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click to enlarge Anna Jo Beck The last year has seen a call to defund the Chicago police and reallocate funds to mental health and community services. And while that call has not been answered, it has placed the city s budget under a magnifying glass. Residents want to have a say in where the money goes and participatory budgeting is a process that gives them that power. So, what really participatory budgeting? According to Participatory Budgeting Chicago (PB Chicago), a coalition of aldermen, city agencies, community organizations, and residents based out of the University of Illinois Chicago s Great Cities Institute, Participatory budgeting is democracy in action. While budgeting may be in the name, the actual process isn t so much about the budget as it is about ....
Chicago photojournalist Mateo Zapata sees himself, and his community, in Adam Toledo, who was fatally shot by police during a foot chase on March 29. "Adam’s gang-affiliated friends didn’t marginalize him, they accepted him and empowered the beginning of his journey into manhood by associating courage, maturity and leadership with being another 'brother' willing to defend his 'family,'" writes Zapata in an op-ed. ....