|
|
WINDY CITY TIMES
|
|---|
|
|
|
The Crib, Night Ministry move to Bucktown
2020-07-14
|
|
This article shared 1975 times since Tue Jul 14, 2020
|
|
Nine years after it began operations in the basement of Lakeview Lutheran Church, The Crib—The Night Ministry's overnight shelter for young adults—has reopened in a larger, enhanced space on the first floor of 1735 N. Ashland Ave., The Night Ministry's new headquarters in Bucktown.
On July 13, The Crib's program specialists and members of The Night Ministry's Youth Outreach Team, who provide case management services at the shelter, were on hand to provide tours, discuss expectations for use of the space, help guests settle in, process the transition and make the place feel like home.
While Lakeview Lutheran Church has been a welcoming host for the shelter over the past decade, the strategic plan The Night Ministry embarked on in 2017 called for addressing facility challenges The Crib faced at the site—where sleeping, eating and hosting events all took place in the same 900-square-foot room, while guests slept on mats on the floor, and washroom and shower facilities were limited, a statement said.
Among the amenities at the new space are a multi-purpose room that can be used for dining, group activities and recreation; a dorm room with beds; multiple showers and washrooms; a large kitchen outfitted to cook breakfast and dinner for more than 20 young people; laundry facilities; and a lounge with computers.
See TheNightMinistry.org . |
|
|
|
This article shared 1975 times since Tue Jul 14, 2020
|
|
|
| ARTICLES YOU MIGHT LIKE |
|---|
| 
|  | COVID Illinois to partially relax restrictions May 14, may fully reopen June 11
2021-05-06
On May 6, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced the entire state will move into the Bridge Phase of the Restore Illinois reopening plan beginning Friday, May 14. The Bridge Phase will allow for expanded capacity limits ...
| 
| | One-third of LGBTQ college students had housing disruption during COVID-19 pandemic
2021-05-04
--From a press release - A new study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law conducted in collaboration with the Point Foundation, the nation's largest LGBTQ scholarship fund, finds that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the educational opportunities, financial ...
| 
| | COVID Report: Herd immunity unlikely to happen anytime soon
2021-05-03
Public health experts and scientists do not believe herd immunity is attainable in the near future because of proliferating COVID-19 variants and decreasing COVID-19 vaccination rates, according to a Politico item that cites a New York ...
|
| | Warrant issued for Joliet teacher accused of inappropriate communication with teen boy [UPDATE]
2021-05-01
Joliet police issued an arrest warrant for a former Catholic school teacher accused of inappropriately communicating with a teenage boy, a. Fox32Chicago.com item reported. Jeremy M. Hylka is facing charges of traveling to meet a child ...
| 
| | Pat Parker GCLS 2021 Trailblazer Award recipient
2021-04-30
--From a press release - Pat Parker, a poet, activist, and artist will receive the Golden Crown Literary Society's 2021 Trailblazer Award. Parker shaped the civil rights, women's rights, and gay rights movements of the late '60s and '70s in the ...
|
| | NIH to invest $29 million to address COVID-19 disparities
2021-04-30
--From a press release - To bolster research to help communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19, the National Institutes of Health is funding $29 million in additional grants for the NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against ...
|
| | Advocates join to strengthen bill on K-12 health, safety education
2021-04-29
--From a press release - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Advocates for the Responsible Education for Adolescent and Children's Health Act (REACH Act), led by Planned Parenthood Illinois Action (PPIA) and Equality Illinois (EI), worked with the ...
|
| | Mayor Lightfoot announces launch of Open Chicago
2021-04-29
--From a press release - CHICAGO — Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today announced the launch of Open Chicago, the latest initiative to safely and fully reopen the city. Open Chicago's initial programming will feature activated, re-imagined, and pop-up spaces for Chicago ...
| 
| | New report examines bans on medical care for trans youth
2021-04-29
The Movement Advancement Project (MAP) released a new policy spotlight report, "Efforts to Ban Health Care for Transgender Youth." In 2021 alone, legislatures in 22 states have introduced bills to ban best practice medical care for ...
|
| | Study: Gender-affirming surgery improves mental health outcomes among transgender people
2021-04-28
--From a press release - BOSTON, April 28, 2021—A new study published today in JAMA Surgery (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2779429) found that gender-affirming surgery is associated with improved mental health ...
| 
| | Navy Pier to begin phased reopening April 30
2021-04-28
Navy Pier will begin its phased reopening Friday, April 30, restoring public access to select outdoor spaces and attractions and cautiously resuming partial operations with public health and safety at the forefront. As part of this ...
| 
| | SAIC hosts 'Debunking Conversion Therapy' virtual panel
2021-04-28
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) hosted a virtual panel, "Debunking Conversion Therapy," on April 23 that focused on how people have been negatively impacted by conversion therapy, what the Bible says and ...
| 
| | Queer health sciences art: U of Michigan students translate research through art
2021-04-27
ANN ARBOR—Tanaka Chavanduka was inspired to reconsider his communication methods after a trip to a national conference on HIV in Washington, D.C. While there, he also visited the National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of ...
| 
| | CDC updates mask-wearing guidelines
2021-04-27
On April 27, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance on outdoor mask use for fully vaccinated Americans, CNN.com noted. Fully vaccinated people can now unmask at small outdoor gatherings, or ...
| 
| | New Center for Applied Transgender Studies responds to trans misinformation
2021-04-27
Combatting bad information and promoting accurate education on transgender issues are the focuses at the Center for Applied Transgender Studies, which officially opened March 31. The independent, nonprofit, research organization ...
| | |
|
|
|
|
