Honoring MLK’s Legacy, First City Council of 2023 and More

CHICAGO — Chicagoans celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with dozens of occasions and noticed the return of the town council later within the week.

Footage from this week:

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A category is taught on the second flooring of a college constructing whereas lots of of College of Illinois at Chicago school members and supporters picketed the college’s quad on January 17, 2023 on the through the first day of the academics’ union strike after 9 months on contract. negotiation.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Lecturers, speaks in help as lots of of College of Illinois at Chicago school members and supporters picketed the college’s quad on January 17, 2023 through the first day of the academics’ union strike after 9 months. of contract negotiation.

Learn extra: UIC professors go on strike, demanding higher pay and more job security

Attendees of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance at Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church pose for group selfies on January 16, 2022.

Learn extra: Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at West Side church where King preached returns in person after 3 years

A Woodlawn resident speaks through the public remark interval at Thursday’s public assembly on plans to maneuver lots of of migrants to the previous Wadsworth Elementary College constructing in Woodlawn. A number of hundred neighbors attended the assembly and dozens of audio system lambasted the town’s dealing with of the shelter plans.

Learn extra: City says it will move 250 migrants into closed Wadsworth School in Woodlawn this month

Maxine Lathan, a resident of Algonquin Flats and a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed Wednesday towards Algonquin property supervisor Mac Properties, is asking Mac to be held responsible for an influence outage in December that displaced almost 200 individuals throughout a a press convention on Thursday. To his left is lawyer Caryn Lederer; to her proper is neighbor and co-plaintiff Gabriella Johnson.

Learn extra: Kenwood neighbors are suing Mac’s properties after a holiday power outage moved them for weeks

Mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson voices his help as lots of of College of Illinois at Chicago school members and supporters picketed the college’s quad on January 17, 2023 throughout of the primary day of the academics’ union strike after 9 months of contract negotiations.

Aldus. Roberto Maldonado (twenty sixth) is alone throughout a metropolis council assembly on January 18, 2023.

Learn extra: Outgoing Humboldt Park alderman touts fight against gentrification in farewell letter to neighborhood residents

A involved neighbor speaks throughout a joint public security assembly hosted by the twelfth and 14th Police Districts at St. Mary’s Hospital in West City on January 17, 2023.

Aldus. Daniel La Spata (1st) speaks throughout a joint public security assembly hosted by the twelfth and 14th Police Districts at St. Mary’s Hospital in West City on January 17, 2023.

Learn extra: Lyon’s hookah bar will remain open for now, police say as neighbors push for it to close after fatal shooting

Private objects and a tent are arrange at Merrimac Park the place a bus cease as soon as stood in Dunning on October 12, 2022.

Learn extra: Neighbors on the northwest side have spent years helping a man living in the Merrimac Park tent – but now some want him gone

Folks stroll alongside LaSalle Road within the Loop on January 18, 2023.

Learn extra: $5 million boost for small business expansion on LaSalle Street approved by City Council

The outside of Gillman Ace {Hardware} on Milwaukee Avenue.

Alan Gillman, the proprietor of Gillman Ace {Hardware} in Logan Sq..

Learn extra: Gillman Ace Hardware closes after nearly 80 years on Logan Square’s Milwaukee Avenue

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