19th Ward Mutual Aid

NBC Chicago: Chicago migrant shelters to close, merge residents into existing programs The Chicago Tribune: Mayor Brandon Johnson to shut down migrant shelters, combine with existing homeless system in 2025 (share link) Chicago Sun-Times: City will end shelters designated for newly arrived immigrants this year, Mayor Brandon Johnson announcesBlock Club Chicago: City Shutting Down Migrant Shelter System By End Of …

Block Club Chicago: Prominent Migrant Shelters Downtown, In Hyde Park Close As Drop In New Arrivals Continues WGN Chicago: Former Standard Club is no longer housing migrants CBS Chicago: Chicago closes migrant shelters in Hyde Park and The Loop Borderless: What To Know About Chicago’s Aim To Merge Migrant, Homeless Shelter Systems WBEZ: More immigrants are under surveillance by ICE’s …

WBEZ Chicago: Organizers try to calm chaos at a South Side Home Depot where migrants look for work Hyde Park Herald: From Venezuela to Augustana: Hyde Parker’s new play follows international journey WGN Chicago: Chicago closes two migrant shelters, reducing available beds to 2,600 Borderless: Chicago’s Largest Migrant Shelter Shutters After Troubling Year Fox News: ‘Dangerous’ migrant is person of …

FYI: This weekend are the final two performances in this run of “My Name is Renny Edward Milano Salgado,” a collaboration between local playwright/mutual aid volunteer Fran Zell, and Venezuelan migrant Renny Edward Milano Salgado. This is an incredibly powerful story and performance, so do check it out if you’re in the Chicago area! Find out more details here, and …

FYI: On September 30th, join Narrative Initiative and Define American for a briefing on their new Narrative Election Guide for Immigrant Futures, with the latest research and guidance on how to counter fear-based narratives shaping the election and build an effective pro-immigrant narrative to match this moment. RSVP here.  Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago’s Haitian American community shows solidarity in the face …

Sunday, September 22, the first in a 3-performance run of a staged reading of the play My Name Is Renny Edward Milano Salgado will show at 1:30pm at Second Unitarian Church in Chicago. This is a play by mutual aid volunteer Fran Zell, based on her experiences volunteering with new arrivals. Read more about the play and the upcoming performances …

Chicago Tribune: City to announce phase one of plan to combine homeless and migrant shelter systems (gift link) The Chicago Sun-Times: Haitian Americans in Chicago deride Trump’s false, racist claims of immigrants eating pets WBEZ’s Reset: Some Chicago shelters to close as number of migrants wanes “The closure of three migrant shelters in October will eliminate roughly 3,000 beds.” National …

WTTW: Chicago Announces Plans to Close 3 Migrant Shelters as Fears of Renewed Surge Fade Block Club Chicago: City To Close Troubled Pilsen Migrant Shelter, 2 Others As Pace Of New Arrivals Slows Chicago Sun-Times: City officials to shutter 3 migrant shelters as need for beds lessens City Bureau: ‘I Know What I’m Worth’: The Joys And Struggles Of Chicago’s …

The Ben Joravsky Show: Say Welcome, Chicago “Erica Sagrans explains why the time has come to re-think our attitude toward immigrants and the border.” ABC Chicago: City council tackles migrant housing challenges by looking for solutions helping all Chicagoans “Members of the Chicago City Council are looking for new ways to deal with the housing crisis that impacts new arrivals, …

Chicago Tribune: Experts say anti-immigrant rhetoric led to viral — and incorrect — allegations of a migrant takeover (gift link)Block Club Chicago: No, Armed Venezuelan Migrants Did Not Take Over A Chicago Apartment Building “Elon Musk and some prominent right-wing social media accounts widely circulated claims that dozens of migrants with guns and motorcycles “took over” a South Side apartment. …