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Protesters Demand CPS, Mayor Halt Cuts, Ask 'Rich to Pay Their Fair Share'
- DNAInfo/Paul Biasco, jul 28, 2015
“Our school budgets are getting chopped at the same time families are struggling to stay in their community," said Jennifer Velazquez, a Kelvyn Park High School graduate and local school council member. "The working class is being targeted.”
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Future of Ames, Kelvyn Schools Focus of Logan Square Association Congress
- Darryl Holliday - DNAInfo Chicago, may 21, 2014
If CPS chief executive officer Barbara Byrd Bennett "is committed to the students then she should be here,” Valasquez said. “We’re scared and skeptical — August is right around the corner and no one has a plan.”
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Military Coup at Ames (Labor Beat Video)
- Larry Duncan - Labor Beat, dic 21, 2013
The raids against public neighborhood schools in Chicago continue...beyond the 50 closings announced last spring. On December 18, 2013 Chicago Public Schools voted to convert Ames Middle School into a Marine military high school.
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Organizers and Legislators Band Together to Push for Driver’s License Reform at State Level
- Nyki Salinas-Duda, The Gate Newspaper, oct 3, 2012
"Jennifer Velazquez, an organizer with Logan Square Neighborhood Association and student at Northeastern Illinois University, is one of the many youths that have lost a parent to ICE. Her father was detained by ICE when agents arrived at her family’s home in the early hours of Sept. 14 last year."
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Community Advocates See CTU Strike As Opportunity To Highlight National Education Issues
- Progress Illinois, Matthew Blake, sep 10, 2012
Jennifer Velazquez, an organizer with the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, says freedom camps will explain to CPS students “why teachers are striking.”
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Positive Youth Development: Youth Lead Change in Chicago Schools
- Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE), Reclaiming Futures Blog, ago 23, 2011
Authors are youth leaders with the Logan Square Neighborhood Association -- part of VOYCE -- in Chicago. L to R: Dalia Basurto, Jennifer Velazquez, Gaby Hernandez, Julio Castañeda, Robert Ramirez, and Juan Barbosa.