December 6 - 12, 2021

December 6 - 12, 2021 Vol. 29 No. 48

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Cover Story: Climate Justice

More and more events are happening in Chicago, and we want you to know about the best of the best!

The SportsWise team discusses the Chicago Bears' disappointing season.

Global warming dates to the Industrial Revolution: burning more coal and other fossil fuels that released carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Small island nations like Tuvalu face the greatest danger from rising oceans associated with global warming. In other words, climate change is a social justice issue. The recent United Nations COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow made some progress on slowing the trend, notably with an agreement to end deforestation. Staff from the Glasgow-based International Network of Street Papers covered the conference and street protests.

Back in Chicago, Jerry Adelmann, president and CEO of Chicago's Openlands, discusssed efforts to increase Chicago's tree canopy.

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From the Streets

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The Playground

A lunchtime congregation stood in for the families of people buried by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office at the 35th annual interfaith memorial observance. Each of the indigent persons' lives had meaning, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle said, and "we are entrusted to see them off in a respectful and dignified manner."

ON THE COVER: An International Network of Street Papers (INSP) staff member holds a sign made to represent street papers at the November 6 COP26 protest march in central Glasgow. StreetWise is a member of the Glasgow-based INSP. THIS PAGE: Groups with different social causes also attended the rally in Glasgow, Scotland on November 6 (INSP Photos).

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ARTS & (HOME) ENTERTAINMENT RECOMMENDATIONS Since being stuck inside, which shows have you been watching? Which movies? Have you read any good books lately? Any new music releases have you dancing in your living room? StreetWise vendors, readers and staff are sharing what is occupying their attention during this unprecedented time.

To be featured in a future edition, send your recommendations of things you do at home and why you love them to Creative Director / Publisher Dave Hamilton at dhamilton@streetwise.org

A Family Lineage!

‘A Nation of Descendants’ The Newberry Library is hosting a virtual meet-n-greet with Francesca Morgan, the author of “A Nation of Descendants” on December 9 from 5-6 p.m. “A Nation of Descendants” discusses Americans’ fascination with tracking family lineage through three centuries. It examines how specific groups throughout history grappled with finding and recording their forebears, focusing on Anglo-American white, Mormon, African American, Jewish, and Native American people. Morgan also describes how individuals and researchers use genealogy for personal and scholarly purposes, and she explores how local businesspeople, companies like Ancestry.com, and Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s “Finding Your Roots” television series powered the commercialization and commodification of genealogy. For more information and to access the Zoom link, please visit newberry.org.

Celebrating All!

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‘This Ability’ The Chicago Children’s Theatre released “This Ability” on December 3 to celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

“This Ability” is an online short film that follows a famous cat gone missing from O’Hare International Airport. Akeh, a young autistic person, starts the hashtag #thisability to find the missing cat. Will Moore, a young deaf person, and Faith, a young blind person, pick up the hashtag and join the search. This film combines actors and animation to show the way each character experiences the journey. Recommended for ages 6 and up. For more information, please visit chicagochildrenstheatre.org.

A Classic Re-imagined!

'Duke It Out!' The Music Institute of Chicago is bringing back a holiday tradition with “Duke It Out!,” featuring the classical (Tchaikovsky) and jazz (Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn) versions of “The Nutcracker” in a music and dance performance Saturday, December 11 at 2 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston. This new twist on “The Nutcracker” features performances by Dance Chicago as well as your favorite music from the show. $10 at musicinst.org.

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Supporting those in need!

'An Evening with Grace' The Grace Housing Complex is hosting its inaugural fundraiser, “An Evening With Grace,” on December 9 from 6-10 p.m. at Row 24, 2411 S. Michigan Ave. Grace will celebrate its year-to-date accomplishments and unveil upcoming goals toward its mission of providing low-income families with supportive services, community resources and affordable housing in Chicagoland. The gala will include champagne, live music and silent auctions. Dress code is black tie/"dress to impress." Tickets start at $40 at gracehousingcomplex.org.

Author Talk!

Virtual Author Conversation with Ayelet Tsabari The Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership will host a virtual conversation with author Ayelet Tsabari at 10 a.m. December 12. Tsabari grew up Yemeni in Israel; her work is a new kind of immigrant storytelling about balancing old traditions with modern times. Her first book, “The Best Place on Earth,” won the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, the Edward Lewis Wallant Award for Jewish Fiction, and was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Spertus Dean and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Keren E. Fraiman will lead the 90-minute conversation. Cost is $18 for non-members and $10 for members of Spertus. Tickets are available on spertus.edu.

Virtual Market!

Virtual Kwanzaa Market Africa International House is hosting a virtual Kwanzaa Market during the month of December. Kwanzaa, which is December 6 - January 1, is a celebration of community, family, and African culture. This Kwanzaa Market features online coloring pages, free recipe downloads, and local black-owned businesses, including 4 Elements Bath and Spa products, The Original Sister Dolls Collection, and Senteamental Moods. There will also be Africa International House T-shirts, mugs, hats, and stickers for purchase. For more information and a list of the vendors, please visit aihusa.org.

Shop Local!

The Night Market Before Christmas Join 35 vendors and a DJ for a night of eating, drinking, and local shopping, 5 to 10 p.m. December 9 and 10 at the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, 12 S. Michigan Ave. Vendors include You’re a Cookie, Zeitlin’s Deli, Onigiri Shuttle Kororin, Soothsayer Hot Sauce, Tempered Label, Exile in Bookville, Bon Bon Bon, The Roof Crop, Winchcraft Candle Company, and many more. Admission is free to all ages, no RSVP required. Guests must show proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 PCR test administered within 72 hours of the event.

A Living Legend!

Annie Leibovitz at Chicago Humanities Festival Join Annie Leibovitz, one of the most influential photographers of our time, at Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph St., for an exclusive event to mark the publication of her latest collection “Wonderland” —a series of photographs chronicling her encounters with fashion. Leibovitz will share stories from her ambitious fashion shoots, starting with her groundbreaking collaboration with Rolling Stone in 1970, to her work at Vogue and Vanity Fair in the 1980s, and the present.

She will reflect on how her distinctive approach to photography has evolved over the last half century. Tickets $30 at chicagohumanities.org.

Holidays with Pizzazz!

'Destinos al Aire, A Holiday Extravaganza!'

The Chicago Latino Theater Alliance (CLATA) is adding all-new Latino flair to Chicago’s free, outdoor holiday entertainment offerings by introducing "Destinos al Aire, A Holiday Extravaganza!," on Friday, December 10, from 4 - 7 p.m. at Harrison Park, 1824 S. Wood St. in Pilsen. It will bring vendors, food trucks, heat lamps, and live entertainment, including Gwen La Roka; Mariachi Sirenas – Chicago’s first all-women Mariachi (pictured); and Teatro Tariakuri accompanied by Pastorela Navideña. FREE.

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Vendors Russ Adams, Donald Morris and John Hagan chat about the world of sports with Executive Assistant Patrick Edwards.

Donald: All right, fellas. So, we have to talk about it. I know, I know, it’s a very tough topic, but they are ours. Let’s talk about our Chicago Bears and their playoff chances.

Patrick: Don, I love the tightrope opening!

Russ: I know, right? That could have gone very differently…

Donald: John, what do you have?

John: Listen, no matter how mediocre the NFL is this season, the Bears just can’t get ahead of it and get moving in the right direction.

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Donald: Yeah, man. The Bears can’t finish a game; they can’t defend; they can’t execute any offense…I just don’t feel good about us, man…

Russ: First off, the Bears are not making the playoffs this year. The loss against the Baltimore Ravens sealed it for me. Before that game, I felt they needed to win just about every game and, now, looking at their remaining games, I don’t see it. Four or five playoffs teams among them.

Patrick: I hear y’all, but I’m still with our Bears—even though the playoffs this year will not include them. And

I’m sad about it. There’re other teams I cheer for, but only the Bears have my heart.

lieve we’re better than them and will take care of business when we collide.

Donald: Well, the situation at the QB position isn’t looking too good. I mean, we do have Andy Dalton to fall back on in the event Justin Fields isn’t out there—whether the coaches replace him or he’s hurt—but we need consistency. We have to have at least that.

Russ: I don’t know, man… the Bears are trippin’ a little bit. By the time this issue hits the street, if the Lions have a win on their record, I will hope it’s the Minnesota Vikings who are to blame for that—not us.

John: In a recent game against the Baltimore Ravens—who did not have phenom QB Lamar Jackson available—the Bears lost 16-13. I hope by the time this issue hits that the Detroit Lions are still winless, that we were able to get a victory against them.

Patrick: I believe we’re going to get them. We’re not playing very well as a whole, but we’re talented. I don’t think Detroit’s as bad as their winless record indicates, but I be-

Donald: We need to get back to the basics, because this year is not panning out the way we’d hoped. I believe we may even have to go with Andy Dalton, whether Fields gets hurt or not. Whatever the case, we’re gonna have to do it really quickly.

Patrick: Agreed. I’m trying not to look to next year too soon. Every week, I believe in the Bears; I do. I have faith in a victory…but that voice is slowly weakening this season.

And in realizing this, I, also, believe we should get Dalton

back in the game. Now, mind you, in the long run, I believe Justin Fields could be the man here. I, honestly, feel this.

But, perhaps, the best way he’s going to see what it takes for him to be successful is for him to see a veteran working it out.

John: Yeah, Andy’s no Tom Brady or anywhere near that level, but he does have more to show Fields than the opposite.

Russ: The Bears need to run different plays—that’s it.

With a better offensive line.

Donald: We could have made some progress this season, fellas.

Patrick: Maybe we have.

Maybe, now, we know what we don’t want: a repeat season of this one.

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SEVEN ON STATE

by Lisa Getches

New vendor Lisa Getches loves to shop at Macy’s on State Street, but she always found the food options lacking. “The basement food options are overpriced, and I knew there was the Walnut Room on the 7th floor, but that’s really expensive, too,” Lisa said.

Then she saw a spot on TV about Seven on State, the food court on Macy’s 7th floor on the opposite end of the store from the Walnut Room. Seven on State offers three affordable restaurant options: State of Taco, which whips up Mexican fare; burgers, hot dogs and more at Chicago Grill; and Walnut Room Favorites, which offers inexpensive renditions of dishes from the pricey Walnut Room.

Lisa Getches

On a recent rainy Tuesday, Lisa stopped by Macy’s and headed up to Seven on State. She loved the atmosphere at Macy’s, which has recently put up Christmas decorations. “It made me feel like I was home for the holidays,” she said.

Lisa opted for the Chicago Grill hamburger, a 1/3-pound burger grilled to order and topped with lettuce, tomato and pickles. The burger is $5.95, and if you’d like to add cheese, it’s an extra dollar.

SEVEN ON STATE “I just couldn’t believe that you could eat at Macy’s on State Street for under $7!” Lisa exLocation: claimed.

Inisde Macy's 111 N. State St., floor 7 And the burger was certainly worth the reasonable price, Lisa said.

Price Range: Around $10 / per person “It tasted fresh, like someone just handed it to me off the barbeque in their backyard,” she Hours: said. “It felt like it had a personal touch, and Monday - Friday tasted like something I would cook. The burg11 a.m. - 2 p.m. er had a homey feeling.”

Lisa also added a side of fries and a Coke for an extra $2.95, which with tax brought her total to $11.06.

She noted the fries were crispy and the Coke had a generous ratio of pop to ice.

Next time she visits, Lisa plans to try out the signature beef, spinach and pine nut meatloaf sandwich at Chicago Grill, which features cheddar, romaine lettuce, tomato and roasted garlic onion jam on whole grain oat bread for $9.95. She also had her eye on Mrs. Hering’s chicken pot pie from Walnut Room Favorites, a slightly more expensive option at $11.95, and the steak tacos at State of Taco, which cost $4 each.

“You can eat at Macy’s for a reasonable price,” Lisa said. “Just go on up to the 7th floor.”

From top: Lisa's burger; the entry sign to Seven on State; seating at Seven on State.

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by Simon Lewis & Mark Maslin

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The UK has one twentieth the population of India, yet has emitted more carbon from fossil fuels. CarbonBrief, CC BY-NC-SA Top: Groups with different social causes also attended the rally in solidarity. Extinction Rebellion marches through central Glasgow with its hourglass logo banners that signify time is running out before various families of bacteria, fungi, plants and animals disappear due to climate change. Bottom: Many important stakeholders, such as representatives from Indigenous communities, were denied access to the main talks during COP26. They attended the Saturday, November 6 march (INSP photos).

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by Tony Inglis & Laurie Goering

Midway through the high-level talks of the United Nations COP26 climate conference in Glasgow’s Scottish Exhibition Centre (SEC), more than 100,000 people took to the streets for climate justice Saturday, November 6.

Glasgow-based staff of the International Network of Street Papers (INSP) attended the protests to help spread the message that climate justice is social justice and that it should be inclusive of all members of society. The spirit of the protests was in line with calls from street papers for climate justice that is intersectional, takes inequality into account, and which recognizes that people living in poverty are likely to be more impacted by global warming and in need of more protection and support.

It was a typically Scottish protest. Rain lashed down for much of the early part of the day, with some sunshine and blue skies later on, perhaps a metaphor for the dire state of the climate crisis – things are bad, but there are glimmers of hope. The weather did not dampen enthusiasm, as evidenced by the catchy chants and imaginative signs from a mix of social groups and causes.

The only disturbance came as police attempted to remove the direct action group Scientist Rebellion, which had blocked the King George V bridge that connects the central and southern parts of the city.

Representatives of environmental groups said they struggled with limited access to the UN negotiations, and were shut out of areas for key political discussions on Monday, November 1 and Tuesday, November 2, while world leaders were at the summit. They were later allowed to enter those parts of the SEC, but Sebastien Duyck, a senior attorney with the Center for International Environmental Law, said that caps

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on numbers in the main rooms might leave them unable to participate and influence outcomes. Also missing were representatives from Indigenous peoples affected by climate change.

"The fact that we are operating in the COVID context has completely changed the way we can put the premises at your disposal," UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa told journalists on November 3.

Outside the talks, Greta Thunberg and her Fridays for Future peers rallied in a park in one of Glasgow's poorer areas, while Extinction Rebellion activists protested outside a dinner for world leaders and led street marches. A group of young climate activists sailed Greenpeace's famed ship, the Rainbow Warrior, up the River Clyde near the SEC. Jacob Karlsson, 26, an activist from Sweden who joined the Extinction Rebellion march, said he came to Glasgow because "it's now or never" to win action to curb global warming.

Karlson said negotiators needed to produce something not even on the table at the Glasgow talks: legally binding commitments to slash emissions in the short-term.

Many nations and companies are instead pledging only action by 2050 or later - and commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change are voluntary.

Still, "I think they feel the pressure" from protesters, Karlson said. He quoted a speech by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the opening of the talks, "it's one minute to midnight on that doomsday clock and we need to act now".

Courtesy of the International Network of Street Papers (INSP.ngo)

INSP staff member Colleen Tait holds a sign made to represent street papers at the November 6 COP26 protest march in central Glasgow.

Other INSP team members Tony Inglis, Niamh Rae and Maree Aldam also attended (INSP Photo).

by Suzanne Hanney

Carbon dioxide is the main gas that causes global warming, but trees suck carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air as they grow and store it in their leaves, roots and stems – which means that a pledge by more than 100 nations to end deforestation by 2030 is one step to reduce global warming that emerged from the recent United Nations COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow.

The 110 nations that signed the pledge include the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, China and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the BBC. Together, the 110 nations have roughly 85 percent of the world’s forests.

When we think of forests, what comes to mind are large landscapes, tropical rainforests and wilderness, said Jerry Adelmann, president and CEO of Openlands, during a YouTube presentation by the non-profit Chicago Scots just prior to COP26. The reality, however, is, that 1 in 2 people around the world are urbanites – and so are 4 out of 5 people in the U.S. It’s “environmental racism,” Adelmann said, to ignore cities, whose low-income populations may suffer the most from climate change in terms of heat islands and flooding.

Adelmann was joined in the YouTube presentation by Gus Noble, executive director of Chicago Scots; by BBC One “Scotland from the Sky” broadcaster Jamie Crawford; by Cal Flynn, author of “Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape (Penguin Random House); and by Jeff Waddell, ecologist and senior national heritage advisor for the National Trust for Scotland.

All four panelists focused on bringing people back to nature. Children in particular have been disconnected from the outdoors compared to previous generations, Waddell said.

Yet, they are the future of the climate movement, Adelmann noted.

“We all have to become advocates for nature,” he said. Telling stories gives underserved populations their voice, whether it is describing the Midwest waterways traveled

by Native Americans 200 years ago, or the 7-mile African American Heritage Trail along the Little Calumet River. The latter features

canoeing as well as an Underground Railroad site that helped slaves on their way to freedom; an airport near Robbins where Tuskegee Airmen trained and the neighborhood where Barack Obama got his start as an organizer, Adelmann said.

Chicago is built on a swamp, so paving over schoolyards contributes to flooding, said Adelmann, who is also chair of the City of Chicago’s Nature and Wildlife Committee.

Trees minimize flooding by holding water in their leaves and roots, but Chicago’s tree canopy has dropped from 19 percent of the city in 2010 to 16 percent today, he said.

The North Side tends to have more tree cover than the disinvested West and South Sides, although downtown and the South Loop are also deficient. To find out how your neighborhood fares in terms of tree canopy, you can go to the Chicago Region Trees Initiative interactive map http://chicagorti.org/interactivemap.

Openlands officials noted that Chicago’s 2022 budget calls for planting 15,000 trees over the next five years. They also pointed to an ordinance passed by the Chicago City Council in June to create an Urban Forestry Advisory Board, which would coordinate the efforts of all City departments – Department of Streets and Sanitation, Chicago Park District, Chicago Department of Transportation – to manage trees.

Daniella Pereira, vice president of community conservation at Openlands, told WBEZ that the city would like to get closer to the national average of 30 percent tree canopy. Attaining that goal would take more biodiversity, because roughly 60 percent of Chicago’s are from just 10 species, which leaves them more vulnerable to pests, such as the emerald ash borer.

Openlands provides TreePlanters Grants in the form of 10 to 40 new trees to groups throughout Chicago and near south suburbs that can coordinate neighbors to plant them in predetermined locations and commit to caring for them in their first crucial years.

Openlands provides the ongoing education, supplies, expertise and quality control. https://openlands.org/what-we-do/trees/

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Chicago's indigent memorial service

by Suzanne Hanney

A lunchtime congregation stood in for the families of people buried by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office at the 35th annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Indigent Persons, October 27 at the First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple.

The Medical Examiner’s Office provided dignified final disposition for 988 people from the beginning of 2000 through the week of the ceremony, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said in opening remarks. COVID-19 was responsible for 89 of those deaths.

Because of the pandemic, last year’s ceremony was postponed.

“We do not know the stories or the challenges of the people we are honoring today. But we do know that each of their lives had meaning,” Preckwinkle said.

“As their neighbors, we become their family – and we are entrusted to see them off in a respectful and dignified manner,” she added.

“Cook County, through the Medical Examiner’s office, takes our responsibility of being good stewards very seriously.”

Keynote speaker Betty A. Bogg, executive director of Connections for the Homeless in Evanston, thanked the congregation for attending the service. They would make the peoples’ deaths meaningful, she said, through their actions to end homelessness.

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Connections was founded in 1984, just when homelessness was emerging in its present form, due to social policies that eliminated safety nets Bogg said. An interfaith group similar to those at the service banded together to demand that the City of Evanston allow them to create a homeless shelter. When they were turned down, they held a candlelight march and an all-night prayer vigil. The city ultimately addressed zoning issues that led to Hilda's Place, run by Connections at 1458 Chicago Ave.

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“They understood that if any of us is to thrive, all of us must thrive,” Bogg said. “One cannot thrive without an affordable and safe place to live. With that act of faith and determination and civil disobedience, Connections was born.”

The Rev. Brian E. Smith recalled his great-grandfather looking at him and telling him “’Before you were born, you lived in the mind of God.’

Connections specialized in eviction prevention, shelter and housing, Bogg said. “If you were evicted today, you wouldn’t find a place by afternoon; that’s where the shelter comes in.”

“We gather today to recognize that every name we call out carried a divine spark from the mind of God,” said Smith, who is director of advancement and strategic partnerships at Chicago Theological Seminary.

During the pandemic, Connection's response increased fivefold.

The agency prevented 1500 people from becoming homeless last year and sheltered 300 people – 70 of them children, Bogg said. It doubled the number of its apartments, from 100 to 200; and quadrupled its numbers in hotels, to 80.

The reading of more than 520 names of people buried by the county, listed alphabetically by first names, took eight readers more than 20 minutes and comprised 7½ pages of the printed program for the noontime service.

Muslim, Buddhist and Christian speakers repeated the theme of community. “They were not afforded the dignity of burial by loved ones, so we remember them today,” said Tariq I. El-Amin, resident imam and chairman of the board of Masjid Al-Taqwa.

“As we go through life, we are never alone. We are all interconnected,” said Ms. Asayo Horibe of the Buddhist Council of the Midwest.

“We would not be here but for the efforts of others in this world. We have been born, we have a mother and a father. There’s the nurse and the doctor and the aide.”

The homeless memorial service was founded by W. Earl Lewis (1949-1999), who was a doorman working in Chicago when he read about the burial of indigent people in mass graves. He worked between 1984 and 1986 with the Cook County Coroner’s Office and the United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple to raise public awareness. The first service was May 1, 1986. The annual service was intended to “give the community an opportunity to act as a ‘surrogate family’ to individuals who died poor and without family or friends to claim their bodies or mark their passing,” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle (above) and Executive Director of Connections for the Homeless Betty Bogg (below) speak at the Indigent Memorial Service on October 27 at First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple, 77 W. Washington St. (Suzanne Hanney photos).

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