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West Side study to test guaranteed income

The program is attempting to address the root cause of recidivism by giving formerly incarcerated people financial stability

By PASCAL SABINO Block Club Chicago

A guaranteed basic income pilot program is giving $500 a month to a cohort of West Siders who share one thing in common: They all were incarcerated.

The program, called the Chicago Future Fund, is one of the first to study how a guaranteed basic income can benefit returning citizens. Thirty formerly incarcerated people will participate in the program over 18 months. The program is looking to see if recidivism can be reduced by addressing the underlying reasons so many people are rearrested shortly after being released from prison.

Most people with a criminal record struggle to find employment and make ends meet long after they’ve served their time, said Richard Wallace, founder of Equity and Transformation, the organization that launched the program.

“There’s been countless background checks on me,” said Wallace, who struggled to find a job after being incarcerated. “It numbs you See GUARANTEED INCOME on page 10

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TJ Crawford, director of the Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Collaborative, speaks to protesters rallying at the Aldi Headquarters.

Residents angered at West Side Aldi’s abrupt closure

They’re calling on Aldi to give its now-vacant building back to the West Garfield Park community

By PASCAL SABINO Block Club Chicago

West Side residents rallied at the Aldi headquarters on Oct. 28 to demand answers for why the company abruptly closed its grocery store in a neighborhood

already struggling with food scarcity.

The Aldi at 3835 W. Madison St. closed early this month, although the exact timing is unclear. According to the Austin Weekly News, chatter about the store closing surfaced around Oct. 9. Two days later, its sign was taken down and work-

ers could be seen clearing out shelves and furniture.

West Garfield Park residents are calling on Aldi to work with the community to ensure another grocery store can take over See ALDI on page 4

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A bench made of plastic bags inside of the new prairie garden outside of the emergency housing facility operated by the Austin Peoples Action Center.

Austin nonprofit grows prairie garden Garden outside of Austin People’s Action Center’s emergency housing facility features native plants

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

An emergency housing facility at 302 N. Parkside Ave. recently got a new garden on the front lawn that’s not not only environmentally friendly, but can help reduce flooding. The garden is operated by the Austin People’s Action Center (APAC).

The garden features plants that are native to Illinois prairies, but which were treated as weeds by European settlers. Their roots efficiently extract moisture from the ground, which helps reduce the flooding in the surrounding area. The garden also features a table with chairs that fold into its sides and a bench made out of 500 pounds of volunteercollected shopping bags.

The official garden dedication was originally supposed to take place on Oct. 4, but concerns about rain led the organizers to postpone it until Oct. 24. When rain fell on that day as well, they decided to proceed anyway.

Huddled under a tent, members of APAC praised the garden as an oasis of peace and something that area young people can invest in.

APAC was founded in 1980 by social worker

Cynthia Williams to serve Austin’s neediest residents and to pool together volunteers and resources from the city and suburbs. Based at 5152 W. Chicago Ave., the nonprofit currently offers programs for families with young children, teens, young adults and seniors.

According to Williams, APAC currently uses the Parkside Avenue building to house youths “who need placement or some type of help” and “provide support and opportunities for them.”

The garden came about from a collaboration between APAC and River Forest’s Temple Har Zion, 1040 N. Harlem Ave. In the wake of the fallout from the killing of George Floyd, the temple reached out to APAC to see if they could collaborate on a project.

During the dedication, Williams recalled that she had no idea what native plants even were, let alone what benefits they brought, until they started developing the project. Williams, however, said she looked forward to the garden being installed.

Phyllis Rubin, of Temple Har Zion, said that she was impressed to see how enthusiastic the kids who live in the building were about the garden and how tenaciously they worked. She said they were so persistent that they discovered a layer of plastic underground left over from the previous landscaping efforts.

“Those kids were fantastic,” Rubin said While the kids did their part, much of the work was done by adult volunteers and they got help from the Interfaith Green Network, Go Plastic Free organization, and West Cook

Wild Ones, a west suburban nonprofit that promotes native plants and landscaping solutions that don’t harm wild animals.

The resulting garden includes a walking path, with one branch winding its way along the south side of the building and the other heading toward the front path. While much of the garden still looks barren, Rubin assured the opening attendees that it would look very different in two to three years, when the plants have a chance to grow.

A seemingly wooden bench sits at the spot where the paths fork, facing the street. Rubin said that Trex, a Winchester, V.a.- based manufacturer of eco-friendly outdoor furniture, made it out of about 40,000 single-use plastic bags that Interfaith Green Network and other Oak Park-area community organizations collected last spring. It took three weeks to collect the bags, which shows “how much plastic we’re using that we don’t need,” Rubin said.

In a prepared video statement, the temple’s Rabbi Adir Glick referred to the Garden of Eden.

“After the world was created, God instructed Adam and Eve to tend the garden,” he said. “It’s what we should be doing together — tending.”

Williams said that she’s grateful for the garden, adding that she and other organizers now hope to install a similar garden north of the building.

“I just want to thank everyone for everything you did and all of the hard work,” she said. “It’s a relief, it’s a pleasure. We enjoy it. I enjoy it so much.”

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Rally held in West Ridge against West Side Aldi’s closure Leaders protest West Garfield Park store closing outside company’s Chicago headquarters

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Dozens of elected officials, faith leaders, community organizations and residents rallied at the Aldi’s location in the North Side’s West Ridge community, at 6220 N. California Ave., to protest the closing of the chain’s West Garfield Park location at 3835 W. Madison St. and to urge the company to sell the store to a locally owned grocery store operator.

The closure of the West Garfield Park location in early October leaves the community with only one grocery store, which the rally organizers described as an act of violence because of the health and social impacts.

The Oct. 28 rally was organized by the West Side United collaborative and included Ald. Jason Ervin (28th); Rev. Marshall Hatch, of West Garfield Park’s New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, 4301 W. Washington Blvd.; doctors and medical students from the Rush University System for Health; and West Garfield Park residents.

The organizers said they chose the location, because it is Aldi’s Chicago corporate headquarters. West Ridge is a stark contrast to West Garfield Park. Although most of the community’s residents are non-White, the area has as a large number of grocery stories, many of which are geared toward specific ethnic groups.

Ervin, whose ward includes West Garfield Park and who chairs the City Council’s Black Caucus, said that Aldi didn’t notify him of the location’s impending closure. He said that he was “disappointed” with the chain’s decision, but wants to look at the building’s future. “[I would like to see] someone who respects the community, someone who will work with people,” he said. “So long as it’s going to provide fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, the name doesn’t matter.”

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Community speaks out from page 1 the now-vacant building. West Garfield Park now has only one other grocery store, a SaveA-Lot at 420 S. Pulaski Road.

“They created a food desert. We’re demanding accountability to the community,” said TJ Crawford, director of the Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Collaborative. “Simultaneously, we want access to fresh and healthy foods for communities that are desperately wanting to dig themselves out of a hole of ill health.”

Garfield Park residents face steep health disparities and have an average life expectancy 16 years shorter than people living Downtown, according to a 2015 Virginia Commonwealth University report.

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Rev. Marshall Hatch Sr., Ald. Jason Ervin and Rev. Ira Acree during an Oct. 28 protest outside of Aldi’s Chicago headquarters in West Ridge.

Ervin said that, since the closing, he has “talked to a couple of people,” but everything was contingent on the building being available.

“I talked to Aldi, but it hasn’t made any commitments,” he added.

Hatch and Dr. David Ansell, who heads Rush’s community health equity efforts, both compared the store’s closing to an act of violence.

“It’s violence that perpetuates violence that we see on the news, except in this case, Aldi is the initiator of the violence,” Hatch said. “Without warming, without a conver-

sation, just moving out in the dark of night.”

“Framing this in the wake of COVID, the economic disruption that the shameful act Aldi has done under the cover of night, has to be treated as an act of violence,” Ansell said. “It’s like a bullet. To call this anything else would diminish its destructiveness.”

Hatch pointed to the fact that Aldi is expanding elsewhere, which, he said, shouldn’t come at the expense of existing stores. In an Aug. 16 press release, the chain touted “aggressive growth” and renovated the location in Austin’s Island neighborhood, at 5629 W. Fillmore St., earlier this year.

The disparity isn’t only due to shortcomings in clinical health care; social conditions like the lack of fresh food are major drivers of the so-called “death gap,” said Rachel Smith, a program director for social work and community health at Rush University Medical Center.

“People learn to work around it,” Smith said. “What happens is, you pick the less healthy resource that’s available. It lends to fast food. It lends to the corner store. It lends to these unhealthy options because it’s what you have available. It also impacts that individual’s health and the proliferation of chronic conditions.”

West Garfield Park has one of the biggest patient populations served by Rush, said Julia Bassett, manager of health and community benefit at the hospital. Rush routinely offers community health programs and food distributions in the area, but those services only go so far without multiple grocery stores.

“Food accessibility is a human right. Individuals have a right to be healthy. It should not be based on your ZIP code. It should not be based on your financial status,” Bassett said.

The loss of the Aldi will be especially harmful to neighbors living in the four senior centers within one block of the closed grocery store, said May Henderson, a resident who runs a food distribution program for older people at New Mount Pilgrim Church. Most older people in the area relied on Aldi because it was the only place within walking distance where they could pick up groceries in between food deliveries, Henderson said.

“When that food runs out, where are you supposed to go to get food? It’s a dire situation; it really is,” Henderson said. “We’re talking about seniors. We’re talking about people with disabilities, people who don’t have the mobility to get out to Oak Park to

Ansell said that it has to be seen in the context of decades of disinvestment in the once-vibrant Madison/Pulaski commercial corridor. He also said that access to fresh food has an effect on community healthy, which made it even worse under the current conditions. He added that businesses like Aldi that decide to leave already underresourced communities should be held accountable.

“Just as we need to hold a police officer accountable if they shot an unarmed man, we should hold corporations accountable,” Ansell said. “Now, we want them to give us the [building], but we have to hold them accountable.”

Rev. Ira Acree, of Austin’s Greater St John Bible Church, 1256 N. Waller Ave., said he joined the rally as a show of solidarity, saying that he felt that Aldi disrespected West Garfield Park, making money without giving back and leaving the community in a lurch.

“I commend residents for fighting back,” he said.

TJ Crawford, of West Garfield Park, lives five blocks from the closed store.

“I now have to drive three miles to get healthy food,” he said. “[If this happened to you], you’d feel devalued, you’d feel abandoned, you’d feel neglected and, at the very least, you’d feel frustrated.”

Rochelle Sykes lives in Austin and works near the closed store. She said that she used to go there to buy groceries after work, since it was still a closer and more convenient option than the two locations in or near her community.

“Now, I have to rethink how I get the fresh fruits and vegetables for my family,” she said. “It’s going to be a lose-lose situation.”

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get to a grocery store. … It’s a pandemic within a pandemic, that they shut down the last source of food.”

It is especially egregious that Aldi shut down the store without giving residents notice and without giving local organizations a chance to negotiate solutions to keep the store open, find city support or create alternative food resources, said Marshall Hatch Sr., reverend of New Mount Pilgrim Church.

“It’s devastating,” Hatch said. “Aldi literally left in the dark of the night. No warning, no notice, no conversation or dialogue.

It’s pretty stunning for a lot of people who have limited options. … It is the height of corporate irresponsibility to not engage the community at all.”

Other Aldi’s across the city have been remodeled and reopened as part of $1.6 billion nationwide investment. An Aldi spokesperson said the West Garfield Park store was closed due to “consistently declining sales

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Columbus Park project in running for improvements Austin resident’s idea to improve park one of 21 proposals city officials considering as part of $10M Chicago Works Community Challenge

By SUZANNE McBRIDE AustinTalks

An Austin resident’s idea to improve Columbus Park is one of 21 proposals officials are considering as part of the $10 million Chicago Works Community Challenge.

Seven projects – one from each of the city’s seven planning regions – will get up to $1.5 million apiece. The Columbus Park project – proposed by Samantha Jordan – is vying with two other projects in the west region.

“We are very excited to share all the projects that were submitted for the west region,” Gabriela Jirasek, an assistant commissioner with the Chicago Department of Planning and Development, said at a virtual meeting held last week on Zoom.

Jirasek noted the west region received the second greatest number of submissions out of all the regions; citywide, over 500 proposals were submitted before the seven semifinalists were announced earlier this month.

“There’s a need to modernize the park for the residents of Austin,” Jirasek said, noting the proposals are community-identified enhancements to a public park, library, school

and the fact that we’ve operated this location at a loss for several years.”

“Poor sales performance and increased expenses have simply made it unsustainable to keep the store open. We have been proud to serve the residents of the West Garfield Park neighborhood over the past 30 years, and we thank our customers for their loyalty,” the spokesperson said in a statement.

A coalition of neighborhood organizations — including the Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Campaign, the Garfield Park Community Council and New Mount Pilgrim Church — are trying to ensure the vacant building can become a grocery store again.

The groups are asking Aldi to give the building to the community or sell it at a discounted rate so it can be used to attract a local or more socially conscious grocer, Hatch said.

The organizations are working with Ald. Jason Ervin (28th) to convince the city to offer incentives that would attract a grocer to the building, he said.

“We really don’t want them, after reaping all this profit off the community, to sell the building for profit to a non-grocer. We want to make sure that is a grocery store,” Hatch said. “We expect the city to work with us. We

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Columbus Park could be among the places marked for improvements if a resident’s pitch wins a share of the $10 million Chicago Works Community Challenge. or residentially zoned, city-owned vacant lot.

The Columbus Park proposal calls for adding amenities such as a permanent performance stage area, an outdoor movie screen, and renovated basketball and tennis courts.

Sculptures, lighting for night events and WiFi-equipped seating areas for students also could be put in place.

Jordan said she submitted her proposal to help address the disparities she sees in Austin compared to other Chicago neighborhoods.

“2020 was a year of learning about my community, and a lot of what I learned I didn’t

like,” Jordan said.

Columbus Park hasn’t had any updates since the early 1990s, she said. Now is the time for the park to receive some attention because “we’re in the midst of a revitalizing effort to recharge this community. It’s beautiful, and the people are tough and resilient.”

She noted Austin has 93,000 residents, mostly African Americans with a growing Hispanic population; Columbus Park – with all its open space – would be a good place for these two groups to come together.

Nearby Central Avenue is being repaved,

which would complement the improvements that could be made at the 141-acre park, which features a nine-hole golf course, an outdoor pool and field house, a bike and jogging path, a fishing lagoon, tennis and basketball courts, and baseball, football and soccer fields.

The park is considered the masterpiece of landscape architect Jens Jensen and is one of the few parks in the nation to be designated a National Historic Landmark in its entirety.

Yet “the fences are damaged, and it’s right along the expressway. It’s very unsightly,” Jordan said. There are no bleachers or concessions available, so it would be great to have an area for food, she said, adding that so much money leaves the community each day because Austin doesn’t have the necessities that other places, like Oak Park, do.

“This is me shooting for the stars,” she said.

“Everyone is excited” about the proposal being a semi-finalist. Being selected as a finalist would “spark and reignite people’s passion,” Jordan said, adding residents want to define their community, not be defined by others.

“I want to have something where we can enjoy each other and learn how to love and take care of each other.”

Officials plan to announce the finalists by the end of the year, with work being completed by the end of 2022.

To see last Thursday night’s session, during which the Columbus Park project was discussed, click here. Officials are also conducting a survey as they decide which project in the west region to select. Complete the survey at: https://www.surveymonkey. com/r/XZWP7FY.

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expect Aldi to just give the building up.”

This is the second time in less than a year a grocer has pulled out of a West Side food desert with no notice. In December, one of Austin’s only grocery stores, Save-A-Lot, closed suddenly, leaving many residents scrambling to find a new place to find food.

The city as a whole must “set some kind of standard of behavior” and stop supporting corporations that “basically plunder and then walk away with impunity,” Hatch said.

Attracting new grocery options had already been a long-term goal for the Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Collaborative, Crawford said.

The group must now hasten those plans and will work over the coming weeks to identify community-focused grocers to support that could fill the void left by Aldi.

“It’s another reminder that we need to be the solutions. No one else is going to do it for us,” Crawford said.

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The list is metaphorical so the “victim” can find something to qualify and quantify their “victimhood” status. Just find the one reason that best fits their needs, and voilà … they have earned the title, “victim!”

Once ensconced in that title, individuals can wallow in their misery with themselves and others. They have a “victim card” that they can use at will. That victimhood status becomes the crutch they need not to help themselves or better themselves; instead they lean on it as it keeps them forever wrapped in victimhood. And that cloak becomes both their offense and defense. Now they can preface everything they say and do by proclaiming, “I am a victim.”

The biggest problem with everyone being a victim is that now you have to determine who is the perpetrator. There has to be a

perpetrator because everything in this world is based on polar opposites. You know, night/ day, fat/skinny, short/tall, etc. ... you get the picture: victim/ perpetrator. The conundrum is that every perpetrator is also a victim!

Huh? Wait a second! How can that be? If a person is a victim, somebody has to be responsible for it. Victimhood status just didn’t happen. It was caused!

And if it was caused, then every victim needs to be able to blame and name their culprit. Otherwise, their victimhood is a complete bust. If they can’t blame someone for their condition, then are they really a victim? And so it goes. A never-ending cycle of victims whose perpetrators are also victims as well.

Confusing? Of course! Because the current need for victimhood status by each and every one is designed to be as confusing as possible. And confused folks don’t think straight. Thus when presented with the realistic facts, it makes it more difficult to wrap your head around it. So instead of questioning the victimhood status, people just become accepting of it because it’s the easier way out.

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Local preschool brings pumpkin patch experience to West Side It Takes a Village preschool organizes Oct. 23 pump patch at West Humboldt Park location

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Normally, It Takes a Village (ITAV), a preschool and child development services nonprofit, would take kids out to the pumpkin patches in the suburbs. But this year, many pumpkin patches either didn’t open at all or didn’t allow daycares to bus kids in.

Aurelia Daniels, the nonprofit’s director of family and community engagement since this July, decided that, if they couldn’t bring the kids to the pumpkin patch, they were going to have to bring the pumpkin patch to the kids.

“We saw it as a way to engage the community and give kids something positive to do,” she said.

The resulting event, which was held on Oct. 23 at their West Humboldt Park location, 4000 W. Division St., exceeded expectations.

According to It Takes A Village officials, they expected around 300 families to register, but around 1,000 families ended up register-

ing, and there were at least a few hundred people present at any given time.

ITAV started out as a West Humboldt Park preschool. Since opening in 2004, it’s added a second location in the South Loop, at 800 S. Wells St., and expanded its programming, adding an early childhood learning center, a training program for day care staff, a summer camp and a program that helps youth get into college.

ITAV spokesperson Tara Shedor said that, in response to the needs of the community during the pandemic, they organized weekly giveaways of diapers and other childcare supplies.

Daniels said that she thought it was important for them to organize an event where kids could hang out and play together.

“Our kids have been inside for 19 months,” she said. “They haven’t been able to play with each other and go outside. So, we see it as a way to bring safe fun to them.”

The pumpkin patch event was set up in the alley behind the daycare building and the daycare playground. It included pumpkin giveaways, a pumpkin decorating station, bounce houses, games, a petting zoo, and a children’s train that made loops along the alley and the nearby streets. Everything, including the

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It Takes A Village Family of Schools (ITAV) hosts a pumpkin patch on Oct. 23 outside of their location at 4000 W Division St. food, was free.

Nakisha Hobbs, ITAV’s co-founder and current CEO, said that she was pleasantly surprised by how much interest the pumpkin patch generated. She said she appreciated the support from the community, as well as from Ald. Emma Mitts (37th).

“We’re just excited to have so many people come out and enjoy themselves,” Hobbs said.

“It is an honor, a privilege and definitely a

pleasure to give back.”

Natalie Randoph, of Austin, whose daughter attends the West Humboldt Park preschool, said that she hopes it won’t be a oneoff event.

“I love it,” she said. “I would be back again.

I think it’s great for the community and next year I’m going to try to volunteer.”

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New violence prevention task force seeks public input Rep. La Shawn Ford said his Public Safety and Violence Prevention Task Force seeks to hear all voices

By JORDYN HARRISON AustinTalks

This week, the newly created Public Safety and Violence Prevention Task Force held its first meeting and urged the public to join the state legislative body in making the state safer.

Twenty-one state representatives, led by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford and Rep. Fran Hurley, discussed their hopes and goals to addressing violence in Illinois. Ford opened the bipartisan meeting by showing a clip from Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 “Mindless Menace of Violence” speech.

“This problem has been long before our time in the General Assembly, and it’s something we all have the ability to work on,” Ford said during Monday’s virtual meeting.

“It lives on today, and it’s time to listen to each other. Ninety-eight percent of us all want the same thing.”

The Austin lawmaker emphasized the task force is set up to listen to everyone, all voices are welcomed, and “no one has monopoly over good ideas.”

The task force aims to collaborate with and gather best practices from community residents, schools, non-profits, mental health providers, prosecutors, police, businesses and more.

Some task force members mentioned having previous experience with violence prevention or criminal justice and expressed what they hope the task force’s approach includes.

“One of the things we hear about a lot when we talk about how to reduce violence is we have to address the root causes, and we have to invest in our communities that historically have never been invested in,” said

Rep. Lindsey LaPointe.

“I believe that, but lately I’ve really found myself thinking, ‘Yes, we need equitable community investment, but that is not enough for this moment.’ This moment and the uptick in gun violence we’re seeing and the pain that it’s causing all of our communities, it requires a more targeted response.”

Several representatives said they’ve not served on task forces before that ended up gaining forward momentum and resulting in concrete action — and they expressed their desire for this one to be different.

“I think we all on both sides of the aisle agree that sometimes task forces are just committees to maybe look like we’re doing something for the outside,” said Rep. Tony McCombie.

“I really, really pray that this task force is different and will listen to all sides and all folks that contribute conversation to it.”

Ford stressed the task force wants to hear from the public through submitted feedback and testimonies.

“We don’t want to impose public policy without you being included. It’s critical that we include everyone in this process,” he said, encouraging the public to contribute to the Illinois General Assembly website.

“The fact is all of our lives are at risk, and all of us are less safe if we don’t live up to our constitutional obligation to keep the public safe,” Ford said.

The recording of this meeting and future ones can be found at: https://bit.ly/2XXRtFX. The public can submit questions, recommendations and/or testimony by sending an email to: PublicSafetyAndViolencePreventionTaskForce@hds.ilga.gov.

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GUARANTEED INCOME City to experiment from page 1 from the idea of ever getting ahead, ever getting a full-time job. You give up and you get right back into the streets.”

Giving people a basic income will give them the stability they need to turn around their lives and find employment or get a better education, Wallace said.

It is a common misconception that guaranteed income programs discourage people from working, Wallace said. Similar studies on guaranteed income, such as the 2019 Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, have drawn an opposite conclusion.

Full-time employment rates increased by 12 percent among participants who received the no-strings-attached cash payments, the Stockton study showed.

When participants have a baseline income, they are more likely to seek employment, and they are more likely to be equipped with essentials such as housing and transportation to get a job, Wallace said.

“Participants are getting full-time employment because they’re able to pay for things like phone bills. They’re able to pay for bus cards and Ubers and Lyfts to get to job interviews. It removes the material barriers, like for folks that needed child care so they can go to an interview,” he said.

It’s critical for formerly incarcerated people to find financial stability since they often face insurmountable barriers to getting employed. It is financial desperation that drives many to reoffend, trapping them in a cycle of poverty and incarceration, said Rachel Pyon, program manager for the Chicago Future Fund.

“Folks that engage with the informal economy are doing so out of a means of survival. They are forced to sometimes sell drugs, sometimes participate in illegal activities because that is the only way they can survive,” Pyon said.

The program should give participants “some breathing room” that will allow them to “focus instead on the career path they want to do … to go do anything else PASCAL SABINO/Block Club Chicago with their lives,” Pyon said.

The $500 monthly payment Equity and Transformation team members with Chicago Future Fund participants, who will each is “an opportunity to help receive $500 monthly in a guaranteed basic income program. you get yourself in order,” said Jeremiah, a recipient someday starting his own business, and the rates and income stability. Past studies who asked that his last name not be used. payments will give him the stability to “get showed benefits for all metrics being meaJeremiah intends to open a bank account to another level,” he said. sured by the Chicago Future Fund pilot exwith some of the money and work to im“You’re already in preparations of doing cept for recidivism, since other programs prove his credit, he said. He is interested in things in your own life, on your own time, have not focused on formerly incarcerated

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trying to benefit yourself to get to where you’re trying to go. … It’s basically funding to guide you,” Jeremiah said.

Nearly 40 percent of people who leave prison are arrested and incarcerated within three years of being released, according to recent data from the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Recidivism is expensive, Wallace said.

Each incident of recidivism costs Illinois taxpayers about $51,000, according to a 2018 report by the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council. If guaranteed basic income can prevent people from reoffending and being locked up again, it could save state and local governments much more than the cost of the program, Wallace said.

“It’s actually cheaper and more affordable than incarcerating somebody for a year. One of the major community benefits is there’s more taxpayer dollars to be used for other activities as opposed to incarceration,” Wallace said.

The West Side program will last 18 months, and Equity and Transformation will conduct surveys and interviews with participants to collect quantitative and qualitative data on the impact.

The study is focusing on how a guaranteed income will affect four key metrics: recidivism, mental health, physical health and economic stability.

Previous studies on guaranteed basic income, such as the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration and a similar program in Finland, showed improvements in overall happiness, cognitive abilities, stress levels, physical health, employment

people.

The goal is to create the possibility for state and municipal governments to start guaranteed basic income programs funded by taxpayer dollars. But the pilot is currently funded privately by donors, including Black Lives Matter Global, the Borealis Foundation and the Polk Brothers Foundation.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has proposed a guaranteed basic income program that would give 5,000 low-income families $500 monthly stipends for a year. The City Council’s Black Caucus opposed that plan and argued basic income programs should prioritize Black communities, given the longstanding push for reparations for descendants of Black slaves.

A key benefit of guaranteed basic income programs is they can focus on specific communities that still bear the burdens of systemic racism, Pyon said. Basic income programs can be implemented along with other reparations programs to unravel issues like mass incarceration and generational poverty that have been caused by policies rooted in racism, she said.

The hope is this program can shift the narrative, Pyon said.

“Although reparations has a lot of different pieces to what true reparations are, compensation is a part of that,” Pyon said.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION LONG TERM CAPITAL PARTNERSHIP V, LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

HELEN SAXON AKA HELEN R. SAXON; CITY OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 21 CH 1640 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-09-304-022-0000.

Commonly known as 328 North Lockwood Avenue, Chicago Illinois 60644.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890.

(630) 453-6960. F21020011 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3179610

Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-02294 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH03543 TJSC#: 41-2239 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2019CH03543 I3179676

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR SOUNDVIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2006-WF2, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-WF2 Plaintiff, vs.

GEORGIA L. SNOW Defendants, 17 CH 11966 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-04-319-042-0000.

Commonly known as 5444 West Iowa Street, Chicago, IL 60651.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 17-029095 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3179576

Abad at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever Law Group, 225 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

(312) 236-0077. SPS000604-20FC1 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3179612

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I TRUST 2006-AC3, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-AC3 Plaintiff, -v.MARITZA DE ARCOS, 2440-48 WEST HARRISON CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ROLANDO DE ARCOS, DAMON RITENHOUSE, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ROLANDO DE ARCOS (DECEASED) Defendants 2019CH03543 2442 WEST HARRISON STREET UNIT 2 CHICAGO, IL 60612 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 29, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 14, 2021, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2442 WEST HARRISON STREET UNIT 2, CHICAGO, IL 60612 Property Index No. 16-13-234-0691006 The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR GIFM HOLDINGS TRUST; Plaintiff, vs.

ELISA ARELLANO; MOISES AGUILERA; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICA’S WHOLESALE LENDER; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; UNKNOWN OWNERS GENERALLY AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 20 CH 7273 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-26-308-041-0000.

Commonly known as 2750 South Harding Avenue, Chicago, IL 60623.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Matthew C.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST Plaintiff, -v.CALANTHEA THOMAS, LEROY THOMAS JR., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LEROY THOMAS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, WILLIAM P. BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR LEROY THOMAS (DECEASED) Defendants 2019CH10286 4512 WEST ADAMS STREET CHICAGO, IL 60624 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 19, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 10, 2021, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4512 WEST ADAMS STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60624 Property Index No. 16-15-110-020 The real estate is improved with a duplex.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no

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representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-05700 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH10286 TJSC#: 41-2180 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2019CH10286 I3179521

fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-05746 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 007327 TJSC#: 41-2124 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney

is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 17 CH 007327 I3179494

ments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-05812 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH10533 TJSC#: 41-1916 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2019CH10533 I3179210

any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-11771 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018CH14779

TJSC#: 41-1940 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2018CH14779 I3179109

bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, Alexander Potestivo, POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL, 60606 (312) 263-0003. Please refer to file number 111823.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago IL, 60606 312-263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw. com Attorney File No. 111823 Attorney Code. 43932 Case Number: 18 CH 05647 TJSC#: 41-1465 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 18 CH 05647 I3179129

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO CITIBANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR BEAR STEARNS ALT-A TRUST, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-7 Plaintiff, -v.PATRICIA E. RADEMACHER, JAMES E. COSTON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BANK OF AMERICA Defendants 17 CH 007327 1650 NORTH PAULINA CHICAGO, IL 60622 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 18, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 8, 2021, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1650 NORTH PAULINA, CHICAGO, IL 60622 Property Index No. 14-31-429-050 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, MICHELLE FERGUSON, JANEINE FERGUSON, ANDREA FERGUSON, DEREK FERGUSON, DAMON RITENHOUSE, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR NANCY J. FERGUSON (DECEASED) Defendants 2019CH10533 4840 W POLK ST CHICAGO, IL 60644 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 26, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 2, 2021, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4840 W POLK ST, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-16-407-0830000 The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assess-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE, FOR NEW CENTURY HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2006-2 Plaintiff, -v.STELLA C PALMER Defendants 2018CH14779 5533 W QUINCY STREET CHICAGO, IL 60644 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 12, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 2, 2021, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 5533 W QUINCY STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-16-109-012 The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE FIRST NLC TRUST 2005-1, CALLABLE MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2005-1 Plaintiff, -v.NICIE MAE RODGERS Defendants 18 CH 05647 1254 S. SAWYER AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60623 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 30, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 1, 2021, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1254 S. SAWYER AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60623 Property Index No. 16-23-206-0400000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $86,722.60.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount

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Join the Oak Park Regional Housing Center for a Pre-Broadway Show!

JAMES M. NEDERLANDER THEATRE

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A special performance of a galvanizing story of racial harmony undone by a country at war with itself

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2021 DOORS OPEN: 630pm / SHOW BEGINS: 730pm THE POWER OF ENGAGEMENT In 1863, Free Blacks and Irish Immigrants came together in New York City, learning to live as one community.

In 1972, Oak Park Regional Housing Center began work to build an integrated Oak Park, Illinois.

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Join us to experience the Paradise Square musical and discuss the power of engagement in breaking barriers and building bridges.

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