Monday, August 29, 2011

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: SOS/CHICAGO OFF TO A GOOD START

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: SOS/CHICAGO OFF TO A GOOD START:

SOS/CHICAGO OFF TO A GOOD START

Area activists, including teachers, principals, and parents, gathered at Jane Addams Hull House Saturday to launch SOS/Chicago as a follow-up to the July 30th Save Our Schools March and Rally in D.C. The symbolic significance of Hull House wasn't lost on the group. It was here, at the turn of the last century, that social-reform and community organizing in this country really began.

Miguel del Valle (Catalyst)
Retired State Senator and former mayoral candidate Miguel del Vallewelcomed the organizers, including one from Rockford and another from Denver,