Podcasts about resident association

When faced with some hard decisions, Asiaha Butler had to challenge herself to re-develop her mind and the results included compassion, conviction, and pride. She then took those intangibles in addition with many more to formed the Resident Association of Greater Englewood or RAGE, which is an organization focused on transforming her home, the Englewood community, into an area that thrives not one that simply survives. This episode dives in her story, the many avenues that RAGE is engaged in, and more. Follow RAGE on Instagram @rage_englewood www.ragenglewood.org To apply for the Blacklining homebuyer's assistance grant click below: https://form.jotform.com/231713837425154 #chicago #sochiology #englewood #redlining #southside

In this episode we interview Asiaha Butler, Co-Founder of Resident Association of Greater Englewood (RAGE). RAGE's mission is to create tangible solutions and mobilize residents and resources to restore the community. RAGE is a resident-driven association established to build relationships with fellow residents, Englewood's public officials, business owners and organizations. RAGE is a grassroots organization that strategizes to address community problems, creates tangible solutions (holistic and block by block) and actively seeks ways to keep fellow residents informed about the latest news in Englewood, Chicago. Want to learn more, donate, or get engaged? Donate: https://ragenglewood.org/rage-in-the-media/donate/ Phone: +1 (866) 845-1032 Email: joinrage@gmail.com Website: https://ragenglewood.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RAGEnglewood/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RAGE_Englewood/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ragenglewood/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH4sMVpb5EAQJ06z9d4AiQQ/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Join_Rage/

The Geography of Home includes interviews with artists and curators who use research and historical data to shed light on inequities for Black homeowners and residents of public housing. Our first guest, Tonika Lewis Johnson, is a photographer, social justice artist and life-long resident of Chicago's South Side neighborhood of Englewood. She is also co-founder of the Englewood Arts Collective and Resident Association of Greater Englewood, which seek to reframe the narrative of South Side communities, and mobilize people and resources for positive change. Tonika's art often explores urban segregation, documenting the nuance and richness of the Black community to counter media depictions of Chicago's violence. In 2017, she was recognized by Chicago Magazine as a Chicagoan of the Year for her photography of Englewood's everyday beauty. Her Englewood-based photography projects "From the INside," and "Everyday Rituals," were exhibited at Rootwork Gallery in Pilsen, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Harold Washington Library Center and at Loyola University's Museum of Art (LUMA). LUMA also exhibited her Folded Map project in 2018, which visually investigates disparities among “map twins”—Chicago residents who live on opposite ends of the same streets across the city's racial and economic divides—and brings them together to have a conversation. An excerpt of the project was also displayed at the Museum of Contemporary Art within The Long Dream exhibition.  In 2019, she was named one of Field Foundation's Leaders for a New Chicago. Most recently, Tonika was selected as the National Public Housing Museum's 2021 Artist as Instigator. Her newest project, Inequity for Sale,  highlights the living history of Greater Englewood homes sold on Land Sale Contracts in the 50s and 60s. Tiff Beatty is a cultural organizer, arts administrator, performance poet, and host. She is the current program director of arts, culture, and public policy at National Public Housing Museum in Chicago. Tiff Beatty was a 2019-2021 Chicago United for Equity Fellow and Senior Fellow and received the additional distinction of the 2019 Field Leader Award from the Field Foundation of Illinois. Her work has been covered by The New York Times, Crain's Chicago Business, Ebony Magazine, Chicago Tribune and several other local and national media.  Learn more about our featured music artist, PHENOM, at phenomuniversal.com. This episode includes an abridged version of his song, PHEGODOH.Folded Map ProjectNational Public Housing Museum

In this podcast, our host Tate Chamberlin reimagines philanthropy with HATCH Rethinking Philanthropy lab facilitator Ada Williams Prince and esteemed lab guests, Asiaha Butler and Kimberly Bryant. Ada Williams Prince is the senior advisor for program strategy and investment at Pivotal Ventures, where she works to accelerate positive social programming and evolution, particularly in the areas of adolescent mental health and empowerment and access for women and girls of color. Former electrical engineer and current founder and CEO of Black Girls CODE, a non-profit that introduces girls of color to technology and computer science, Kimberly Bryant has grown her grassroots initiative since 2011 to reach over 30,000 young women worldwide. And Asiaha Butler, co-founder and CEO of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood or R.A.G.E. in Chicago, works to reinvigorate the greater Englewood neighborhood by mobilizing “residents and resources to force a change in the community.” Through the voices and experiences of these commanding women of color, this podcast provides a glimpse of the struggle, the passion, and the power behind change and its makers.

Tonika Johnson is a photographer, social justice artist and life-long resident of Chicago's South Side neighborhood of Englewood. She is also co-founder of the Englewood Arts Collective and Resident Association of Greater Englewood, which seek to reframe the narrative of South Side communities, and mobilize people and resources for positive change. Tonika's art often explores urban segregation, documenting the nuance and richness of the black community to counter media depictions of Chicago's violence. Her Folded Map™ Project visually connects residents who live at corresponding addresses on the North and South Sides of Chicago. She investigates what urban segregation looks like and how it impacts Chicago residents. For more information about topics discussed in this episode, please check out the following: Rogers Park - Encyclopedia of Chicago Evanston Reparations

Hi, It’s Martine Severin here. Welcome back. We have social justice artist, Tonika Lewis Johnson on the show to talk about how you can use your art to spark compassion, good citizenship and to improve the lives of the people in your neighborhood. The first part of our conversation focuses on Tonika’s early life and the second part focuses on how her twenties and her upbringing brought her to create Folded Map as a way to disrupt systemic racism and historic segregation in Chicago. I can’t wait for you to dig into to this episode and to get to know the Powerhouse that is Tonika! Tonika Johnson is a photographer/social justice artist and life-long resident of Chicago’s South Side neighborhood of Englewood. She is also co-founder of two community-based organizations, Englewood Arts Collective and Resident Association of Greater Englewood, that mobilize people and resources for positive change. She turned the Folded Map project into a non-profit organization where she serves as Executive Director. She was named one of Field Foundation’s Leaders for a New Chicago and most recently, she was appointed as a member of the Cultural Advisory Council of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events by the Chicago City Council. Stay Connected with Tonika Lewis Johnson https://www.foldedmapproject.com/interactive-maps IG: https://www.instagram.com/tonikaj/ Personal Site: https://www.tonijphotography.com/ Catch up with your host, Martine Séverin www.martineseverin.com https://www.instagram.com/martine.severin/

In this episode Tonika talks about the change she is making to desegregate Chicago through community education, policy reform, and engagement with her non-profit, the Folded Map Project. The Folded Map Project explores the present day impact of Chicago's historic segregation, showing how you can have two different kinds of lived experiences that are often on the same street, but just miles apart. ABOUT WEEZE Louiza Doran, known and referred to as Weeze, is a cis-het Amazigh* female-identifying human who uses she/her/they/them pronouns. She’s known as a coach, podcast host, advocate, agent of change, strategist, and educator (to name a few) but is ultimately a compassionate provocateur that is out to help folks uncover their path of possibility.   ABOUT TONIKA Tonika Johnson is a photographer/social justice artist and life-long resident of Chicago’s South Side neighborhood of Englewood. She is also co-founder of two community-based organizations, Englewood Arts Collective and Resident Association of Greater Englewood, that mobilize people and resources for positive change. She turned the Folded Map project into a non-profit organization where she serves as Executive Director. She was named one of Field Foundation’s Leaders for a New Chicago and most recently, she was appointed as a member of the Cultural Advisory Council of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events by the Chicago City Council.   IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT How Tonika’s multimedia art project and non-profit, Folded Map, explores the present-day impact of Chicago's historic segregation by using her very unique grid map to compare different kinds of lived experiences that are often on the same street, but just miles apart. The insidious part of segregation and racism that minimizes the intellectual ability and genius of Black and Brown youth. Chicago as a legacy segregated city, meaning the segregation that people witness there is literally the same kind of segregation from 50-60 years ago.  How segregation influences social networks, relationships, access to jobs, and quality schools. If the very thing that divides us is race and geography, what would it be like if we actually talked to our distant neighbors about the very things that are wrong with our cities? How the New York Times stole the concept of the Folded Map project. CALL TO ACTION Make a donation to Folded Map project EPISODE TRANSCRIPT https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ak9t5PPHXcBnSVCffG1Lqsuf8FYhYlFu/view?usp=sharing FOLLOW WEEZE TO STAY ENGAGED  Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accordingtoweeze Podia: https://accordingtoweeze.podia.com/weeze FOLLOW TONIKA TO STAY ENGAGED Creator of Folded Map Project - article by Chicago Tribune https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-folded-map-project-chicago-20180521-story.html www.foldedmapproject.com www.tonikaj.com www.BelongingChicago.com www.englewoodartscollective.com   

The Cornerstore spoke with Asiaha (Ay-sha) Butler, Co-founder & President of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E.) about how R.A.G.E. came to be, how she personally got in this work of community organzing, and more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Climate Changemakers is a podcast series showcasing and celebrating leaders in equity work and climate action across Illinois, presented in celebration of the 20th anniversary of nonprofit organization Elevate Energy. On this penultimate episode of Climate Changemakers, Damon and Daniel talk with artist, community builder, and Chicago gem Tonika Lewis Johnson. A lifelong Englewood resident, she helped co-found the Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E), whose mission is to “mobilize people and resources to force positive change in Englewood through solution-based approaches." She is also a lead co-founder of the Englewood Arts Collective, established in 2017 to help artistically “reframe the narrative” of Englewood. Her Folded Map Project, which brings together "map twins" from opposite sides of the city, has been widely acclaimed as both an artistic project and a flashpoint in the fight against structural racism. She talks about the ways that the project has evolved, what she's learned from it about our collective relationships to land, what she imagines in the demolished spaces across her neighborhood, and much more. SHOW NOTES Cooked Survival by Zip Code - www.pbs.org/independentlens/vid…rvival-by-zip-code/ Open Lands Tree Stewardship project - www.openlands.org/trees/ Go Green on Racine - gogreenonracine.com/ Folded Map Action Kit - www.foldedmapproject.com/submit

On the penultimate episode of Climate Changemakers, Damon and Daniel talk with artist, community builder, and Chicago gem Tonika Lewis Johnson. A lifelong Englewood resident, she helped co-found the Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E), whose mission is to “mobilize people and resources to force positive change in Englewood through solution-based approaches." She is also a lead co-founder of the Englewood Arts Collective, established in 2017 to help artistically “reframe the narrative” of Englewood. Her Folded Map Project, which brings together "map twins" from opposite sides of the city, has been widely acclaimed as both an artistic project and a flashpoint in the fight against structural racism. She talks about the ways that the project has evolved, what she's learned from it about our collective relationships to land, what she imagines in the demolished spaces across her neighborhood, and much more. SHOW NOTES Cooked Survival by Zip Code - https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/cooked-survival-by-zip-code/ Open Lands Tree Stewardship project - https://www.openlands.org/trees/ Go Green on Racine - https://gogreenonracine.com/ Folded Map Action Kit - https://www.foldedmapproject.com/submit

Chicago’s “Invest South/West” program is underway as sites have been selected for development and reinvestment on Chicago’s South and West Sides. Reset is joined by Asiaha Butler of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood and Norma Sanders of the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation to learn how this will impact their communities.

From the isolation of our homes, AirGo is presenting a series called On the Line, which focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic and the people putting their bodies on the line to help us all survive and heal. Over the next few weeks, we'll be hopping on the line with workers in the health care, educational, governmental, organizing, and prison abolition spheres to talk about what their work looks like right now, and what we can do to help as we isolate our physical bodies at home. This episode's guest is Asiaha Butler, the cofounder of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood, aka RAGE. Asiaha talks about the pandemic-related shift in the communal development of the mind RAGE does, how she's built a food distribution system for the seniors in Englewood, and how she creates communal development while fighting against displacement. Big thanks to AirGo Alum Tonika Lewis Johnson for the connection! Support the work of RAGE Englewood: https://ragenglewood.org/ Recorded 5/9/20 in Chicago Music from this week's episode: Park - Isaiah Rashad

Join us as we talk about the inequities surrounding gun violence with our Strategic Operations Director Samantha Alonis as she leads the discussion with Noam Ostrander (DePaul University) and Terry Williams (UIC) from the Chicago Gun Violence Research Collaborative, with special guest Valerie Burgest from the Illinois Chapter of Moms Demand Action. We cover how gun violence affects quality of life for everyone, community-driven research framework, and policies and programs aimed at preventing gun violence. CONTACT US: - skinnytreespodcast@gmail.com - twitter.com/skinnytrees312 Resources: • https://heyjackass.com/ - statistics on gun violence • https://www.cgvrc.org/ - Chicago Gun Violence Research Collaborative • https://momsdemandaction.org/ - Moms Demand Action • http://www.thinkoutsidedablock.org/#about • https://ragenglewood.org/ - Resident Association of Greater Englewood (Chicago) • https://www.teamworkenglewood.org/index.php • UIC Police PACE program - https://police.uic.edu/about-us/administrative-support-division/pace/ • Good Kids Mad City - https://www.facebook.com/GKMC2018/ • Chicago Survivors - https://chicagosurvivors.org/ • WTTW's First Hand Gun Violence - https://interactive.wttw.com/firsthand/gun-violence Guests' Recommendations: Natalie Moore book - The South Side https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250118332 Eric Thomas - Motivational Speaker https://etinspires.com/home DISCLAIMER: The personal and professional opinions and views of Terry Williams during this podcast do not represent the views and opinions of the University of Illinois Systems or the University of Illinois at Chicago Police Department. Terry Williams' views and opinions are independent.

Tonika Lewis Johnson is a photographer, organizer, space-maker, and city thinker. She’s the creator of the Folded Map Project, a brilliant, humanizing arts project and advocacy tool that connects neighbors at mirror-image addresses of Chicago’s grid system. She’s also the cofounder of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E.), and a fierce advocate for her block, neighborhood, and city. She comes through to talk about how photography can change eyes and opinions, the ways that housing segregation defines Chicago, the ways in which Chicagoans challenge that segregation, and much more. Recorded 6/18/19 in Chicago Music from this week's show: pretty girls in ugly cars - @onenightonly

A new study shows that life expectancy between 2 Chicago neighborhoods, one north and the other south, is a whopping 30 year difference. Dr. David Ansell is the author of “The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills”. And Asiaha Butler is the executive director of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood. They say that the numbers are shocking, but not surprising.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Demond Drummer, speaking. Drummer, an MA student at the Divinity School, was the recent recipient of a Community Programs Accelerator grant for his CoderSpace project. Drummer is also a founding member of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E.) and a long-time member of Chicago's open government movement. He was previously an Organizing Fellow with the New Organizing Institute and a field organizer for Barack Obama's primary campaign in South Carolina. In 2013 he spearheaded the crowdfunding and launch of Englewood Codes, which teaches local teens to code; CoderSpace grew out of that project. In addition, he facilitates digital leadership trainings with block club members, parent leaders and business owners in Chicago's Englewood community.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Demond Drummer, speaking. Drummer, an MA student at the Divinity School, was the recent recipient of a Community Programs Accelerator grant for his CoderSpace project. Drummer is also a founding member of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E.) and a long-time member of Chicago's open government movement. He was previously an Organizing Fellow with the New Organizing Institute and a field organizer for Barack Obama's primary campaign in South Carolina. In 2013 he spearheaded the crowdfunding and launch of Englewood Codes, which teaches local teens to code; CoderSpace grew out of that project. In addition, he facilitates digital leadership trainings with block club members, parent leaders and business owners in Chicago's Englewood community. Wednesday Lunch is a Divinity School tradition started many decades ago. At noon on Wednesdays when the quarter is in session a delicious vegetarian meal is made in the Swift Hall kitchen by our student chefs and lunch crew. Once the three-course meal has reached dessert each week there is a talk by a faculty member or student from throughout the University, a community member from the greater Chicago area, or a guest from a wider distance. Lunch topics have addressed everything from the parakeets of Hyde Park to the world of male modeling to language loss in Siberia, presented over an always-delicious meal, cooked and served that day by our creative and energetic student staff. Sit at any table and join the conversation: the programs provide a unique opportunity for students, staff, and faculty to engage one another.