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close image of Julieta Alcántar-García wearing a red top with shite flowers and blue accents

Environment Organizing

The Growing Fight Over a Trash Station in West Chicago

Lack of transparency and concerns over environmental racism are fueling backlash to a waste transfer station in majority Latino West Chicago.

Liuan HuskaMarch 23, 2022

Film Screening – Jang-Gae: The Foreigner; boy with backpack in the front and headphones on looking up

Things to do

Three Things to Do in Chicago, Mar. 18-Mar. 24

Events on our radar include an art show titled “America, le/the/el Terrible” and a film screening about a Korean American's coming of age

Borderless Magazine StaffMarch 18, 2022

"Irma es lesbiana" written on a beige wall in black

Arts & Culture

How Two Queer Latinx Artists Are Bridging Generations Through Archives

Amanda Cervantes and Jose Luis Benavides look at how far the queer Latinx community has come in their work with Chicago’s Gerber/Hart archives.

Ariel MejiaMarch 16, 2022

Photo by Ryan Edmund

Things to do

Three Things to Do in Chicago, Mar. 11-Mar. 17

Events on our radar this week include a a mindful storytelling workshop and an exhibition by Iranian artist Azadeh Gholizadeh.

Borderless Magazine StaffMarch 11, 2022

As Told To

‘I Have Not Slept’: Chicago’s Ukrainians Worry About Family Back Home

As Russia's war on Ukraine escalates, local Ukrainians share how their families are dodging bombs, becoming refugees and praying for peace.

Diane Bou KhalilMarch 10, 2022

Photo courtesy of Gerber/Hart Library and Archives

Arts & Culture As Told To

How Chicago’s Amigas Latinas Made It OK to Be Out in the ’90s

The monthly discussion group Amigas Latinas provided a safe space in Chicago for Latina lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer women.

Ariel MejiaMarch 9, 2022

W woman in a box at the end of an enclosed walkway

Things to do

Four Things to Do in Chicago, Mar. 3-Mar. 11

A book talk on Chicago's Mexican American neighborhoods, a fundraiser to mark one year since the Atlanta spa shootings and more events

Borderless Magazine StaffMarch 3, 2022

Immigrant rights march on 18th Street showing a large banner that says "alto a las deportaciones" "esta es mi tierra!" and "esta es mi lucha"

Photo by Martin Sorrondeguy

Arts & Culture Organizing

The Making and Unmaking of Mexican Chicago

Historian Mike Amezcua examines the origins and anti-gentrification struggles of Latinx Chicago neighborhoods like Pilsen and Little Village.

Borderless Magazine Staff and Mike AmezcuaMarch 1, 2022

Chicagoans rally against Russian invasion of Ukraine

Photo by Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Organizing Resources Things to do

How to Support Ukrainians

A running list of events held by Chicagoans to build solidarity with and awareness of the ongoing war in Ukraine

Borderless Magazine StaffFebruary 24, 2022

Michelle Kanaar/Borderless Magazine

Labor Organizing

Unfairly Banned from Uber? Chicago Rideshare Drivers May Get a Fighting Chance

Immigrant rideshare drivers are backing a proposed Chicago law that could raise driver pay and give them an appeals process when working for Lyft or Uber.

Josephine StratmanFebruary 23, 2022

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