! > --snip-- > > If you would like to make a brief introduction of > > yourself to the list feel free to do so. As we gain > > new participants we will invite them to do the same. > :) > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:45:26 -0500 > From: Amanda Louise Ruch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Chicago] Introduction > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi all, > > My name is Amanda Ruch, and I too am a volunteer member of the E-democracy > team. I have lived in Chicago for almost 3 years, first in Hyde Park and now > in > Lakeview. > > I am new to the e-democracy scene and view this as an opportunity to get > involved in and learn more about the Chicago political front; my aim is to > join > efforts to affect positive change in the city. > > Like Jon, I am especially interested in education issues and those related to > > the Chicago Public School system. I work in museum education and also > recently > taught an after school program for high school students at Collins HS through > > After School Matters. I am also a volunteer researcher/contributor to > American > Friends Service Committee's Chicago Peacebuilding Project. > > I came to Chitown to do my M.A. at the U of Chicago (a 9mo MA in the > Humanities, with a focus in art history) and have been pulled in many > directions since - teaching Spanish, editing work, babysitting. As I > mentioned, > I now concentrate professionally on arts education and education through the > > arts (literacy, analytic thinking, history etc.), largely for grade school > students, but my political/policy interests run the gamut. > > I look forward to our upcoming discussions. > > Best, > Amanda > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 03:40:55 EDT > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Chicago] Introduction (to Chicago E-Democracy) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Jon, > > Congratulations on a fine job. > > Bill Dock Walls > 312 735 0290 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:29:05 -0700 (PDT) > From: "jon. kelland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Chicago] CPS may add two new magnet montessoris > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > A link to yesterday's Sun-Times about a CPS initiative > to make two neighborhood schools new magnet > montessori schools: > > http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-montess28.html > > Only one of the schools has seemingly been chosen - > Drummond, "in gentrifying Bucktown", because "that > area does not have a lot of magnet schools" says CPS > spokesperson Michael Vaughn. CEO Duncan is also > quoted: "[t]his is a great strategy to bring new > families in [to the CPS system], middle class > families." It seems like these two guys should have > set on one story. > > To claim that Drummund was chosen because of a need > for another magnet school in the area is suspect. > According to CPS' website, the system currently has > 493 elementary schools, 35 of them are currently > magnets (and it would appear that 4 of these 35 > require an admissions test as a component of > acceptance for enrollment). That said, there is > another maget school (Sabin, dual language immersion) > just a few block away from Drummond. Further, > Drummond is surrounded by three clusters of elementary > magets - to the south, east, and north - each cluster > with at least three schools (there are ten total) > within two miles (and since magnets only offer > transportation to students who live more than 1.5 > miles from school, and only are required to draw 30% > neighborhood students, this is highly relevant). > Vaughn's claim would be more believable had CPS chosen > to land a magnet either north and/or west of the > current choice - as there is only one elementary > magnet in all of northwest Chicago (Thorp Scholastic > Acedemy, 6024 W Warwick); or in a patch of south > Chicago that has an elementary maget-free two-mile > radius from about 71st and Cottage Grove; there are > other pockets out by Midway, and far north or south > that are currently less served by elementary magnets. > > The Sun-Times story makes it clear that montessori > curriculum is in demand, with an Evanston school > charging $10,000 tuition and the lone CPS school that > currently offers montessori, Clissold in Beverly, > with 200-300 kids applying for 28 spots per year. > When we look at CEO Duncan's remarks in light of this > they are a bit more troubling. His desire to attract > new middle class customers shows a disregard for the > students that are currently customers. That a > montessori magnet is seemingly an unworthy expenditure > for an elementary environment that is currently > failing illustrates a disregard and signing off of > Chicago's troubled students and schools. CEO Duncan > has decided that a wise business strategy is to > attract new parents and students with a high profile > and popular montessori program. > > Perhaps with some pressure, the potential second > montesorri magnet (will not be a magnet and) will be > located in an underserved community within a school > that has greater needs for improvement. And > hopefully, this direction that CPS is taking to > gentrify its schools does not continue to leave the > poor and non-white behind. > > jon. kelland > pilsen/25th ward > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:51:15 -0700 (PDT) > From: List Manager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Chicago] CPD's Operation Disruption cameras > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Two links about Chicago setting the national precedent > concerning police use of surveillance cameras. > > >From the abc story: > > "But as Chicago police expand their $3.5 million > "Operation Disruption" -- one of the nation's most > aggressive uses of surveillance cameras to curb > violent crime -- residents and lawmakers are divided > over whether the cameras are effective or an invasion > of privacy that brands their neighborhoods as > ghettos." > > Would these surveillance boxes be installed, with > their flashing blue lights, in any neighborhood to > combat crime? Or will they only be used in poor > communities? Does Operation Disruption disrupt crime > or communities? (Only displacing the crime? > > > >From abc7chicago.com about CPD's surveillance camera > installs: > > http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/042904_ap_ns_policecams.html > > and, this older press release from the City: > > http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemAction.do? BV_SessionID=@@@@0075989519.1083267436@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadclgdlhmhkcefecelld ffhdfhg.0&contentOID=536903688&contenTypeName=COC_EDITORIAL&displayBack=null&to pChannelName=HomePage&blockName=Content&context=Recent+News > > > jon. kelland > List Manager > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 18:32:34 -0500 > From: Mai Vukcevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Chicago] Introduction > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > Howdy, folks! > Mai Vukcevich here. I hail from Southern California but feel very at > home in Chicago! For the past three years, I've lived in Hyde Park > and had some relationship or other to the University of Chicago > (first as a graduate student and now as an employee). I like > engaging Chicago through my practice of photography, my relationships > to local institutions, and my ever growing interest in power > analysis. With e-democracy, I am hoping to find a forum that will > challenge and enrich the way I think about Chicago. Thanks for > reading. > > Mai > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 18:55:51 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Chicago] intro > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > hey folks, > > i'm zac callen, living down in hyde park. i'm a first year poli sci student > > here at the university of chicago. my areas of interest are democratic theory > > and urban politics ... i'm a long time resident of the state: grew up in the > > western part of the state in the quad cities and went to school at illinois > > state (BA, MS both in poli sci) down in bloomington-normal. i'm really > interested in citizens having a say in their government - and being able to > > navigate it successfully. i like the idea of a responsive government ... > so that's just a bit about me. i'm excited to see what this list brings :) > > later on > zac > :) > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 19:41:21 -0500 > From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [Chicago] intro > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello All, > > I'm a grad student in the MAPSS program at the University of Chicago. > I'm originally from Arkansas but I've been here for about five years. I > got my BA in Political Science from UIC and also worked there for a year > as a student advisor/office whipping boy. My interests are in political > philosophy and social theory. I currently publish a website > (www.chicagoreport.net) which I hope to develop into a life sustaining > project. As a libertarian, perhaps the only one on the list, I look > forward to engaging and thought-provoking discussions about local and > national politics. > > Best > Mike Van Winkle > > All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. -Spinoza > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 6:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Chicago] intro > > hey folks, > > i'm zac callen, living down in hyde park. i'm a first year poli sci > student > here at the university of chicago. my areas of interest are democratic > theory > and urban politics ... i'm a long time resident of the state: grew up in > the > western part of the state in the quad cities and went to school at > illinois > state (BA, MS both in poli sci) down in bloomington-normal. i'm really > interested in citizens having a say in their government - and being able > to > navigate it successfully. i like the idea of a responsive government ... > > so that's just a bit about me. i'm excited to see what this list brings > :) > > later on > zac > :) > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago Issues Forum - Citywide Civic Discussion > To post to list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To (un)subscribe: http://www.e-democracy.org/chicago/ > To contact list manager: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > E-Democracy will not share, trade, or sell your information. Please do > not harvest participant e-mail information for other lists or > solicitations without specific consent from addressee. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:00:05 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Chicago] CPD's Operation Disruption cameras > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > To Serve and Protect Whom? > > Are these cameras supposed to be protecting the residents of the communities > > they watch? Will they provide more physical evidence and lead to less > wrongful > charges? In Chicago, the cameras are currently most present in "rougher" > neighborhoods; however other towns and cities are using police surveillance > > cameras to track what's going on in wealthier neighborhoods. Check out Palm > > Beach, FL: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/8551292.htm?1c > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:21:04 -0500 > From: Tim Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Chicago] Introduction > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > Hi, my name is Tim Erickson. I'm the list manager for the St. Paul > E-Democracy project and am very much looking forward to see what > develops in Chicago. > > I've been consulting with Jon Kelland about his vision for Chicago > E-Democracy for over a year now, which tells me that he and the other > organizers have the motivation and stamina to make this progress a > success. > > I'm pretty much a lifelong resident of St. Paul Minnesota, but I've > got friends and relatives in the greater Chicago area and I enjoy > making a road trip to Chicago at least once a year. I'm looking > forward to watching how this forum develops and learning more about > Chicago politics. > > I'm very much interested in urban design and development issues and > am hoping to learn something about these topics by watching this list > and keeping closer tabs on Chicago politics. > > As an outsider, I'll probably be a lurker... but, from time to time - > I might just jump into an interesting exchange. > > Best wishes, > > Tim Erickson > District 11 > Ward 4 > Hamline Midway Neighborhood > St. Paul, Minnesota > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > ================================================= > Tim Erickson http://www.politalk.com > St. Paul, MN - USA 651-643-0722 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] iChat/AIM: stpaultim > ================================================= > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Chicago Issues Forum - Citywide Civic Discussion > To post to list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To (un)subscribe: http://www.e-democracy.org/chicago/ > To contact list manager: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > E-Democracy will not share, trade, or sell your information. 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