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On March 10, a parade of dozens of young people marched down Ogden Avenue in Douglas Park on the city’s Southwest Side. Decked out in bright yellow t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Count Me—Inclúyeme,” the grade-school children, led by after-school educators from the nonprofit family resource organization Gads Hill Center, carried brightly colored crepe-paper pom-poms and handmade signs that read “Census 2020: Children Count.” The vibrant parade would be the last census outreach event Gads Hill was able to hold in person. The following week, an order by Governor J.B. Pritzker closed schools across the state in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Since then, Gads Hill has transitioned to doing census outreach primarily online.
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![]() Patricia Guzman sounds tired. She’s juggling a 2-month-old infant and a rambunctious 4-year-old who doesn’t understand why he’s been stuck inside so long. The panic buying in Chicago began in mid-March around the time that Guzman’s husband was sent home on mandatory leave from his job as a forklift operator. Worried about money, the couple quickly discovered nearby stores were sold out of baby formula. Guzman recalls sending her husband out to buy distilled water to mix what she had, and him coming up short. "Everybody was buying everything," she said, "My husband had to go to five different stores to get me two gallons (of distilled water), you can't just use tap water in baby formula. To read the article, Click Here!
Gads Hill Center CEO was featured in John Oliver's Last Week Tonight in a segment about the issues affecting immigrant participation in the Census. Gads Hill Center’s Count Us In Census project mobilizes hard-to-reach communities in Chicago’s south and west sides to ensure a fair Census count. This project will significantly improve the response rate of the communities we serve by integrating a multi-tiered approach to Census education and outreach through agency-wide efforts.
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Early childhood education is key to strengthening families and improving health outcomes in our communities. Gads Hill Center is proud to provide these services to children ages birth to five years throughout the south and west sides of Chicago. To listen to CEO Maricela Garcia discuss our work and our new Early Learning Center in Brighton Park on the latest episode of "Closing the Gap" on WBEZ, click here.
On October 1, our CEO Maricela Garcia shared her passion for supporting and strengthening Latino communities in Chicago with state and local officials at a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration hosted by Comptroller Susana Mendoza. The event honored four outstanding Latino leaders with a commemorative award for their service to marginalized Chicago communities. Honorees included Gloria Castillo, President & CEO of Chicago United, Teresa Cordova of the UIC Great Cities Institute, Modesto Tico Valle of the Center on Halsted, and our own Maricela Garcia. Congratulations to them, and thank you, Maricela, for your continued leadership of the Gads Hill Center! To read more of her story, check out her bio on our website here.
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